Chewie Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 Hey groovers, Somebody came to look at a bass I’m selling, last Saturday. Very nice chap, I might add. Anyway, the case for this particular bass is in stupidly good condition. The guy I bought the bass from was a private collector & he had all the iconic basses in his house, like a little museum. Anyway, on Saturday, the chap viewing the bass said “How do you know it’s original?” He had a good point & I didn’t really have an answer. It tickled me & I went off, squirrelling around in websites in search of some truth. I’ve got 3 different basses from three Fender “eras” & I’ve photographed the same parts of them to distinguish changes that happened to the cases in just 10 years, I think. Here’s the pictures of my 1967 Jazz bass case for your perusal, if anyone’s still awake at this point. I’m showing the logo, the position of the logo, the hinges & the handle of the case. Quote
Chewie Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 The next case is my 1972 P bass..... Quote
Chewie Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 ....and finally the ‘78 Jazz bass.... Quote
Chewie Posted February 28, 2019 Author Posted February 28, 2019 Interesting that all 4 things are different... over 10 years. That seems like a lot of effort to me. Anybody got anymore anecdotes or gems they need to offload? Apologies in advance for my dullest thread! Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 I don’t think it’s a dull thread chewie , having the original case with the bass can only add value, because Ive been looking for a vintage jb for a while now and I want one with the original case and I would pay more for that , but I wouldn’t know what it should look like, I wonder if the cases can be dated in any way by the fender logo 🙂 Quote
stu_g Posted February 28, 2019 Posted February 28, 2019 http://www.guitarhq.com/fender.html#cases 2 Quote
Chewie Posted March 1, 2019 Author Posted March 1, 2019 14 hours ago, stu_g said: http://www.guitarhq.com/fender.html#cases Bang on...... Quote
Owen Posted March 1, 2019 Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) MGL (Maximum Geek Level). I love it. Edited March 1, 2019 by owen because he thought he knew what a word meant but it turned out that he was wrong. 1 Quote
Chewie Posted March 2, 2019 Author Posted March 2, 2019 On 28/02/2019 at 20:59, Reggaebass said: I don’t think it’s a dull thread chewie , having the original case with the bass can only add value, because Ive been looking for a vintage jb for a while now and I want one with the original case and I would pay more for that , but I wouldn’t know what it should look like, I wonder if the cases can be dated in any way by the fender logo 🙂 There should be a vintage instrument and amplification Bash...... Quote
Reggaebass Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, Chewie said: There should be a vintage instrument and amplification Bash...... That would be a dream day out for me, I would need to take a big wad of cash though 😀 Quote
Chewie Posted March 2, 2019 Author Posted March 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Reggaebass said: That would be a dream day out for me, I would need to take a big wad of cash though 😀 Haha, yeah, me too......! 1 Quote
stu_g Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 I only know of that website from when I bought an Ibanez soundgear, that came in an early 70s fender case so I was searching around to find how old it was. Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 On 01/03/2019 at 22:18, owen said: MGL (Maximum Geek Level). I love it. I've just counted the stitches and I'm sure the 67 case is from June of that year, they added an extra stitch for each month to identify them. 1 1 Quote
Chewie Posted March 4, 2019 Author Posted March 4, 2019 6 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said: I've just counted the stitches and I'm sure the 67 case is from June of that year, they added an extra stitch for each month to identify them. I don’t think you’re taking this seriously!!!😂 1 1 Quote
Chewie Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) Here you go........... this is exactly where this thread is coming from............. This guy has a 1964 P bass in a late seventies case...... https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/vintage-1964-fender-precision-bass...pre-cbs..../1331774823 A lot of bass and cases are seperated and therefore, technically speaking not original, to the instrument. Apparently, a lot of guitars and basses came to the UK without cases originally, which is why we're all looking for them. Here's another one........... this beautiful P bass, which I'm tempted to bid on, has a mid sixties case with it. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-Bass-1977-Original-Olympic-White-WHSC-Vintage-Beautiful/303075388618?hash=item4690b36cca:g:6eEAAOSwOIxcdAq4 Edited March 6, 2019 by Chewie Quote
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