Jobiebass Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I dont know fenders that well, but they did that paint in 64? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-64-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Large-Sparkle-Gold-RARE_W0QQitemZ270410753652QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3ef5bca674&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A3|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Fender[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 It's not unheard of... There's a saying synonymous with Fender's history, which goes 'never say never.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Yep, Gold Metallic was available then at 25% extra. Even if this was genuine £40K is a bit mental. BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 This is a regular - he keeps trying but nobody seems to want it Been on here three times already and I doubt this will be the last. Did go up to 70k once though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Yeah i always have a chuckle at this one. It backlights perfect apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='520143' date='Jun 21 2009, 05:33 PM']Yep, Gold Metallic was available then at 25% extra. Even if this was genuine £40K is a bit mental. BB[/quote] There's absolutely no doubt that Fender offered gold as a Custom Colour finish - and offered more than one variety of gold finish as a custom option over the years, including a metallic gold. But did the sparkle/sparckle and metal flake treatments appear as early as '64? I was always under the impression that single and burst finishes were the only options at that time, and that the sparkle/sparckle and metal flake variations appeared much later. I was also under the impression that the gold metallic custom option had a matt/burnished appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 This has been posted before but still makes intesting reading. they dd a shoreline gold in 1962. maybe you could order a sparkle. [url="http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html"]http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylon Pilson Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='bythesea' post='520146' date='Jun 21 2009, 06:35 PM']Been on here three times already and I doubt this will be the last. Did go up to 70k once though...[/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43945"]Here[/url] and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25505"]here[/url] and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=48926"]here[/url]. S.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My 64 reish (like Guy Pratts) original is Burgundy Mist which has a sparkle in it - although not as sparkly as that one - what a beaut. Think I'll sell my children! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny B Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I think it looks fantastic - will have to investigate the cost of a re-spray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 [quote name='King Tut' post='520984' date='Jun 22 2009, 06:32 PM']My 64 reish (like Guy Pratts) original is Burgundy Mist which has a sparkle in it - although not as sparkly as that one - what a beaut. Think I'll sell my children![/quote] Thats a dreadful thing to say!!!!........like Guy Pratts! Shame on you! How much a pound for the kids? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) [quote name='King Tut' post='520984' date='Jun 22 2009, 05:32 PM']My 64 reish (like Guy Pratts) original is Burgundy Mist which has a sparkle in it - although not as sparkly as that one ...[/quote] I'm always somewhat confused when it comes to Pratt's Jazz basses. I've never been sure as to whether the Sunburst example is the '64, or the Burgundy Mist. Given that I've seen the Burgundy Mist example being credited as a '63, '64 and '68. It is a Custom Colour example, as it has a colour-coordinated headstock (which, technically, makes the colour Purple Mist - as that was the name Fender used for that Custom Colour option - although Burgundy Mist and Purple Mist are one in the same colour). Pratt issues aside, the Burgundy (nee Purple) Mists and Emerald Mist colour options are a "single" colour, although with a nacreous pigmentation (pearlescent appearance), and are often fully credited by Fender as being Burgundy Mist Metallic and Emerald Mist Metallic. This, to my mind, taking into consideration other "metallic" colour options, seems quite a different prospect to the Sparkle/Sparckle and Metal Flake colour options. As for Sparkle/Sparckle and Metal Flake, I'd always been under the impression that these were introduced around '67, a year or so before the Paisley and Flower designs, and like those latter options, were a reflection of the changes occurring in popular music in the '60s, and its assimilation of the '50s Pop Art movement - the influence of which is credited as being behind the stripes and embellishments featured on the likes of Mustang and MusicMaster instruments. But I'm no Fender expert ... Edited June 22, 2009 by noelk27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I miss my 60 rosewood neck P. Sold it to finance a guitar in 63. for £60. Was a sunburst but refinished ( in 62 )white to match the guitarists strat and tele.... *sigh* Sold it to a doctor called Sim Jones in Cambridge. I miss that bass..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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