cd_david Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) Move along, nothing to see here Edited August 25, 2011 by cd_david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Arrrrrrrggghhhh....must...resist.... God, that's lovely. Tell me it weighs a ton. Please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Shame I can't afford to buy her back, looking great and David's a top bloke to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Trades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 [quote name='cd_david' post='1341869' date='Aug 16 2011, 01:34 PM']Sorry no, the bass I'm interested in has no trade options so its sale only please.[/quote] The next question is then - where am I going to get £850 from? Best of luck with the sale. This is an extremely nice precision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 could you let us know the serial number - by all means blank out the last 2 digits for security reasons and before you did the refinish (or are there still) were there any dates or markings in the neck cavity, neck or in control and pup cavities? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmcnamara Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Hi David, Another question re the refinish. Do you know what sort of lacquer was used? Eg. was it as in the 82-85 Fullerton Reissues the nitrocelulose lacquer a la pre CBS or was it a more modern process? ATB, Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) thanks for that the neck date shows 18th February 1983 and the name of of H Gastelum both of which support this as being a fullerton reissue good luck with the sale Edited August 17, 2011 by gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoFender Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Herbie Gastelum was a neck shaper in the Fullerton factory and now works in the Fender Custom shop, according to the piece below one of 2 longest serving employees. "[i]Some Things Just Get Better With Time: Since its founding in the 1940's, Fender's reputation has always been as a family-oriented company, a place where the prime motivation has been a love of music and a place that breeds the life-long commitment of its workers. From a small crew of 50 workers in the 50's to over 2000 today, the company's spirit has remained the same. While many faces have changed over the years, several Fender employees work today at essentially the same jobs they have done for several decades. Through the years, these Fender veterans have practiced the attention to detail and tried-and-true manufacturing techniques they learned from Leo Fender, Freddie Tavares, George Fullerton and the rest of the founding fathers of such classic gear as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Twin Reverb and Vibrolux. Two such factory veterans are Abigail Ybarra and Herbie Gastelum, both of whom work now at the Fender Custom Shop in Corona, California. Abigail Ybarra entered the musical instrument industry in the summer of 1956, when she went to work in the woodshop at the Fender factory in Fullerton. She began working on frets, then moved into sanding before finally transferring into pickup winding in 1959. She has been winding pickups ever since. Herbie Gastelum joined Fender in 1961. Like Abigail, he moved around a bit within the factory before finding his area of expertise. Gastelum began buffing guitar bodies, spent a little time in the spray booth, and then settled in as a neck shaper, the job he holds now at the Custom Shop. "In those days," says Gastelum , "if things got a little slow in your department, you worked wherever they needed you." The experience and skill veteran workers like Herbie and Abigail bring to Fender are part and parcel of the continuing tradition of Fender guitars. They are indeed the link between the Telecaster that Jeff Beck played in the Yardbirds and the Custom Shop '52 Telecaster you can buy today. The same techniques that made the original Fender guitars so great are preserved and enhanced by people like Abby, Herbie and several other long-time Fender employees. "All I do," says Ybarra, "is wind and solder the way Leo wanted us to do it. Things that we used to do over there, at Leo's in Fullerton, we do here now. We still work as hard, probably harder, to keep up the quality." "Some people," adds Gastelum, "say the necks in the 50's and 60's were better than they are now. But in my opinion, I think the necks - even the whole instrument - is a lot better now than in the 'good old days.' Believe me, I've seen the work, and it's a lot more detailed and a lot more critical than in years past." Having given so much of their lives to the crafting of Fender guitars, Abby and Herbie take justifiable pride in the work they've done over the years. "I'm very proud," says Abby. "Whenever I'm out in music stores , I always look for our guitars. On TV, I always look for our guitars." Herbie feels the same kind of pride whenever he sees a Fender on television. "I know I might have worked on part of that instrument ," he explains. "I respect the people who play guitar. When I listen to them, it makes me feel good inside. Some guys play the guitar almost like talking." Both Herbie and Abby are keys to the quality of the Custom Shop production-line team, contributing their experience and skill to such models as the NOS Strat and the new Closet Classic series. The NOS Strat features exact replicas of '65 pickups that are wound and hand-signed by Abigail, and the necks are slotted by Herbie using the same neck slotter used in the Fullerton factory when he started working there. When asked how long they plan to keep doing what they're doing, neither Abigail nor Herbie can see an end in sight. "People sometimes say, "How can you keep doing the same job for so many years?" says Gastelum. "Well, it might be the same job, but there's always something to learn. Every neck, every piece is a little different. Working with wood is challenging to me. When you don't enjoy your job, the time just drags. I've been here 35 years, but it seems just like yesterday. Maybe that's because I enjoy my job." "As long as I'm healthy," adds Ybarra, "and I can get up in the morning and come to work, I'll be here. There's no stress here, and I like it when somebody like (CS Master Builder) Jay Black comes to me and needs something special, something different, and we work together to come up with the right pickup." [/i]" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Wilson Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Beautiful bass man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) Please somebody buy this bass as it's upsetting me that I can't afford it. If someone buys it then it will disappear off the forum and I can be at peace. Edited August 20, 2011 by Hutton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_underling Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Where in the North East is this fine beast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 [quote name='the_underling' post='1347075' date='Aug 21 2011, 12:33 PM']Where in the North East is this fine beast?[/quote] Dave's in sunny Whitley Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_underling Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1347224' date='Aug 21 2011, 03:46 PM']Dave's in sunny Whitley Bay. [/quote] Aka dangerously close and all too easily accessible on the Metro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Love this! Very JJ Burnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_underling Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 [quote name='cd_david' post='1347294' date='Aug 21 2011, 05:22 PM']Very close to Whitley Metro [/quote] The Gods have spoken it seems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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