Vintage Fenders

[ezbass]

On 11/11/2021 at 20:07, Cuzzie said:

Crikey - just seen the trough

 

still do-able tho

 

 

This cropped up on my YT feed and the excavated P above sprang to mind. I didn’t post for fear of feeding certain BCer’s GAS (you know who you are ).

[Reggaebass]

Looks like it could be a bit of a bargain here, not original pickups but doesn’t look bad , if the rest is original 

[Reggaebass]

I’ve got an ad out at the moment for a 68-72 ish precision, if anyone sees one on any sites I might have missed I’d appreciate the heads up, cheers 

[wateroftyne]

On 23/11/2021 at 17:11, Reggaebass said:

Looks like it could be a bit of a bargain here, not original pickups but doesn’t look bad , if the rest is original 

 

If I lived anywhere near *checks notes* Saffron Walden and liked maple P's, I'd be all over that like green on beans.

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, wateroftyne said:

 

If I lived anywhere near *checks notes* Saffron Walden and liked maple P's, I'd be all over that like green on beans.

I didn’t really want a maple board but I might go and have a play  if it’s still around the weekend 

[Reggaebass]

This popped up on eBay, I’ve seen it before somewhere but not sure where, I remember the sticker on the headstock, also does the tort guard look right https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fender-precision-bass-1969-/165206282777?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

[vincbt]

21 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

This popped up on eBay, I’ve seen it before somewhere but not sure where, I remember the sticker on the headstock, also does the tort guard look right https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fender-precision-bass-1969-/165206282777?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

 

No shortage of strap buttons on that one... 
 

[Reggaebass]

44 minutes ago, vincbt said:

 

No shortage of strap buttons on that one... 
 

Yeah, most strange, all I can think of is he’s fitted strap locks and screwed the others to the body 

[Woodinblack]

48 minutes ago, vincbt said:

 

No shortage of strap buttons on that one... 
 

 

Well, it says 'all original hardware', so I guessing the summer of love had an impact within the fender factory!

[Reggaebass]

If this is true wear and tear like the seller says then it’s seen some life, very cool bass https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1963-Fender-Precision-Bass-original-condition-/403347963032?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

[Bassfingers]

4 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

If this is true wear and tear like the seller says then it’s seen some life, very cool bass https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1963-Fender-Precision-Bass-original-condition-/403347963032?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

TI Flats too! That should sound sweet. Some of that wear doesn't quite look like it was incurred "naturally" - I could be wrong. 

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, Bassfingers said:

Some of that wear doesn't quite look like it was incurred "naturally"

Yeah I thought that, I’m not sure how you would wear the body above the knobs that much 

[Reggaebass]

Here’s another one with wear above the knobs, could it be from playing with a pick?

[Owen]

I am trying to work out how to get wear by the scratchplate there.

[Velarian]

Could it be playing with your thumb by the bridge with fingers resting on the body between the G and the controls?

[Reggaebass]

5 minutes ago, Velarian said:

Could it be playing with your thumb by the bridge with fingers resting on the body between the G and the controls?

That’s definitely a possibility 

[LukeFRC]

Looks like 2 filled holes each side? 

[AndyTravis]

17 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

That’s definitely a possibility 

That’s sort of how sting plays isn’t it?

 

saw a cool post on Facebook somewhere which showed the progressive wear on his 50’s P from the mid 90’s to 2021

[AndyTravis]

Here it is…

[Reggaebass]

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

That’s sort of how sting plays isn’t it?

 

saw a cool post on Facebook somewhere which showed the progressive wear on his 50’s P from the mid 90’s to 2021

I think you’ve cracked it Andy 👍

[Reggaebass]

8 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

Looks like 2 filled holes each side? 

What could they have been for  , look’s too wide to have been a mute of some kind 

[AndyTravis]

3 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I think you’ve cracked it Andy 👍

I’ve just made myself sad that I sold my fender custom shop sting 🙄😂

[Reggaebass]

6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I’ve just made myself sad that I sold my fender custom shop sting 🙄😂

I’ve never played one, they do look cool 

[AndyTravis]

2 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I’ve never played one, they do look cool 

It was…

 

It moved to a member on here and was moved on again, lost track of it after that.

 

I kept it with the pickguard on but it had all the sting marks underneath…

[Stub Mandrel]

On 02/08/2020 at 20:06, Reggaebass said:

I know there’s many  people on here that have a great  knowledge of vintage fenders, it’s a big interest of mine, and Inspired by a few other threads where various questions have been asked about things like, serial numbers, bridges, cases, pots, pickups , wiring , tuners etc , some great answers and information came back . so I thought this would be a good place to share it. 

 

Also if you have a vintage fender please show us 🙂

 

What age defines 'vintage'? I'm guessing '86 doesn't count?