1964 Precision

[lapolpora]

Check it out:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-1964-PRECISION-BASS-BURGUNDY-MIST-CUSTOM-COLOUR_W0QQitemZ390040890390QQihZ026QQcategoryZ33025QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-1964-PRECISIO...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Personally I'd rather buy a Jap re-issue, go on a nice holiday, buy a new car, pay off a bit of mortgage.......

And another from the same seller:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-1962-JAZZ-BASS-OLYMPIC-WHITE-MATCHING-HEADSTOCK_W0QQitemZ390040887880QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item390040887880&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-1962-JAZZ-BAS...34.c0.m14.l1262[/url]

Edited April 1, 2009 by lapolpora

[Hamster]

The first one is too tatty, second one is nicer - but I'm with you on buying cheaper!

There's just no guarantee that they'll play or sound better than a Fender that's less than 1/10th the price,

[DirkThrust]

Mmm. Nice to look at but

[quote name='lapolpora' post='451565' date='Apr 1 2009, 03:03 PM']Personally I'd rather buy a Jap re-issue, go on a nice holiday, buy a new car, pay off a bit of mortgage.......[/quote]

Yeah so would I

[simon1964]

[quote name='Hamster' post='451587' date='Apr 1 2009, 03:23 PM']There's just no guarantee that they'll play or sound better than a Fender that's less than 1/10th the price,[/quote]

It probably won't, but it just shows that these are bought by collectors.

You can't really compare vintage stuff with modern stuff. Rightly or wrongly, people buy these for the history and the vibe. I recently had the pleasure of driving a 1969 Mark 2 Jag. Compared objectively with a modern car, of any make, it was aweful - slow, heavy, thirsty, and basic. Negotiating a roundabout required a rest half way round. But it was still an awesome car! Vintage Fenders are a bit the same.