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  1. Jul-24-2012, 2:25pm #51
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    Default Re: Vintage Gibson mando bass

    Too bad... back in 1917 you could buy them direct from Gibson:
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    Default Re: Vintage Gibson mando bass

    Great page, Jim! Thanks for posting.
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    Default Re: Vintage Gibson mando bass

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    In recent months I've become a student of the early years of the Fender company. The reason the Precision bass was called that was because it had frets. Looks like the Gbson mandobass preceded that by years.
    And a few years later Jaco Pastorius removed the frets from his bass, creating the Un-precision Bass, I guess.
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  4. Jul-24-2012, 2:52pm #54
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    Default Re: Vintage Gibson mando bass

    I have no idea where the fretless Fender bass came in, I haven't even looked for that

    I ignored Fender stuff for so long that now it's like learning about a new instrument.
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