Prince_phil Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Hi Im looking at buying an all original fender p bass that has a 79 neck and an 81 body. The seller has showed me pictures of the insides and it all checks out- from reading the fender site it seems it is pretty common practice that they put necks that had been sitting about for a few years with more recently made bodies. My question is about value- would a bass like this be typically worth less than a regular 79? It's pretty much the best playing/sounding p bass I've tried and from that point of view I'm sold! It's just that if I ever needed to sell it on it would be nice to know what it's worth! Thanks for any info. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) No I don't think it would make any difference it was all a bit mix and match then. If you've got a good one- that's the important part, there were plenty of boat anchors made Edited July 17, 2017 by Geek99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 It will make no difference to the value. I have one of those s9 serial number Precisions. I have never even bothered checking when the various parts were made. Condition and the issue of whether it is 'all original' will be the main indicators or value. Playability and sound will be the indicators of whether the bass is worth buying. When I was young the basses from this era were cheap to buy as they came from an unfashionable time in Fenders history. I bought mine for under £400 in 1999 whereas the same bass would be worth at least a grand now and probably more if I'd not been playing it regularly for 18 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I think the values around that period make the assumptions that's all the parts will have differing dates, part of the reason they're not 'collectable'. But as has been mentioned, if you found a good one, that doesn't weigh a ton, good times. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Pretty much the best playing/sounding Precision you`ve ever played - in that case it doesn't matter if resale is only a quid, just snap it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince_phil Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 And i just went and bought it! 70s p vibe with loads of mojo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Nice. If we were on Talkbass we could start a 'non-collectable but ultimately cool late 1970s-to early 1980s Precision' club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 If a bass had body and neck marked as '79, it may have left the factory in '79 so you could definitely call it a '79 bass. If it had one part labelled '81, it must have come out of the factory in '81 or later, so I suppose that classes it as an '81 bass, and therefore not worth quite as much as a '79 bass. Although there wouldn't be much in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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