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PINO PALLADINO MYSTERY CUSTOM SHOP FENDER
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Pino played this bass with D'Angelo on SNL this weekend, on "The Charade":
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/02/dangelo_played.html
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/02/dangelo_played.html
Mark Wilson
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I kind of want to edit all the caps lock out of this thread. But... i'm lazy.
I'm wondering if that's actually a Fender Custom Shop bass or something else entirely. The logo on the headstock isn't very clear. One of the reasons for my doubts is that I've seen a very similar bass offered by Bluesman Vintage, complete with two T-bird style pickups. This bass in particular made me think that Pino's bass might be someone else's handiwork.
Maybe he dropped a bottle of Viagra on the keyboard and he's just waiting for the SWELLING to go down.
Kinda reminds me of those late 90's Squier Pro Tone precision basses. Obviously not a 5-string, but you see the resemblance.
I guess this Pbird is set up & based on a Palladino signature : you can clearly see the CS decal on the back of the headstock on the d'Angelo live session @Bonaroo this year ( sadly no longer on YT ).
The back of the body ( the lack of painting) is also really similar to the one on the CS Palladino Signature
The back of the body ( the lack of painting) is also really similar to the one on the CS Palladino Signature
I guess this Pbird is set up & based on a Palladino signature : you can clearly see the CS decal on the back of the headstock on the d'Angelo live session @Bonaroo this year ( sadly no longer on YT ).
The back of the body ( the lack of painting) is also really similar to the one on the CS Palladino Signature
Didn't know he used hipshot dtuners!
I switch between my mij Jaguar dlx and my mim Jazz dlx quite often and find the neck profiles to be nearly the same, except the Jaguar neck feels a bit thicker.
Which is still small in comparison to a 1.75 nut width and the chunky necks some P basses have.
I have a P bass also and a 1/4" wider at the nut certainly feels different after playing a Jazz bass, still it's only a quarter of an inch. The difference is clearly not so great that the thinner Jazz profile neck would look any smaller across a stage, nor would it make Pino look like a giant. The man is just tall and has big hands, like Chris Squire any 34"scale bass would look small in the hands of someone that size.
I guess this Pbird is set up & based on a Palladino signature : you can clearly see the CS decal on the back of the headstock on the d'Angelo live session @Bonaroo this year ( sadly no longer on YT ).
The back of the body ( the lack of painting) is also really similar to the one on the CS Palladino Signature
Never noticed that drop-d on there before. Cool.
This thread Pino Palladino's Height | TalkBass.com gives a general consensus that he is around 6'5"-6'7".
Definitive:
Fender CS Pino bass with 60's TBird Pickups installed by Knight Guitars ( UK) then later EBO installed by The Bass Place in London.
The EBO was in, then out and gone, the pickup screwed with the harmonics and was heavy.
Many different wiring configurations were tried 250K, 500K pots, VVT, VT blend etc. is now wired VVT, 250K pots. Ernie Ball Cobalt flatwounds for The Who
This bass now has a stainless pickguard.
The "stolen at Leeds" black Moon Bass has been recovered
Pete Townshend has been posting clips from sessions:
Backstage Blog Archives - The Who
The white Moon bass is still missing ( taken flying from LAX to SFO) a replacement was found at 36th St Guitars in NYC in 2003- and Pino has that still.
Fender CS Pino bass with 60's TBird Pickups installed by Knight Guitars ( UK) then later EBO installed by The Bass Place in London.
The EBO was in, then out and gone, the pickup screwed with the harmonics and was heavy.
Many different wiring configurations were tried 250K, 500K pots, VVT, VT blend etc. is now wired VVT, 250K pots. Ernie Ball Cobalt flatwounds for The Who
This bass now has a stainless pickguard.
The "stolen at Leeds" black Moon Bass has been recovered
Pete Townshend has been posting clips from sessions:
Backstage Blog Archives - The Who
The white Moon bass is still missing ( taken flying from LAX to SFO) a replacement was found at 36th St Guitars in NYC in 2003- and Pino has that still.