duckman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) John Paul Jones played a lot on his Fender V bass during the US 73 shows. Ever since 1968 he was always very loyal to his trusted Fender Jazz (and occasionally the fifties P-bass and his fretless Precision), so why on earth did he switch to -as he later referred to it- 'the ugly dog' ? The concept behind it was OK (allowing the bass player to reach higher notes without moving up and down on the fretboard), but the execution was terrible. A bastard Mustang/ P bass body and a 15 fret neck 😣 Any bassist around here know the reason why? On live tapes this axe produces a 'Kloing Kloing' sound whereas the J has a much more articulate foundation. Edited October 13, 2018 by duckman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecongo Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 If you buy new Zep book Jonesy explains it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckman Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Ah the new Zep book will reveal the Fender V mystery...At last. 😀 Amazon shipped my copy yesterday. Expected day of delivery, next Tuesday (together with Dave Lewis' Evenings with Led Zeppelin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike9 Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Jones didn't really have that much to say about it in the book. JPJ: “That was my third bass. It was a five-string and the ugliest bass guitar in the world, it was horrible but it had a high fifth string and I got into it for a while but it was unbalanced and I don’t know if it even sounded that good. It was ugly, I couldn’t go on stage with it anymore”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 We used to refer to the pattern on that pick guard as "salami barf"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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