I had a look at a sunburst,american vintage II 1960 reissue precision in guitarguitar the other day, it was a lovely bass, the feel and sound were superb even through the little rumble 25 amp they had for demo.
The thing that struck me, that i really didnt like was the way the yellow bit of the burst looked like it was sprayed onto MDF( best way i can describe it really), a sort of speckled look to it with no visible grain underneath at all, the chap that i spoke to said he had a '58 reissue and that was excactly the same.
The 62 reissue before didnt have that look about it, and ive trawled photos of original 60s basses online( never got my hands on a real one,never likely to be able to afford one either😅) and all seem to be translucent enough to see some grain underneath?
Anyone else seen one and noticed the same?