Clarky Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 This is an example of the type of 70s Precision I am definitely NOT after! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-precision-bass-guitar-vintage-original-1970-s_W0QQitemZ200399773066QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2ea8c1dd8a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-precision-bas...=item2ea8c1dd8a[/url] Quote
Happy Jack Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 Somehow, "roadworn" doesn't seem to do justice to this degree of wear ... Quote
skankdelvar Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 Looks a bit like my P. Cosmetically challenged. Quote
sgt-pluck Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 I would Mind you, Fender QA around that time wasn't at it's peak by all accounts - that one has been well loved though. Pluck Quote
tischbein Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 for the street creds.. I´ll start bashing mine up now.. Quote
Beedster Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 There's a school of thought that says the worn ones are the good ones. There's another school of thought that says you shouldn't take a sander to your already slightly mojo'd bass. It could be the sweetetst Precision ever, it could be a dog, but the wear looks unusual to me? Quote
wateroftyne Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 [quote name='Clarky' post='640610' date='Oct 29 2009, 11:25 PM']This is an example of the type of 70s Precision I am definitely NOT after! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-precision-bass-guitar-vintage-original-1970-s_W0QQitemZ200399773066QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2ea8c1dd8a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fender-precision-bas...=item2ea8c1dd8a[/url][/quote] I've seen a LOT worse! Quote
Bassassin Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 [quote name='Beedster' post='640743' date='Oct 30 2009, 08:59 AM']...you shouldn't take a sander to your already slightly mojo'd bass. It could be the sweetetst Precision ever, it could be a dog, but the wear looks unusual to me?[/quote] Exactly what I thought. 35 years of wear & tear to expose all that fairly clean, pale wood underneath? Go back to Relic School, pal. For whatever reason, people do seem to be prepared to pay fairly silly money for once-derided CBS-era Fenders, but why would anyone think that 20 minutes with the wet & dry will make them pay even more? Jon. Quote
Shockwave Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 [quote name='Beedster' post='640743' date='Oct 30 2009, 08:59 AM']There's a school of thought that says the worn ones are the good ones. There's another school of thought that says you shouldn't take a sander to your already slightly mojo'd bass. It could be the sweetetst Precision ever, it could be a dog, but the wear looks unusual to me?[/quote] I like it! I agree to the school of thought of worn ones being good ones, Especially when its happened to a custom shop bass Then again the fretless is probably the best fretless i have ever played. Quote
Bassassin Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 The more I look at this, the more faked it looks. You can see the real wear - eg the little dark patch in the middle of the bare wood on the back shot & the rubbed & grimy-looking areas on the front. The rest's been scratched & flaked off by the looks of it. And someone should tell him that "plenty of fret wear" [u]isn't[/u] a desirable sign of relic'ing! J. Quote
Cat Burrito Posted October 30, 2009 Posted October 30, 2009 The EMG pickup looks a bit, well, silly on that bass. Should've scuffed that up a bit too! Quote
kingofthestuntmen Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 Hmm..? I think not, but then all [i]I[/i] have to compare it to is; Quote
Clarky Posted October 31, 2009 Author Posted October 31, 2009 Paradoxically I think your bass is lovely! Sell it to me now!!!!! The eBay bass looks like (as Bassassin points out) someone has deliberately flaked off large areas of paintwork in a very unauthentic way. Quote
AndyTravis Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 i love the 'Yes, thats right, it's 34 years old' bit, as if from the approx 1975 date point, we'd struggle to count back. It's the 'real deal' ahem. NUFF SAID! Why does it feel like if you bought this bass your wallet may well be missing by the end of the transaction? Quote
AndyTravis Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) although, kingof... You bass is stupidly pretty! Why did the guy on ebay not just leave his to age like this? Anyhow, a grand saved is a grand to go elsewhere. Edited October 31, 2009 by AndyTravis Quote
ahpook Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 i have to agree and say that wear looks very suspect. Quote
wesfinn Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 [quote name='kingofthestuntmen' post='642008' date='Oct 31 2009, 05:00 PM']Hmm..? I think not, but then all [i]I[/i] have to compare it to is; [/quote] This looks awesome kingof! Quote
EssentialTension Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 What's really good about it is that there's 'PLENTY OF FRET WEAR'. Quote
kingofthestuntmen Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 Thanks for the nice comments guys, and I'm pretty sure mine is 'genuine' as it was bought in '89 looking exactly like it does today.. Except for the Badass, of course. Quote
doctorbass Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) Looks like typical 70s Fender paint flaking to me. The early paint/poly finishes tend to come off like that ( the ploy on the natural finishes doesnt)- not very pretty, but could play and sound good...... Edited November 5, 2009 by doctorbass Quote
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