dodgnofski Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Hi Chaps, does anyone know when 'Fender' was first stamped into the machine heads of Precision Basses & has anyone ever come across the hootenanny button on the rear of the headstock being in 'various' positions? Edited July 22, 2013 by dodgnofski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) The Fender logo appeared on tuner backplates in the mid-60s. A registered trademark symbol was added in the early 70s. Schaller tuners were gradually introduced around 1976 until 1982. Edited July 22, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brams77 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) End of 1965 actually with the arrival of the oval tuners (lollypops) on jazzes, I think they went to the clover shape about 1967 on the jazzes. The jazzes always had the most modern features and the precisions always stayed a bit behind... The trademark thing... what discreet said;) Edited July 22, 2013 by Brams77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgnofski Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Thanks Chaps, Have you ever seen the hootenanny button on the reverse of the headstock sited lower down horizontally than the 'usual' place & more in line vertically with the worm shaft of the A tuning peg, instead of the usual 'more central' horizontally position under the shaft of the cog of the A tuner vertically - if you know what I mean!! Edited July 22, 2013 by dodgnofski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Picture maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgnofski Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Hi again chaps here is a pic of said hootenanny button position - does it look cosha to you?? thank you Edited July 22, 2013 by dodgnofski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Mine is more in the meat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) [quote name='dodgnofski' timestamp='1374509906' post='2149526'] Hi again chaps here is a pic of said hootenanny button position - does it look cosha to you?? thank you [/quote]Looks Jap to me so could be, bh2's picture is more like 'normal' USA - IMO IME etc.etc. Edited July 22, 2013 by KiOgon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgnofski Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Must be my age accelerated OCD - but should the position/sighting of the button but me off buying this - even though the neck date looks 'very' cosha?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Look at the amount of headstock wood visible directly below the left lower corner of the 'D' tuner... very different in your pic to bh2's pic. [size=4]Not saying it's necessarily 'wrong' you understand... just 'different'. [/size] Edited July 22, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) This is a '69 P (pic from andy baxters inventory) with the D tuner also closer to the edge than usual so that's not necessarily a warning sign. The strap button looks way out to me though. I've seen slight variations in positioning but not this extreme. If everything else checks out then this may be a later addition. The strap button was discontinued sometime in 1969 according to the Fender Bass book. [attachment=139633:69 P bass.jpg] Edited July 22, 2013 by ikay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 It's also possible someone moved it for some reason. Is there any sign of a filled hole where the button should have been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgnofski Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Can't see any evidence of a previous hole - so it's totally baffling why they would position it 'that' far out of position from 'the norm'?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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