Who actually plays vintage Fenders?

[stingrayPete1977]

I only started this thread to make a point that people do actually use vintage and rare guitars (and amps!) but it has backfired and just given me even more GAS for old gear, You just cant beat the real thing even if it has a refin.

[Andy]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' date='Sep 5 2010, 05:24 PM' post='946389']
And with that line up who wouldnt? OK Maybe the wife if she knew what those three together are worth!
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the great thing about them is that to her they look like old beaten up cheap guitars - shhhhhh!

[stingrayPete1977]

Mine has unfortunately worked it out! Still at the moment she is happy I dont have to pay £200 a year road tax because I only ever drive beaten up old cars

[Cat Burrito]

And then of course there are the amps...

[doctorbass]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='946450' date='Sep 5 2010, 06:00 PM']And then of course there are the amps...

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I use an Ampeg 15E with my V4BH head sometimes - lovely vintage thump!!!!

[allighatt0r]

I play my '79 T40 all the time. Does that count?

[stingrayPete1977]

Yes we have opened it up to gear in general now!

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='946535' date='Sep 5 2010, 07:07 PM']Yes we have opened it up to gear in general now![/quote]
Ooh, do you want to see a pic of my original '80 G&L hardcase too?

Edited September 5, 2010 by Ou7shined

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='946535' date='Sep 5 2010, 07:07 PM']Yes we have opened it up to gear in general now![/quote]
Marvellous! In which case I'd also add [b]I[/b] am a limited edition one off from 1973!

[Stag]

My feeling on the whole playing a vintage bass thing is.... it probably already got a few knocks on it already. Use it. Gig it. It's what it was made to do. If it's spotless with no dents, refin etc etc then yeah, keep it for investment... but a "player's bass" (as they so like to call the knocked up ones in vintage shops) is actually IMO a great piece of terminology - I use my '72 LP at gigs that suit it and I love it. A "player's bass". [i]Its for playing.[/i] Enjoy it.

Edited September 5, 2010 by Stag

[ezbass]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='946430' date='Sep 5 2010, 05:53 PM']I only started this thread to make a point that people do actually use vintage and rare guitars (and amps!) but it has backfired and just given me even more GAS for old gear, You just cant beat the real thing even if it has a refin.[/quote]
Mwah ha ha ha

[62P-Bass]

Vintage gear is expensive (unless you're really lucky!), but starting off with not-so-vintage and then 'trading up' can be a good way to go. I started with a 72 P-Bass - played it to death for a good few years and then sold that, a few other bits and bobs and put in a few hundred pounds and got the 62. I traded up/older by 10 years!

Unless you're really unlucky you're very unlikely to lose out financially with a vintage instrument. It's great that you can get some use out of something whilst it slowly increases in value, or at worst stays the same. If only the same was true with cars!

The obvious problem being that if you can't bear to part with instruments and have to keep them all along the way - that's going to get very expensive indeed!!

Anyone else done the same?

Andrew

[foal30]

easily played 3-400 gigs on my '71 Jazz
it's a good gigging bass if the weather aint too hot.

[KevinJazzBass]

This thread is fantastic but has given me some serious vintage fender gas. Shame there are 101 things i need to buy before i can even think about a new bass . I will own one someday though. For now I guess my 1983 JV Jazz will keep me going.

[nobodysprefect]

If I had a vintage Smith or Alembic, I would absolutely play it on gigs. Alas, I have to do with my 21st century made basses.

I've [i]never [/i]rehearsed or gigged with a Fender.* I've sold a few for nice overheads, though. They make for a fantastic turnover of inventory! I can generally sell them before they arrive from UK or US to Finland! Negative storage period, baby!


*I had a Moon Larry Graham 5 and a Yamaha TRB JP2 and a Sadowsky Metro (didn't make it into a rehearsal before sale, though) that had bolt-on neck and jazz-bass type pickups from bart and yamaha respectively. Do those count as jazz basses?

[Muzz]

I've gigged my mint 78 Jazz. But only at gigs where there was a reasonable change of being able to sit down...

[bh2]

I play my 62 Jazz at most gigs these days...



I've wrecked it anyways by removing the frets and dropping in a J-Retro...

Used to play my 78 Ray at rock gigs...



Had to sell that one though...

[Twigman]

I don't suppose my 83 Squier JV62 Precision counts....it's the only bass I've owned for the last 27years and gets played all the time.
It's almost a Fender....and almost Vintage

[sixshooter]

Main gigging bass 79P with a 59 Custom Shop as back up. Recently sold the original 59P, I used to very rarely use that at gigs unless they were special!

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='Twigman' post='950759' date='Sep 9 2010, 03:59 PM']I don't suppose my 83 Squier JV62 Precision counts....it's the only bass I've owned for the last 27years and gets played all the time.
It's almost a Fender....and almost Vintage[/quote]
Supposedly it's 25yrs so you can class that as vintage