YOB Bass, but does it exist?

[Muzz]

OK, so I've long had GAS for a Year Of Birth bass, and it'd be a Precision, but it'd really need to be a maple board. From 1964.

Does such a puppy exist? Any Fender experts out there care to elucidate?


Ta,


Muzz

[Clarky]

[url="http://www.normansrareguitars.com/fender-1964-precision-bass.html"]http://www.normansrareguitars.com/fender-1...ision-bass.html[/url]

[bubinga5]

$12500.00 just pretend your much younger?

Edited May 19, 2011 by bubinga5

[geoffbyrne]

So.

Which YOB bass could I get for 1947?



G.

Edited May 19, 2011 by geoffbyrne

[KK Jale]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1236898' date='May 19 2011, 01:32 PM']So.

Which YOB bass could I get for 1947?[/quote]




Paul 'Bud' Tutmarc Jr bass, circa 1947

info: [url="http://tutmarc.tripod.com/paultutmarc.html"]http://tutmarc.tripod.com/paultutmarc.html[/url]

Edited May 19, 2011 by KK Jale

[Muzz]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1236879' date='May 19 2011, 01:09 PM'][url="http://www.normansrareguitars.com/fender-1964-precision-bass.html"]http://www.normansrareguitars.com/fender-1...ision-bass.html[/url] [/quote]

Y'see, for a bloke with 25+ years in the IT industry, sometimes my grasp of the technology is just...cack. How did I miss that one?

The phrase 'very rare maple' might be an indicator, though.

At $12500, mind, it'll be staying in the States with Norman. In Tarzana, Ca. If ever there was a made-up placename, that's it.

Edited May 19, 2011 by Muzz

[Mr H]

[quote name='Muzz' post='1236983' date='May 19 2011, 03:22 PM']If ever there was a made-up placename, that's it.[/quote]

[i][b]All [/b][/i]place names are made up!

[geoffbyrne]

[quote name='KK Jale' post='1236911' date='May 19 2011, 01:48 PM']

Paul 'Bud' Tutmarc Jr bass, circa 1947

info: [url="http://tutmarc.tripod.com/paultutmarc.html"]http://tutmarc.tripod.com/paultutmarc.html[/url][/quote]


Magic!!!!! AND......I can see where Ovation got the style for their basses.......



G.

[tom1946]

1946 anyone?

[chrisd24]

I would love a 1980 ray but I don't know enough about them to make sure I wasn't buying a copy or a lemon!

[Blademan_98]

now then, I saw YOB bass and thought....... I know of the Super YOB guitar that Dave Hill played in Slade.

Wow, I would buy a Super YOB bass, oh yes.

Imagine my dissapointment when I realised what you were all going on about

Anyway, I will have a 1965 bass, preferably British in manufacture?

[Maverick]

[quote name='chrisd24' post='1237692' date='May 20 2011, 08:00 AM']I would love a 1980 ray but I don't know enough about them to male sure I wasn't buying a copy or a lemon![/quote]

As it just so happens, I have a beautiful example of a 1980 Stingray for sale right here...


[attachment=80475:lemon.jpg]


... trust me, it's an absolute beaut!

Edited May 20, 2011 by Maverick

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1238454' date='May 20 2011, 05:30 PM']now then, I saw YOB bass and thought....... I know of the Super YOB guitar that Dave Hill played in Slade.

Wow, I would buy a Super YOB bass, oh yes.

Imagine my dissapointment when I realised what you were all going on about

Anyway, I will have a 1965 bass, preferably British in manufacture?[/quote]
I'd have a Super Yob bass in a heart beat....

1965 was a good year for Burns basses - plenty of models to choose from.

[stingrayPete1977]

My search for a rootbeer brown 77' Ray continues to this day..........

[Brave Sir Robin]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1236879' date='May 19 2011, 01:09 PM'][url="http://www.normansrareguitars.com/fender-1964-precision-bass.html"]http://www.normansrareguitars.com/fender-1...ision-bass.html[/url] [/quote]

niiiice.

[chrisd24]

[quote name='Maverick' post='1238464' date='May 20 2011, 05:41 PM']As it just so happens, I have a beautiful example of a 1980 Stingray for sale right here...


[attachment=80475:lemon.jpg]


... trust me, it's an absolute beaut![/quote]

Now I'm gassing for some lemonade!

[cycrowave]

1983 aria pro II sb r150 lefthanded please god

[lojo]

I would love a yearbook birth bass investment 69 natural p , but I do have a 40th year bass !

[gary mac]

Being an old git just made it too expensive for me to even consider. So that's why I built my replica YOB over the winter months.

Not totally period correct but reasonably convincing and didn't strain the finances too much.

It's been seen before but here's a pic anyway

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[mcnach]

I don't think I can get a '68 MM Stingray... but I'd take a '68 Jazz bass in olympic white with maple fingerboard, if such thing exists.

[dc2009]

I'm 1990. I guess I'd like a lovely Gibson Thunderbird, would that be too much to ask? Any other ideas?

My Trace head is 1990

[daz]

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1238454' date='May 20 2011, 05:30 PM']now then, I saw YOB bass and thought....... I know of the Super YOB guitar that Dave Hill played in Slade.

Wow, I would buy a Super YOB bass, oh yes.

Imagine my dissapointment when I realised what you were all going on about

Anyway, I will have a 1965 bass, preferably British in manufacture?[/quote]


What i thought too. I got all excited then.

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='daz' post='1239759' date='May 21 2011, 10:24 PM']What i thought too. I got all excited then. [/quote]

So, are we all in agreement?

To the OP, no, the YOB bass does not exist.

Gives me an idea for a project though

[molan]

I don't think the YOB bass I would want exists - I miss out by 6 months on a late '59 Jazz as they were first introduced in March '60

Although I don't know when the very first ones were actually built - I guess some may have been started in '59. . .

[BigRedX]

Isn't Herbie Flower's Jazz a '59?