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a new addition, this should arrive tomorrow, Italia Morenello! [attachment=119462:italia.PNG]

I need to update this, found some old photos and have a Italia maranello incoming! Tony

That looks great, I had a custom classic in sea foam green with tort' plate, looked great, good combo! I see they are still listing the sonic blue NOS 64! Is that the other bass you played? Tony

I always used to assume that there were some quality issued through the mid 70's at Fender, until around '78? Correct me if I'm wrong on this one, it's always been in my head that one!

What a great thread! I'm in bed, off work with a serious dose of man flu and have enjoyed reading this! I used to know a few guys who dealt vintage stuff a good few years back, mainly guitars, I heard and saw a lot of crap with fakes and stuff like that at the time, I heard the guy who had music ground in Leeds involved in some crap (I think he has been discussed elsewhere on the forum before) So I was always left being very cautious in this area and has a result have never really considered a vintage instrument. But, I do look occasionally as a good jazz or precision would certainly get a lot of use by me! So for me, there is some valuable info in here and I now know where to go if I needed some advice! I remember buying my first amp in 1979, it was actually a FAL PA amp, covered in red vinyl, to go with my home made 1x15 cab, the guy was also selling a precision, it was white, with a black pickguard and rosewood neck, it was about £120 I think, about £60 more than my no make, P copy! Being into punk at the time, like a lot of kids my age, it was the ultimate "Sid" bass, I wanted it, but for a different reason than I would want it today! My P bass copy, eventually went and I bought a 1972 natural fender telecaster bass with the big chrome pick up at the neck, I bought it off Diccon Hubbard from the Salford jets for £175! I was still at school, saved like sh*t and I owned a Fender bass!!! What's that worth now? I have a 2005 buttercream ray now, paid around £600 for it, seen one on eBay for £1500, it never sold, but I have seen them sell for a lot more than I paid, not vintage, but maybe a hint of things to come with some of the rarer MM basses? The only thing that could go against that happening is simply the number off different limited models they are producing, feels like one a month some times lol Once again, thanks for a great thread, hope you don't mind me adding my experience with some old fenders and my observations on my current bass! Tony