lowlandtrees Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/vintage-74-fender-precision-bass/1046785796 Saw this in Gumtree. Anyone any comments as to value, authenticity etc. Look in good nick from pics. I have a (mint) Gibson 355 Lucille to trade but looks like he may want cash. He/she can only say no. Always fancied an old PB but I was the same with the 355. Now I never play it. Quote
discreet Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Not sure if the logo is correct - can't really see it properly - and I'd say it looks a bit too white for a forty-year-old. I would have expected the poly coat to have degraded to a creamy yellow hue by now. So it may be a refin. Unless it's been mothballed in airtight conditions, of course. Edited January 31, 2014 by discreet Quote
Happy Jack Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I would want to see much better photos than that, and I'd want to know what that weighs. Quote
ambient Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 I'm most definitely not a Fender bass expert, but if that's 40 years old then I'm a duck. The thing with Fender basses, is they're workhorse instruments, and relatively cheap. Meaning they pick up dents and marks from playing, even if they're well looked after. To me that looks too new. I had an olympic white 5 string jazz that was only about 5 years old, that had started to dull and yellow ever so slightly, you could really notice it if you took the scratch plate off. Quote
wateroftyne Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Hard to tell from two small photos, but I can't see anything the suggests it's not a well looked-after '74P. It might be a refin, but there's no reason why it has to be. Quote
lowlandtrees Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 Did not like to say n case the seller is a member here but all these things went through my head. What should it weigh if it is genuine? Quote
Bassman Sam Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 [quote name='lowlandtrees' timestamp='1391190159' post='2354456'] Did not like to say n case the seller is a member here but all these things went through my head. What should it weigh if it is genuine? [/quote] About 2 Eric Pickles. Quote
KK Jale Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 It does "look" clean. Didn't black scratchplates come back around 1975 and bass-side thumbrests in 1976? Quote
wateroftyne Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 [quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1391194371' post='2354518'] It does "look" clean. Didn't black scratchplates come back around 1975 and bass-side thumbrests in 1976? [/quote] Nah - 74-ish. Quote
ambient Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 The serial number is 549374, don't know if you can date it from that. Quote
wateroftyne Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1391196511' post='2354562'] The serial number is 549374, don't know if you can date it from that. [/quote] Within a year or to... '75-ish. You'd need to pop the neck off really. Quote
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