Vintage Fenders

[mikeswals]

8 hours ago, Owen said:

Bill Bolton? He of The Bottom Line fame?

Yes, Bill Bolton 

 

I saw him post something on one of the Facebook pages as well

[Burns-bass]

8 hours ago, 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.

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.

 

 

[Reggaebass]

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

Edited January 21 by Reggaebass

[Hellzero]

59 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

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

Excellent remark Tony. 👍

[briansbrew]

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...

[kevin_lindsay]

Sounds like the pickups might be wired out of phase? 

[bakerster135]

4 minutes ago, 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...

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

[kevin_lindsay]

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. 

[briansbrew]

3 minutes ago, 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

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

[briansbrew]

2 minutes ago, kevin_lindsay said:

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. 

Another good idea Kevin, thanks

[briansbrew]

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

[kevin_lindsay]

Basschat to the rescue!

[mowf]

3 minutes ago, kevin_lindsay said:

Basschat to the rescue!

But you have to supply your own cape.

[ossyrocks]

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

 

[Burns-bass]

3 hours ago, 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

 

Usable, affordable and look absolutely bloody fantastic.

[rwillett]

7 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Usable, affordable and look absolutely bloody fantastic.

And I know where he lives.... Mind you, he knows where I live as well...

[Lozz196]

4 hours ago, 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

 

Amazing basses Rob

[ped]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

Usable, affordable and look absolutely bloody fantastic.

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

[Burns-bass]

15 minutes ago, ped said:

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

That’s a great description. 

[ped]

40 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

That’s a great description. 

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 👍🏼

[BassAgent]

5 hours ago, 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

 

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.

[chris_b]

7 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

 

 

 

Great shot. That's the right colour for a bass. . . .

[OliverBlackman]

19 hours ago, ped said:

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

The old double basses certainly are!