Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.
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niksureal
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by niksureal » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:01 pm
i have had it for about a week. my first legit vintage fender and one of my all time dream guitars. two birds with one stone. it is in pretty good shape and plays amazingly.
the one thing i was a bit confused about is the sound. i know they put the pickup from the guitar version in it and i have heard that causes them to sound thin or weird but this thing sounds fat as hell. original pickup still in tact.
i know its kind of a bummer but the only non-original part is the neck plate. which means no serial number but after some research i found out its an early 70's. i'll know for sure when i take it apart when i get new strings.
anyways... i am super happy with it.
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by HNB » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:22 pm
Congrats! Looks great!
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by hornz » Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:49 am
Nice one. These are nice, I have a black one, albeit later than yours, but they're light and manageable.
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by StevenO » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:17 am
I have one like yours too. They're cool basses, for sure. Mine came with heavy flatwounds, which I didn't care much for. Found an old set of light roundwounds in a drawer, boiled them, put them on, and I love the bass. I have no desire to change the pickup or anything like that anymore either. I did remove the dark blue cap on the tone knob, though.
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by mothershipzeta » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:16 am
Super nice bass, congrats!
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by big frank » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:24 am
Great looking vintage bass.
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niksureal
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by niksureal » Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:14 pm
thanks
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by PJazzmaster » Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:42 pm
niksureal wrote:
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i know its kind of a bummer but the only non-original part is the neck plate. which means no serial number but after some research i found out its an early 70's. i'll know for sure when i take it apart when i get new strings.
anyways... i am super happy with it.
Wait, is there an F on the plate and just the serial number missing? If so, it could be original then (I think )
This one also has no serial on the neck plate:
https://reverb.com/item/315433-1975-fen ... ass-guitar" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
same with this later model:
https://reverb.com/item/286632-fender-m ... 1978-white" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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by Ursa Minor » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:32 pm
Great job! I have to own one of these someday!
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niksureal
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by niksureal » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:16 am
PJazzmaster wrote:Wait, is there an F on the plate and just the serial number missing? If so, it could be original then (I think )
This one also has no serial on the neck plate:
https://reverb.com/item/315433-1975-fen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ass-guitar
same with this later model:
https://reverb.com/item/286632-fender-m" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 1978-white
the neck plate definitely looks old but its just a blank plate. i didnt come up with any results for just blank plate being original. im pretty certain it isnt original.
kosmonautmayhem wrote:Great job! I have to own one of these someday!
thanks! you should! they are great.
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by sonoflee » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:18 am
Nice score! I saw the bass below on Toledo craigslist today & did a double-take:
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by mothershipzeta » Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:57 am
niksureal wrote:the neck plate definitely looks old but its just a blank plate. i didnt come up with any results for just blank plate being original. im pretty certain it isnt original.
Hey it could be original! my '76 musicmaster has the same thing going:
EDIT: yeah, yours is
blank, mine is F-logo, my bad..
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by Lewis » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:07 am
They propably swapped the neck plate and sold it seperatly.
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by niksureal » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:06 am
Lewis wrote:They propably swapped the neck plate and sold it seperatly.
my thoughts as well.
