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The HLE was the first custom model out of the Fender Custom Shop in 1987, based on Homer Haynes’s ’50s Stratocaster. But as you can see, the gold treatment works very nicely with the P-Bass.<\/p>\n
Two things to note: First, the neck is AAA grade flame maple to help bring out the gold more. Second, the finish is not<\/em> Fender’s Shoreline Gold, but rather leans more towards what Gibson uses for their goldtop guitars. The finish is simply referred to by Fender as HLE Gold. Shoreline Gold has more brown to give it more of a sand-like look while HLE Gold has more yellow. It is unknown what the difference is (if any) in metallic flake content and density between Shoreline and HLE.<\/p>\n For those interested in the body tonewood used, this Fender has a “select” 2-piece alder body, meaning if you want to craft this bass yourself, choose alder that looks good to your eye and sounds right to your ear when you give it a knock test. (Knocking the wood is a simple resonance test where you knock the wood similar to knocking on a door to check for a pleasing sound. As for what “pleasing” means in this context, it usually means a knock sound that “pops” with little to no dull thudding. Use your own personal judgment to determine a good knock noise, as you are the builder.)<\/p>\n Building a vintage-inspired P-Bass of your own?<\/strong> You’ll need the right pickup. Good wood doesn’t matter for much in an electric bass if you don’t have a well-crafted pickup to complement it. We can help you get the tone you’re looking for. See the Nordstrand ’51 P Bass pickup<\/a> (also in 5-string<\/a>), the Seymour Duncan SCPB<\/a>, the Lindy Fralin 51P<\/a>, the Aero SCPB-1 Type 1<\/a> or browse all the P pickups we carry<\/a>. Not sure which to choose? Email sales@bestbassgear.com<\/a> or call us<\/a> and we’ll help you get that “golden tone” you’re looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you ever wondered how gold can a Fender bass get, anything “HLE” out of the Fender Custom Shop is your answer, pictured above with the Fender Limited Edition Closet Classic HLE Precision Bass. HLE refers to Haynes Limited Edition, which indicates the instrument will have a gold finish, gold hardware everywhere and even a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/front2.jpg\")
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