'53 Precision $22,000

[EssentialTension]

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Serial number 1230.

[maxrossell]

Wow. He's gonna make a packet on that.

[EssentialTension]

Brand new seller but at a glance it does look like it could be real.

[maxrossell]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='682078' date='Dec 12 2009, 12:07 PM']Brand new seller but at a glance it does look like it could be real.[/quote]

Either that or one of the best fakes I've ever seen.

[Kev]

i dont think there is any questions about this one, despite his feedback rating that is exactly what he says it is. Mummy got him a better gift than i think he could have ever have thought!

[skankdelvar]

That's a really, [i]really[/i] pretty bass. Blonde, not mustard. I'd love to have a look at that in the flesh.

So nice, it's almost pointless speculating as to whether it's 'correct' or not. Gen or fake, it's kind of got that 'glow' about it.

[OldGit]

Yup lovely ..

Even the mention of the ubquitous "Uncle" seems genuine

[Stingray5]

All things being genuine, I'd put the owner at around 65 years old - which would make this a nice little lump sum towards a pension.

[TheButler]

Stunning. I agree, it does have a really amazing glow of pure nostalgia.

[doctorbass]

Sad to think that it will be snapped up, tucked away and never gigged. I'd play the hell out of that.....

[Cat Burrito]

It's a stunner, no question. I can't help wonder what the import tax would be

[EssentialTension]

There are three things troubling me:

1. In pic ten, where the finish is chipped away from the body edge by the bridge, shouldn't the exposed wood be dirtier? Perhaps it has been stored in a very clean way.

2. It must surely be a trick of the light but in the seventh pic, looking down the removed neck, the fretboard looks the wrong colour, very rosewoody. Although if it was rosewood it would be a slab board, yes?

3. In pic four, should the pickguard screws be slot or crossheads? Some look to be slots but some are crossheads.

What do you think?

[maxrossell]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='683602' date='Dec 14 2009, 12:34 AM']There are three things troubling me:

1. In pic ten, where the finish is chipped away from the body edge by the bridge, shouldn't the exposed wood be dirtier? Perhaps it has been stored in a very clean way.

2. It must surely be a trick of the light but in the seventh pic, looking down the removed neck, the fretboard looks the wrong colour, very rosewoody. Although if it was rosewood it would be a slab board, yes?

3. In pic four, should the pickguard screws be slot or crossheads? Some look to be slots but some are crossheads.

What do you think?[/quote]

1. I wouldn't expect it to be dirty, because people very rarely handle instruments by that part of the body. It's mostly sweat that discolours exposed wood, but sweat rarely gets on that area.

2. You got it, it's a trick of the light.

3. They're all crossheads. Some of then look like slots due to the angle of the light.

[aznbass]

O, that is very pretty indeed.