Andrew Dyer
Fender Precision Bass
A fretless Fender Precision bass guitar. In the 1950s Leo Fender made a bass guitar with frets. Since the only other bass available to a band was a double bass, these frets gave bass players an unusually precise way to hit each note and hence the name that fender gave it: "Precision Bass".
It is somewhat ironic that many bass guitarists like these fretless guitars because of the tonal possibilities, more so, that this example of a fretless is a Precision bass, and not any other model of Fender's bass guitars.
Strobist/Lighting:
A single flash, camera right, and slightly elevated above the guitar's body. Its a Metz 45, (at 1/4 power with ebay radio triggers) so its close proximity and massive head (bigger than a Vivitar, much bigger than an SB) means the light isn't too hard. This was shot in a bright white room, using a black cloth to make the background dark.
Oh, and I shot in the wrong white balance deliberately to get these funky colours, kept the exposure low to get the saturation up, and get the specular highlights off all the varnish and shiny steel from over exposing too.
Fender Precision Bass
A fretless Fender Precision bass guitar. In the 1950s Leo Fender made a bass guitar with frets. Since the only other bass available to a band was a double bass, these frets gave bass players an unusually precise way to hit each note and hence the name that fender gave it: "Precision Bass".
It is somewhat ironic that many bass guitarists like these fretless guitars because of the tonal possibilities, more so, that this example of a fretless is a Precision bass, and not any other model of Fender's bass guitars.
Strobist/Lighting:
A single flash, camera right, and slightly elevated above the guitar's body. Its a Metz 45, (at 1/4 power with ebay radio triggers) so its close proximity and massive head (bigger than a Vivitar, much bigger than an SB) means the light isn't too hard. This was shot in a bright white room, using a black cloth to make the background dark.
Oh, and I shot in the wrong white balance deliberately to get these funky colours, kept the exposure low to get the saturation up, and get the specular highlights off all the varnish and shiny steel from over exposing too.