The Funk Machine's brother...

[99ster]

Oh my goodness.
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[paul, the]

[quote]dark Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard[/quote]

Is that why it appears a lot darker than modern Fender basses?
I had a '62 RI and it was beautiful except for the grainy, light brown fb. Ruined the whole look of the bass, imo.


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It's absolutely beautiful, of course. Even the pot gives me tingles.

[stingrayfan]

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[wateroftyne]

[quote name='paul, the' post='90110' date='Nov 18 2007, 06:09 AM']Is that why it appears a lot darker than modern Fender basses?
I had a '62 RI and it was beautiful except for the grainy, light brown fb. Ruined the whole look of the bass, imo.[/quote]

It is... the rosewood they used to use looks like ebony. It's beautiful...