Vintage Fenders

[SurroundedByManatees]

Anybody has an idea what these square punch markings are?

 

 

 

They seem common on instruments from 1962-1965 from what I see. They don't have a fixed position. Maybe it could be left by some tool for painting or routing..

[dodgnofski]

I always thought it was the nail hole used when spraying seen on early Basses before they switched to using the ‘strip’?

Edited Tuesday at 11:31 by dodgnofski

[Alanko]

On 05/04/2025 at 22:13, Steve Browning said:

Yes. The Boston PB 415 TI.

Did you phone up Rotosound to get these? I don't see any sort of 'add to cart' option on the Music Alliance website.

[Steve Browning]

I went to the Boston website and looked for the UK distributor. Luckily I am a Rotosound endorsee and ordered them via my artist relations chap.

 

Possibly any Rotosound seller can probably order one for you. 

Edited Tuesday at 11:32 by Steve Browning

[briansbrew]

6 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

I went to the Boston website and looked for the UK distributor. Luckily I am a Rotosound endorsee and ordered them via my artist relations chap.

 

Possibly any Rotosound seller can probably order one for you. 

You will get them on the Bax Music website 

[wateroftyne]

40 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

You will get them on the Bax Music website 

 

Not any more...!

[BassAgent]

And if you could: don't🙃

[briansbrew]

13 hours ago, BassAgent said:

And if you could: don't🙃

Here you go 

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:17 by wateroftyne

[Steve Browning]

You went for the T and not the TI? Be interesting to see the difference. The I stands for Intense apparently. 

[briansbrew]

9 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

You went for the T and not the TI? Be interesting to see the difference. The I stands for Intense apparently. 

Yes I had it ordered before I realised my mistake, will post them up whe they arrive and will be gooid to see what they are like

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, briansbrew said:

You will get them on the Bax Music website 

 

No longer, it seems Bax have gone bust.

[BassAgent]

12 hours ago, briansbrew said:

Here you go 

 

Brilliant. Maybe not the best idea to put your full name and adress on the internet though😬

Edited Wednesday at 08:17 by wateroftyne

[briansbrew]

1 hour ago, BassAgent said:

Brilliant. Maybe not the best idea to put your full name and adress on the internet though😬

Was too quick and not cropped it 

[Reggaebass]

5 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

Was too quick and not cropped it 

You can delete the image Brian 

[SurroundedByManatees]

Too late, we're on our way now.

[wateroftyne]

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[briansbrew]

7 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

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Thanks ...

[rwillett]

36 minutes ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

Too late, we're on our way now.

 

Too late, I've been and gone.

 

Nice gaff. He used to have some really nice guitars

Rob

[briansbrew]

16 minutes ago, rwillett said:

 

Too late, I've been and gone.

 

Nice gaff. He used to have some really nice guitars

Rob

I cant seem to find my 66 Mustang ....😅

[Steve Browning]

15 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

I cant seem to find my 66 Mustang ....😅

Every grey cloud and all that. 🙂

[snorkie635]

35 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

I cant seem to find my 66 Mustang ....😅

It plays really well though. Using in in my Mrs Mills tribute band and it looks the part as well.

[Alanko]

16 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

You went for the T and not the TI? Be interesting to see the difference. The I stands for Intense apparently. 

I was sent a 'T' in error by the first Dutch retailer I tried to buy a 'TI' from. It is a much busier black/brown/orange tort with a smaller grain/ripple to it. Like the tort is zoomed out, if that makes sense. 

[briansbrew]

11 minutes ago, Alanko said:

I was sent a 'T' in error by the first Dutch retailer I tried to buy a 'TI' from. It is a much busier black/brown/orange tort with a smaller grain/ripple to it. Like the tort is zoomed out, if that makes sense. 

That company didn’t do the TI that I ordered

[SurroundedByManatees]

NBD:

 

Refin '65 Jazz. It's an awesome playing and sounding instrument.  It has the most beautiful tort pickguard. It still has a brazilian rosewood fretboard, but pearl dots. The pots date to week 12 of 1965.

 

 

It appears to be all original, except for a refinish and the screws that hold down the pickup covers (not pictured).

 

Added nerd pictures that show how thoroughly the finish is stripped. There is no single sign to find of the previous (sunburst probably) finish that it started with. Or it started out as a blonde finish,  which seems unlikely.

 

In one of the pictures you see the round routermark on the back, which is also present near the back strapbutton.  The square marking in the neckpocket is also a sign of authenticity.

 

 

 

It's a pretty light bass too, that was an important feature on the checklist.

 

[wateroftyne]

4 minutes ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

NBD:

 

Refin '65 Jazz. It's an awesome playing and sounding instrument.  It has the most beautiful tort pickguard. It still has a brazilian rosewood fretboard, but pearl dots. The pots date to week 12 of 1965.

 

 

It appears to be all original, except for a refinish and the screws that hold down the pickup covers (not pictured).

 

Added nerd pictures that show how thoroughly the finish is stripped. There is no single sign to find of the previous (sunburst probably) finish that it started with. Or it started out as a blonde finish,  which seems unlikely.

 

In one of the pictures you see the round routermark on the back, which is also present near the back strapbutton.  The square marking in the neckpocket is also a sign of authenticity.

 

 

 

It's a pretty light bass too, that was an important feature on the checklist.

 

Well that’s an absolute Bobby Dazzler. That guard!

 

Nice one.