Vintage Fenders

[Reggaebass]

13 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

no, it means it's a p bass neck from the 22nd week of 66

Thanks, that’s interesting as it’s on a 1970 precision, this is where I’m getting confused a bit 🙂

[Woodinblack]

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

Thanks, that’s interesting as it’s on a 1970 precision, this is where I’m getting confused a bit 🙂

 

Looking back I just went at a cursory glance, I think the last number is actually 68 rather than 66. I guess it was kicking round in the factory for a while!

[BlueMoon]

4 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

I guess it was kicking round in the factory for a while!

Pretty normal practice in Fender at the time, according to folk-lore

[Reggaebass]

I clicked on this 60s precision on  reverb, and omg, I can’t say I’ve ever seen a thumb rest like this 😁

[Owen]

That is very special. But not in a good way.

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, owen said:

That is very special. But not in a good way.

Definitely, what a very strange thing to do 

[tegs07]

2 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Definitely, what a very strange thing to do 

Probably back in the day with no internet and the nearest music shop was in a city a few hundred miles away so if you wanted something you had to make it. Sadly not everyone is good at woodwork!

Edited November 11, 2021 by tegs07

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, tegs07 said:

Sadly not everyone is good at woodwork!

I thought it might have been our friend from eBay for a moment 😁

[Owen]

Tragic, becuase otherwise it looks peachy.

[Reggaebass]

It’s a shame that it’s outside of the pickguard or another guard would have covered it 

[Cuzzie]

51 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I clicked on this 60s precision on  reverb, and omg, I can’t say I’ve ever seen a thumb rest like this 😁

Functional and characterful

[LukeFRC]

23 minutes ago, owen said:

Tragic, becuase otherwise it looks peachy.

Fixable by the right person though

[Cuzzie]

1 minute ago, LukeFRC said:

Fixable by the right person though

Depending what is underneath the block - prolly an easy job relatively speaking with another full PG over it

Edited November 11, 2021 by Cuzzie

[LukeFRC]

1 minute ago, Cuzzie said:

Depending what is underneath the block - prolly an easy job relatively speaking with another full PG over it

Is it a block? It looks like a trench dug in to me 

[Owen]

3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

Fixable by the right person though

We know who that is

1 minute ago, Cuzzie said:

Depending what is underneath the block - prolly an easy job relatively speaking with another full PG over it

Sadly not a block but a trough.

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, LukeFRC said:

Fixable by the right person though

I’m a joiner/ cabinet maker and I could fix it but it’s the finish I think you would struggle with, if it was in the uk I might have considered it 

[LukeFRC]

Oh yeah its sticking out rather than a hole dug in

[LukeFRC]

2 minutes ago, owen said:

We know who that is

Sadly not a block but a trough.

I’m not sure it is now!

[Owen]

If the trough was filled it could be reliced, but that still leaves needing to find a new scratchplate.

[LukeFRC]

5 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I’m not sure it is now!

I’m wrong it’s a bloody hole

[ezbass]

Definitely a trough, you can see the internal corner and the cut edge of the p/g. Given that only about half would be visible under a complete p/g and that it’s already somewhat battered elsewhere, a colour matched, fill block wouldn’t be a total necessity.

[Cuzzie]

Crikey - just seen the trough

 

still do-able tho

 

 

[wateroftyne]

Here's my trio of '71s.

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by wateroftyne

[naxos10]

Nice👌

[Lozz196]

71 mungus!!