Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 How about this, what an amazing set to find, now, where's that lottery ticket??? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Vintage-1959-Fender-Precision-Bass-Bassman-5F6-A-Amp-Amplifier-Set-/360425346081?pt=Guitar&hash=item53eb065421"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Vintage-1959-Fender-Precision-Bass-Bassman-5F6-A-Amp-Amplifier-Set-/360425346081?pt=Guitar&hash=item53eb065421[/url] Quote
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1326404606' post='1496911'] Mum, where's my pocket money gone?! [/quote] I hope you're 120 years old, and she's going to back date it!!! Quote
Linus27 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Stunning. If I won the lottery, this is something I would look at buying. Quote
LukeFRC Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 wow look how shallow the neck and pickup routs are compared to modern ones. It looks lovely! Quote
LukeFRC Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 and what are the batteries in the amp for? Quote
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1326409309' post='1497025'] and what are the batteries in the amp for? [/quote] What batteries????? Do you mean the Astron capacitors? [attachment=97218:astron.jpg] Quote
EssentialTension Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Gone now. Listing ended, no longer available. It was described as two-tone sunburst but looks like faded red to me - and no neck date. The seller is Tune-o-matic, we've come across him before. Quote
LukeFRC Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1326409670' post='1497036'] What batteries????? Do you mean the Astron capacitors? [attachment=97218:astron.jpg] [/quote] looks sheepish I should know, I gutted* a 1959 phonogram and it had similar caps in it. * so it doesn't sound so atrocious 'philips disc jockey'- if you ever see one and are tempted, avoid unless you can see it is working. There is no counter weight, and a super light cartridge- which is irreplaceable. Rather than have it sitting there I made a primative guitar amp out of it until I moved house and it went in the bin, still got a original 50's Mullard EL84 sat around with the vague idea it may be useful one day! Quote
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1326410179' post='1497041'] Gone now. Listing ended, no longer available. It was described as two-tone sunburst but looks like faded red to me - and no neck date. The seller is Tune-o-matic, we've come across him before. [/quote] He sold the bass, but the amp is still for sale. Early 1959 Fender guitars don't have neck dates. Someone at the factory wrote something blasphemous on a neck heel, which was discovered, and they stopped writing on neck heels until it was investigated and stopped, at which point, around June '59, they re-commenced. Quote
Happy Jack Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1326410494' post='1497048'] Someone at the factory wrote something blasphemous on a neck heel ... [/quote] He wrote: [color=#b22222][i]The truss-rod adjustment should really be up at the headstock, y'know.[/i][/color] Quote
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1326411412' post='1497059'] He wrote: [color=#b22222][i]The truss-rod adjustment should really be up at the headstock, y'know.[/i][/color] [/quote] To be honest, it is a more practical place to put it, although as a bit of a vintage purist, its something i hate to see, especially on self-relic'd 'vintage' basses, not nice at all. Quote
gjones Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) Somebody needs to play that bass. Because, looking at the lack of wear and tear, it hasn't been played for a very long time. Edited January 13, 2012 by gjones Quote
Hutton Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 My oh my oh my! Thanks for finding this Rick. I even get a kick out of just looking at it, can you imagine owning it! Quote
mart Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 "Everything is 100% original down to the tubes .... ... Sounds amazing!!" So when people say you need to change your valves every six months or so, it isn't strictly correct? Quote
SebCarr Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 [quote name='mart' timestamp='1326462386' post='1497526'] "Everything is 100% original down to the tubes .... ... Sounds amazing!!" So when people say you need to change your valves every six months or so, it isn't strictly correct? [/quote] Who says that??? Valves should last YEARS of regular use, and decades of occasional use! Also, they were built a lot better in the 50s... Quote
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Posted January 13, 2012 [quote name='SebCarr' timestamp='1326471886' post='1497731'] Who says that??? Valves should last YEARS of regular use, and decades of occasional use! Also, they were built a lot better in the 50s... [/quote] Absolutely, I've never heard anyone suggest valves should be changed regularly. I've had mine in my tweed bassman for 12 years and they're good as new.!! Quote
mart Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 [quote name='SebCarr' timestamp='1326471886' post='1497731'] Who says that??? Valves should last YEARS of regular use, and decades of occasional use! Also, they were built a lot better in the 50s... [/quote] Who? This month's Guitarist, for example, although it seems that I had misremembered the exact frequency they recommended. But here are their exact quotes: [quote]"If it's been some years since they were changed ... definitely have the power valves replaced and the amp rebiassed." [/quote][quote]"Do it every year or two; less if the amps aren't regularly gigged." [/quote]Is it different for guitar amps than bass amps? (That's an honest question, by the way, I'm not trying to be rhetorical). Quote
uke Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 How long did it take everyone to copy these pics? best gear porn I've seen in a long time! Quote
tauzero Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1326415240' post='1497101'] Somebody needs to play that bass. Because, looking at the lack of wear and tear, it hasn't been played for a very long time. [/quote] Alternatively, it's been properly looked after rather than being carried around in a bin-bag and used to hammer tent pegs in. The blowtorch-and-sander "professional" relickers should be forced to take a good hard look at what a 50 year old bass can look like. Quote
bigthumb Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1326508132' post='1498340'] Alternatively, it's been properly looked after rather than being carried around in a bin-bag and used to hammer tent pegs in. The blowtorch-and-sander "professional" relickers should be forced to take a good hard look at what a 50 year old bass can look like. [/quote] Quote
Rick's Fine '52 Posted January 14, 2012 Author Posted January 14, 2012 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1326508132' post='1498340'] Alternatively, it's been properly looked after rather than being carried around in a bin-bag and used to hammer tent pegs in. The blowtorch-and-sander "professional" relickers should be forced to take a good hard look at what a 50 year old bass can look like. [/quote] +1 Indeed. Quote
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