Vintage Fenders

[Beedster]

4 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said:

It's definitely a thing that I was never aware until I looked for it. Some variation of sustain is almost guaranteed on most basses, but just isn't a problem for the majority of us. However if it is, apparently if you stick a small weight (such as a coin) to the headstock it will shift or even eliminate dead spots. I think there's a company that make proper weights for that purpose. I wonder whether those headstock clip tuners have a similar effect depending on whereabouts they're placed?

 

You'll never guess who make them.......

 

[itu]

5 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

You'll never guess who make them.......

 

...because no one remembers what was the original GT Fathead. Amazon sells clamps in different sizes.

[Beedster]

26 minutes ago, itu said:

...because no one remembers what was the original GT Fathead. Amazon sells clamps in different sizes.

I remember them as Fat Fingers as well 👍

[snorkie635]

18 hours ago, itu said:

...because no one remembers what was the original GT Fathead. Amazon sells clamps in different sizes.

I do. I took delivery of a brand-new CS Fender back in the early 90s and it had more than one dead spot, so Fender had CS-fitted it with a gold (coloured) Fathead. It worked well with the FH fitted, but was awful if played with it removed.

[Reggaebass]

Very cheap for a 61, serious mojo 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/85171183-fender-precision-bass-1961-3-tone-sunburst

[ped]

4 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Very cheap for a 61, serious mojo 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/85171183-fender-precision-bass-1961-3-tone-sunburst

 

Saw that - located in London but description mentions shipping to the lower 48 states only... alarm bells?

[Beedster]

5 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Very cheap for a 61, serious mojo 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/85171183-fender-precision-bass-1961-3-tone-sunburst

Mmm, no feedback, odd price, indicates London but offers shipping only to lower 48 states....... 

[Reggaebass]

Just now, ped said:

 

Saw that - located in London but description mentions shipping to the lower 48 states only... alarm bells?

Yeah I saw that bit too , seemed strange 

[Beedster]

1 minute ago, ped said:

 

Saw that - located in London but description mentions shipping to the lower 48 states only... alarm bells?

Yep, the Basschat Rule: if it looks to good to be true.....

[Reggaebass]

I did an image search but couldn’t find anything 

[Owen]

It looks lovely. But "Shipping offered only to the lower 48 states". So that is us in the UK out of the race. 

[Beedster]

Well on the face of it, it's a pre-CBS at the price of an early 70's, so I'm thinking if it was legit it would have been snapped up already, there's about £5k resale profit in there for someone

[Owen]

Just now, Owen said:

It looks lovely. But "Shipping offered only to the lower 48 states". So that is us in the UK out of the race. 

Must post faster. 

[ped]

Even longitudinally we can't argue that the UK is lower than the 48 states

[Reggaebass]

There is another seller with the same name 

[Sparky Mark]

It's another bass where the pristine neck looks out of place on that heavily worn body.

Edit: I should've read the blurb; neck has been refinished. 

Still looks like a scam though. 

Edited October 14, 2024 by Sparky Mark

[wateroftyne]

Stinks of top-quality scam.

[Owen]

26 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Stinks of top-quality scam.

Without a doubt. But that body is lush. 

[GuyR]

Neck has been sprayed the same colour as Donald Gump, or whatever he’s called 

[briansbrew]

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[Burns-bass]

23 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

Account now disabled

 

 

Well done to Reverb for picking up on this stuff. I've seen eBay listings stay up for days/weeks even though they're clearly fakes.

[Owen]

The body was lush though. 

[Beedster]

3 minutes ago, Owen said:

The body was lush though. 

Unattractive relic to my eye, lots of battering round the edges rather than player wear 

[Owen]

Ah, the joy of variety

[Misdee]

On 12/10/2024 at 10:36, Reggaebass said:

Thanks Misdee, I was genuinely curious as it’s something that I’ve heard mentioned before but have never experienced myself 

We've all got our own preoccupations, and some folks get hung up on dead spots, particularly on Fender basses. (Quiet G strings on MM Stingray basses is another pit some people fall into.)

 

I've got plenty of neurotic obsessions of my own regarding basses, many of which have tormented me for decades, but dead spots haven't been one of them, except on my old Status Empathy. Got rid and bought a Zon. The Zon didn't have dead spots, but it did have bad karma so I sold it. And so it goes on...