SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 here the link [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fender-jazz-bass-1973/93347082#gallery-item-full-5"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fender-jazz-bass-1973/93347082#gallery-item-full-5[/url] he allowed me to offer 650 plus shipping but when i asked for the serial number he gave me this one [color=#2A2A2A]MZ0276774 [/color] [color=#2A2A2A]here is about post about in 2010 in the US[/color] [url="http://www.fender.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32863"]http://www.fender.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=32863[/url] plus i asked for a photo with today's newpaper or my photo requests of the bottom of the pickups i dont really know if this is a scam but his mobile number is not working SV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_bass Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 If it's a '73 then the maple board should have black inlays. Don't know where that MZ number is from, you can kinda make out the serial number on the neck plate, which does appear to start right for the time period. Definitely dodgy, perhaps a bitsa at best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 the number starts with 43 or 48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 plus i have since some 70's jazzes with white blocks but on a sunburst body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 [url="http://www.rainbowguitars.com/imagesproduct/us/usfe73jb-xl-02.jpg"]http://www.rainbowguitars.com/imagesproduct/us/usfe73jb-xl-02.jpg[/url] [url="http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3584/familyportaitup6.jpg"]http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3584/familyportaitup6.jpg[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 it has really P*** me off because look at the jazz bass its so beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_bass Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 [quote name='SidVicious1978' timestamp='1324600669' post='1476246'] plus i have since some 70's jazzes with white blocks but on a sunburst body [/quote] From what year though? Pearloid blocks on maple was only introduced in 1974/75 as far as I'm aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 The picture looks OK, but an "MZ..." serial number is wrong. MZ is, I think, a Mexican Fender number (my Mex tele is MN...). The serial number for a 73 Fender should be on the neckplate and should be just numbers (ie no letters in it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 MZ is post 2000 Mex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 so it is a scam? he said i could pickup the bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 [quote name='SidVicious1978' timestamp='1324601437' post='1476258'] so it is a scam? he said i could pickup the bass [/quote] I would go and have a look at it then. If the serial number is MZ***, as he says it is, its not a 73 Jazz. End of! And an MZ number would be on the headstock. A 73 Jazz would have the serial number engraved on the neck plate. There are lots of other clues, but its difficult to say definitively without looking at it in the flesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 once i get the address i will pop over there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_bass Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Seems like he's picked the MZ number out of thin air which is weird, you can't see it on the bass anywhere in any of the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 thats what i thought and lend me to it being a scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_bass Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 [quote name='SidVicious1978' timestamp='1324602376' post='1476268'] thats what i thought and lend me to it being a scam [/quote] Yeah £900 asking price for an original 1973 jazz bass plus the old "it was my grandad's, I'm not interested" type line is a bit suspicious. Standard stuff to be worried about I suppose, it would be awesome if it all turns out legit though and you swipe yourself a vintage jazz for just £600 or so! Simon I'm sure I read some where that when Fender introduced maple boards it was only with black blocks up until the mid 70s, when they then replaced this with pearl blocks though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 same i would love it to be legit i would cry with happiness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwoff Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) It is a 70's reissue of some sort then modded. He has gone to the effort of putting a fake neckplate on with a 6 digit S/N but still gives out the Mexican one! Edited December 23, 2011 by throwoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 100% scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 [quote name='99ster' timestamp='1324640495' post='1476511'] 100% scam. [/quote] still no reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Ad is "no longer available", at least to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1324685557' post='1477128'] Ad is "no longer available", at least to me. [/quote] Yep it's been deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious1978 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 it did report it on gumtree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 If you are unsure then leave it. Almost certainly another one WILL be along shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunB Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 out of interest (!) - this from a previous post: <[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-NECK-SHORT-SCALE-/120814937167?pt=Gitarren&hash=item1c2121a44f#ht_613wt_1330"]link[/url]> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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