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  On 21/01/2025 at 00:06, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Just this one point... I know from experience that that crud can build up in just five years, and be removed surprisingly effectively.

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It’s the headstocks that give it away. You can see how the tar leaves indelible marks when exposed to cigarette smoke for long periods.

 

Hells point is there’s often an inconsistency between wear on the body and wear on the headstock.

 

On the bodies there will always be fading on the main body of a guitar when compared to the finish underneath.

 

 

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Didn’t they use nitro on the headstocks and that’s why they discoloured more than the poly body from 68 ish 

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I have recently bought a 73 Fender Jazz, when both vol and tone knobs are on full the output is quite weak and hollow sounding. Roll back the neck Vol to 95/90 and the sound is big, same goes for the bridge Vol when slightly rolled back. Having owned several vintage Jazz's this has never been the case for those instruments, any thoughts guys...

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  On 22/01/2025 at 11:27, briansbrew said:

I have recently bought a 73 Fender Jazz, when both vol and tone knobs are on full the output is quite weak and hollow sounding. Roll back the neck Vol to 95/90 and the sound is big, same goes for the bridge Vol when slightly rolled back. Having owned several vintage Jazz's this has never been the case for those instruments, any thoughts guys...

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Sounds like pickups out of phase to me. Had this on one of my Jazz Basses when one of the pickups was somehow put back in the wrong way around

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I had this issue after getting one of my pickups rewound. 

I simply reversed the earth and live wires from the rewound pickup, and the full "boom" was restored. 

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  On 22/01/2025 at 11:33, bakerster135 said:

Sounds like pickups out of phase to me. Had this on one of my Jazz Basses when one of the pickups was somehow put back in the wrong way around

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Yes the bass was refinished in the past and the pickups were removed to do this so that may well be the problem, I will check this out

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Brilliant Guys and thanks, I reversed the wires to the neck pot and all sounds as it should, they must have soldered the pickup up wrong....Output restored, another learning day

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I thought I'd share this pic as I like it so much. 

My band did a little video shoot last week, and the guitarist is a keen amateur photographer. After we'd finished filming I asked him to take some pics of the basses I'd taken.

A brace of '73's.

 

Rob

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  On 25/01/2025 at 10:44, ossyrocks said:

I thought I'd share this pic as I like it so much. 

My band did a little video shoot last week, and the guitarist is a keen amateur photographer. After we'd finished filming I asked him to take some pics of the basses I'd taken.

A brace of '73's.

 

Rob

Fenderbasses.thumb.jpg.63c7f33e8854ba066e33be56964d3377.jpg

 

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Usable, affordable and look absolutely bloody fantastic.

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  On 25/01/2025 at 10:44, ossyrocks said:

I thought I'd share this pic as I like it so much. 

My band did a little video shoot last week, and the guitarist is a keen amateur photographer. After we'd finished filming I asked him to take some pics of the basses I'd taken.

A brace of '73's.

 

Rob

Fenderbasses.thumb.jpg.63c7f33e8854ba066e33be56964d3377.jpg

 

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Amazing basses Rob

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  On 25/01/2025 at 14:01, Burns-bass said:


Usable, affordable and look absolutely bloody fantastic.

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I’ve heard vintage basses (or just instruments in general) described as ‘functional art’ - which makes sense to me. 

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  On 25/01/2025 at 15:49, Burns-bass said:


That’s a great description. 

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Yeah I like it too. I think k it was Ian Allison on Scott’s Bass Lessons who said it. He’s such an enthusiastic guy it’s hard not to like him 👍🏼

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  On 25/01/2025 at 10:44, ossyrocks said:

I thought I'd share this pic as I like it so much. 

My band did a little video shoot last week, and the guitarist is a keen amateur photographer. After we'd finished filming I asked him to take some pics of the basses I'd taken.

A brace of '73's.

 

Rob

Fenderbasses.thumb.jpg.63c7f33e8854ba066e33be56964d3377.jpg

 

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If that Jazz sounds as nice as it looks and if it's as good as the 73 I restored a while back, that is an amazing bass. Both look great, by the way. Really digging the burst on the P.

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I've been looking at vintage Mustangs to replace my JMJ. What are the main differences between the slab body Mustangs from before 1969 and the contoured basses, except for the body shape? Are the necks similar?
 

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  On 03/02/2025 at 20:53, BassAgent said:

I've been looking at vintage Mustangs to replace my JMJ. What are the main differences between the slab body Mustangs from before 1969 and the contoured basses, except for the body shape? Are the necks similar?
 

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My 66 , just waiting on strings. Cracker bass 

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