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A Piece Of History, Vintage Fender Jazz Bass 1966!!!


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It's hard to let this slip from my hands but I can't afford it. A friend of mine bought this from New York back in 1972 used from Mannys.

1966 Jazz Bass 100% Original with original hardcase in great condition! The frets are original and are in a good shape! Great intonation and all tha mojo in the sound!!!

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More photos to come with neck dates and neck pocket marks and all those details...

The price? He wants 3500 pounds delivered to anywhere in UK, fully insured.

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[quote name='fleamail' post='58175' date='Sep 10 2007, 01:09 PM']No its not on ebay.

Guys what you think about the price? I want this to sell quick, I've seen some on ebay and gbase selling for 8000 and $9000.[/quote]

OH GREAT. Gbase yet ANOTHER site I will have to plough through every day. Thanks a bunch :)

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"What do you think of the price?"

A 66 sold on ebay (ex beautiful south) recently with flight case and (I presume) some definite record of heritage for £2800 - our local shop had a 69 in stock for sale at a price of around £2300 both in nice nick so on balance yours looks a little closer to a shop price than an internet sale - you may do better taking it to vintage and rare and paying their commission if you want to shift it quickly

I have been looking for a 66 P for some time now but my price expectations are so unrealistic I am unlikely to ever actually buy one - still I live in hope that these daft prices will subside

Good luck with the sale

Rgds
Darren

OOPS just noticed it is a jazz - cheap then!

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[quote name='fleamail' post='58175' date='Sep 10 2007, 01:09 PM']No its not on ebay.

Guys what you think about the price? I want this to sell quick, I've seen some on ebay and gbase selling for 8000 and $9000.[/quote]

Not going to comment on the price, as I think you should charge what you think it's worth. However, if you're using the internet to determine a price, I'd say you should treat Gbase as the very top end of pricing. Gbase is just a central database for dealers (usually vintage specialists), so the prices there reflect that.

Ebay's probably a more reliable source of what a private sale might be worth, however, you have to get on there at the right time to find instruments relevant to your sale. It's a bit more hit and miss.

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@ Toasted: Just kidding. Really like your all black Celinder. :)

About the price. It's alot of money. But not outragous. And those transition '66 Fender Jazzbasses are very collectible.
Good luck with the sale. I just can't justify spending so much cash on a bass anymore, in this period where I'm spending less time in music.
But it's tempting.....

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I would say that £3,500 is a high price. You can still pick up pre-CBS Fenders for under that price, and they are always going to be collectible.

For reference, the last one of these I saw was a custom coloured one in Denmark Street (white with matching headsotck) at £3,500. They would have been selling this either having bought it for around £2,000 or with 15% commission (bringing the sellers total to less than £3,000 in the end).

For what it's worth, I'd say it was over-priced, and I would say nearer £2,500 would be a fair price for it. At that price I'd still plump for a Pre-CBS Precision and wait for them to come back into vogue.

But for a player, 66' is up there with the early 60's in terms of build quality and playability, so I bet she's sweet. The necks on these are soooo gorgeous!

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[quote name='99ster' post='61957' date='Sep 18 2007, 12:49 AM']It looks like the owner is punting this around everywhere as it's just been offered to me (identical photos) by a vintage guitar dealer...[/quote]

Yes I know, I will be in London on Octomber so I've sent a couple of emails to some vintage dealers. I am surprised you had an offer, because I never got a reply with a price offer.

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