Price guide for vintage Fender part

[Cat Burrito]

Just after a bit of advice really. I've recently picked up an S9 serial number Fender Precision. The neck dates to 1979 but of course these serial numbers were used from 1979 - 1981. I'm (sort of) restoring it but I'm not going to use the original pickguard. It's a cool looking brass one but being solid brass it isn't the lightest I'm probably going to sell it on. Obviously it's around 30yrs old & quite unusual. I don't like these sellers on EBay that charge $200 for tuners etc but wondered what would be a fair deal to offer it for. I was thinking about £50 incl UK p&p. Does that sound fair? It's obviously not for everyone's tastes but I reckon some people would really go for it.

Oh & I'm looking at a gigging bass so not interested in keeping it for resale value - other original parts are needing to (have been!) sourced anyway

I thought it looked quite good against the black & sunburst (pics attached)

[Big_Stu]

Not knowing much about [spoiler]planks[/spoiler] Fenders, are you saying the brass scratchplates are original in some cases??? I'd only seen Eddie Clarke's up close until my nephew was GIVEN a mid-70's Strat with one; I assumed it to be after-market????

[wateroftyne]

I didn't know Fender did brass plates... not saying they didn't, mind!

[King Tut]

I thought the anodised scratchplates were associate with late mid to late 50's p's?

[Cat Burrito]

Could well be after market. I was 7yrs old in 1980 so don't pretend to be an expert here. The seller I bought from said it was a 1980 scratchplate. My friend who runs the local guitar shop & is a bit older says these were quite (or "more") common back in the early 70s/80s. I assumed it to be a limited edition run but I was hoping there might be someone who knows more, hence the querying thread prior to the outright hard sell. Thanks for the replies.

[Big_Stu]

If it's any use to you there's a mid-70s brassplate Strat (identical to the one my nephew now has) in Johnny Roadhouse Manchester right now & they're asking £1599.

[steve-soar]

Probably an old DiMarzio scratchplate. No idea of the value though.

[Sibob]

Never heard of Fender using Brass scratchplates!?

Pretty sure all the late 70's/early 80's plates were black or white. Apart from the '57 Reissue, which was obviously anodized gold.

Si

[The Bass Doc]

Lots of Fenders were subject to the brass marketing hype of Di Marzio and Mighty Mite in the seventies so this is most likely one of those aftermarket replacements.

[Cat Burrito]

Thanks guys. Any idea of value...anyone?

[geoffbyrne]

Motley assortment here, but no P's.

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