Happy Jack Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-old-vintage-70-s_W0QQitemZ220490536354QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item33564295a2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-old...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 the neck pocket is too large, but the neck wont budge when screws are out? What is it glued on or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Quite like it If the serial is legit its a 61 neck, so as he said its not the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) A helluva lot more info than your standard "uncle bass"(.... which is nice). Looks like genuine wear to me. Is it me or is the neck sitting too high in the pocket too? Edited October 6, 2009 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='618266' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:15 AM']Is it me or is the neck sitting too high in the pocket too?[/quote] Probably due to the 1/4" of glue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Really that could be almost anything. There were no S5 serials (let alone S+ 5 digits), the font is wrong for the serial, and the serial shouldn't even be on the headstock with the serif 'Jazz Bass' logo. Though why anybody would make mistakes like that if they were really trying to create a fake is beyond me. Maybe it is exactly what he's claiming - and older refinished Jazz with plenty of parts replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 (edited) [quote name='WarPig' post='618251' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:10 AM']Quite like it If the serial is legit its a 61 neck, so as he said its not the original.[/quote] I think the serial numbers were on the neck plate until 1975 during that year they moved to the face of the headstock. My 75 Jazz has its serial number on the neck plate and my 78 precision has its on the face of the headstock. Edited October 6, 2009 by cd_david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 The serial number only checks out as a CIJ, and then it would be very recent - 2005 - 2006. Having said that, the neck doesn't exactly look consistent with the rest of the bass age-wise - I could easily believe they were decades apart. This is all very odd - he's trying to push the idea that the paint's an "early factory refin" but the routing for the 3 microswitches it once had was plainly done before it was refinished, since the route is painted. It looks to me like the "enlarged" neck pocket was too, but it's hard to tell. Gluing a neck into an o/s pocket would be a strange way of dealing with a sloppy fit, rather than simple shims. It would be a good way, however, of concealing any (lack of) dating evidence in the pocket or on the heel, and dissuading anyone from being sufficiently heavy handed to find out, it being such a rare & delicate old bass & all. It's a sort of fishy colour, isn't it? Quite appropriate. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Any bass owned by an 'uncle' and 'inherited' - both scenarios allowing the seller a get out of jail free card should an irate buyer turn up on his doorstep - is 99.9% chance a ringer. As our meerkat friend would say: "Simples" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 [quote name='Bassassin' post='618405' date='Oct 6 2009, 11:41 AM']It's a sort of fishy colour, isn't it? Quite appropriate.[/quote] LOL, exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Up to £999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 £999? Y'know - I'm not proud to say the pikey in me is sorely tempted to have a go at some "creative relicing" of my own... :ph34r: J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 It wouldn't take much to ... erm ... "modify" your 2366B. Trouble is, that's such a nice bass as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Anyone who looks at the decal on the headstock should notice that it looks like a 6 year old applied it. It's all over the place. Who Knows what the body is, could be a genuine one, hence the bids.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='621274' date='Oct 9 2009, 08:16 AM']It wouldn't take much to ... erm ... "modify" your 2366B. Trouble is, that's such a nice bass as it is. [/quote] Wouldn't dream of desecrating that under any circumstances! But realistically, even top-end early 70s Jap copies like that are only cosmetically similar to real Fenders. That's one of the things I love about 'em. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Aside from everything else, when did they stop running the earthing strip across the body? Hardly ties in with any of the spurious attempts at dating this pos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamapirate Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 haha, just had a nice trawl through his feedback and found a reply to a posisvite comment: 'WE RUN A TIGHT BIZ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanbass1 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 [quote name='WarPig' post='618251' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:10 AM']Quite like it If the serial is legit its a 61 neck, so as he said its not the original.[/quote] '61 necks did not have binding, block markers or serial numbers on the headstock - the neck as previously stated looks to be a '73. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 [quote name='alanbass1' post='623212' date='Oct 11 2009, 04:34 PM']'61 necks did not have binding, block markers or serial numbers on the headstock - the neck as previously stated looks to be a '73.[/quote] But surely the serial number is wrong for a '73 - as was already said the serial is a 2005 Japan serial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead56 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [quote name='silddx' post='621427' date='Oct 9 2009, 11:01 AM']Anyone who looks at the decal on the headstock should notice that it looks like a 6 year old applied it. It's all over the place. Who Knows what the body is, could be a genuine one, hence the bids..[/quote] I agree, that headstock decal looks incredibly suss! Never seen one of these before. May as well be a ´ Fecker Pretender Bass´-another star of Ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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