BassAgent Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Fender parts are a mess in those years. There was just a big stock of parts they picked from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansbrew Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 29 minutes ago, BassAgent said: Fender parts are a mess in those years. There was just a big stock of parts they picked from. The guy said that he bought ot in 1975 so do you go by the plate date or the pups, must have been a pick and mix assembly line 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurroundedByManatees Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, briansbrew said: Guys whats the story with vintage Fender's, neck plate says 75 but the pots and pickups say 76 ?? Sound legit, it's Fender 🙂. Parts being dated a few years apart is nothing unusual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 3 minutes ago, briansbrew said: so do you go by the plate date or the pups I base my assessments on the latest date for each of these, pot codes, neck stamp etc. Sometimes they are tightly spaced and other times they are all over the place. Fender, I guess 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 12 hours ago, briansbrew said: The guy said that he bought ot in 1975 so do you go by the plate date or the pups, must have been a pick and mix assembly line 🤔 What people say and the reality can often get very mixed up. I’d discount almost anything a seller told me and use the latest part dates as a guide (as someone here suggested). There’s little difference between a 75 and 76, but I know people have a preference for the larger Precision logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 12 hours ago, BlueMoon said: I base my assessments on the latest date for each of these, pot codes, neck stamp etc. Sometimes they are tightly spaced and other times they are all over the place. Fender, I guess This is exactly what I do. My 1966 has a Jan 66 neck date, but May 66 pot dates. So for me, it's a May 66 bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 26 minutes ago, BassAgent said: This is exactly what I do. My 1966 has a Jan 66 neck date, but May 66 pot dates. So for me, it's a May 66 bass. That assumes the factory producing the pots delivered them to the factory in the same month they were manufactured, which is possible but unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansbrew Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: What people say and the reality can often get very mixed up. I’d discount almost anything a seller told me and use the latest part dates as a guide (as someone here suggested). There’s little difference between a 75 and 76, but I know people have a preference for the larger Precision logo. The guy I bought it from is local to me, he got it in London when he played in a band for 2 years and is living in Ireland for the last 30 odd years, he kept the bass in the case since he moved here and never played it. The bass is all original and has never been taken apart except by me when I got it and that's when I discovered the 76 dates on the the parts so he also went by the neck plate. Must ask him if he was sure it was purchased in 75 in Denmark street... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 49 minutes ago, briansbrew said: The guy I bought it from is local to me, he got it in London when he played in a band for 2 years and is living in Ireland for the last 30 odd years, he kept the bass in the case since he moved here and never played it. The bass is all original and has never been taken apart except by me when I got it and that's when I discovered the 76 dates on the the parts so he also went by the neck plate. Must ask him if he was sure it was purchased in 75 in Denmark street... It sounds wonderful and I think we’d all like to see it. If you asked me when I bought my Barefaced 1x10 cab I’d have no idea, and that was a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 I’ve seen quite a few basses with 66 pots, apparently fender bought a large batch of them and carried on using them up until the 70s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 6 hours ago, Burns-bass said: That assumes the factory producing the pots delivered them to the factory in the same month they were manufactured, which is possible but unlikely. It does, but it's the best guess I have. It should be from the 1st half of 1966 (dots+binding, lollipop tuners), so I have no choice but to date it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 4 hours ago, BassAgent said: It does, but it's the best guess I have. It should be from the 1st half of 1966 (dots+binding, lollipop tuners), so I have no choice but to date it this way. I’m just joking around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Even though you would be mainly paying for the neck alone this seems like a reasonable price *bitsa warning* https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/fender-hybrid-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossyrocks Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Pow_22 said: Even though you would be mainly paying for the neck alone this seems like a reasonable price *bitsa warning* https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/fender-hybrid-1 If that is indeed a '59 neck, shouldn't they be showing the evidence of that, and shouldn't it be priced for A LOT more money than that? I'm looking for a late 60's/early 70's rosewood board Jazz neck, and the ones I've seen are a lot more money than this '59 P neck. Hmmm. Edit: 40mm nut width?? Rob Edited June 26 by ossyrocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurroundedByManatees Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I'm missing the hole for the strapbutton on the back of the headstock. The price suggests it's a reissue and they are aware of that. They probably mean " '59 type neck". Though it wouldn't be correct with a 40mm nut anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansbrew Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, SurroundedByManatees said: I'm missing the hole for the strapbutton on the back of the headstock. The price suggests it's a reissue and they are aware of that. They probably mean " '59 type neck". Though it wouldn't be correct with a 40mm nut anyway. The ferrules seem to be missing ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 (edited) Isn’t the truss rod plug too long for a 59, looking at some others the originals look smaller Edited June 26 by Reggaebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansbrew Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 56 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Isn’t the truss rod plug too long for a 59, looking at some others the originals look smaller Probably different tooling for the reissue maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said: Isn’t the truss rod plug too long for a 59, looking at some others the originals look smaller Yep, it’s definitely not an original neck, this is the heel. Wrong in every way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Interesting take on the vintage market from Joe Bonamassa https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/unlimited_money_and_ego_make_for_a_dangerous_combination_joe_bonamassa_on_how_perception_of_scarcity_drives_vintage_guitar_prices_up.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1DpB4xJVOw_3SXldFaLAYVPjO6K_pOavr29u99yuBRFkvYHgyJLHebXqU_aem_7cL5Vq-pC0VNnLaq8SflTw#Echobox=1719357522 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 17 minutes ago, peteb said: Interesting take on the vintage market from Joe Bonamassa https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/unlimited_money_and_ego_make_for_a_dangerous_combination_joe_bonamassa_on_how_perception_of_scarcity_drives_vintage_guitar_prices_up.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1DpB4xJVOw_3SXldFaLAYVPjO6K_pOavr29u99yuBRFkvYHgyJLHebXqU_aem_7cL5Vq-pC0VNnLaq8SflTw#Echobox=1719357522 Where is vintage Fender neck??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 18 minutes ago, nilorius said: Where is vintage Fender neck??? I'm sure that Joe has one somewhere in the house... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 42 minutes ago, peteb said: Interesting take on the vintage market from Joe Bonamassa https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/unlimited_money_and_ego_make_for_a_dangerous_combination_joe_bonamassa_on_how_perception_of_scarcity_drives_vintage_guitar_prices_up.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1DpB4xJVOw_3SXldFaLAYVPjO6K_pOavr29u99yuBRFkvYHgyJLHebXqU_aem_7cL5Vq-pC0VNnLaq8SflTw#Echobox=1719357522 He has a point but are they really that scarce? Andy Baxter has no problems keeping a good supply and there’s been a crazy influx of MM basses across his site and bassbros recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briansbrew Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 My 75 P , erm or is that 76 , a bit of both 🤨 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 Very nice Brian 👌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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