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[quote name='cd_david' timestamp='1370282554' post='2098615'] You don't fancy swapping the 1516 for my 1x15 and 2x10? [/quote] Since I'm in the States it would not be worth attempting...

I'm very sure there were more than three lake placid blue with matching headstocks made of the 63/64 CS. I remember seeing a bunch of them for sale from a couple dealers and mostly through Sam Ash, on the online retail listings way back then. They also had candy apple red ones also with matching, also in the 63/64 CS at the same time. I have a shell pink CS 55 P Bass, that was made in a small batch, and the first time I saw one was also in a Sam Ash store (I'm in the States), but mine doesn't have any additional "ltd" scribbling other than the order number.

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I sold off my violet MkI and replaced it with a maple MkII 5 string. I sure wish I didn't have to sell one of the "kids", but no way for me to keep them all. [url="http://s48.photobucket.com/user/Negative7bass/media/DSC08792_zpsf839b340.jpg.html"][/url]

Yes Mark, something very different. I just looked around at statii.com, and the Stealth being described as very hi-fi. Sounds like I know what I'll be after in the near future.

Please educate me on Statii as I'm possibly thinking about looking or ordering one, but they're extremely rare to find in the States. The last time I saw a Status in-person was 18 years ago when there was a Bass Centre in Los Angeles. I recently saw a few pictures of the headed Stealth model, and well, going by pure cosmetics that's what I'm liking as far as body style goes. I downloaded the Status price catalog and it seems the Steath body is all-graphite as well??? I wonder what that sounds like...bright like an original Steinberger? Is it or was it based off another model with a wood body? My head is spinning looking at all the nice basses in this thread, but it seems maybe other (maybe limited edition?) models based on the same as the Steath (rounded horns, rounded edges) not listed in the catalog.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1360541929' post='1972211'] Are these the ones he also had waterproofed?[/quote] That would be the Sadowskys that got the waterproof treatment from Roger. He complained that his Spectors that he was previously using would cut out from the moisture collected inside. The last time I saw Metallica live was in '94 and he was still using the Spectors then. The metallica boys have heaters onstage because they don't like getting cold!

1) My May of '72 Precision did not have the gasket, though I've seen plenty of 74 and later P's with them. 2) It can sure be an attractive feature, and might make a P sell faster than a 'normal' one. But with the sale prices of vintage Fender so inconsistant, there's no guarantee that an A neck adds a set XX to the value, since there's no set value. Two identicle P's can sell for hundereds apart. 3) No one would know the definite answer, but there's always the possibilty a high profile artist wanted something that wasn't on the regular menu. I remember seeing pics of Larry Graham in the 70's with a silver finished block-neck Jazz that would be an oddity.

[quote name='oli@bass'] BTW, all of yours have ebony boards, is that correct? [/quote] Oddly enough, the black one has a rosewood board. A very dark piece of rosewood. But I don't think board material contributes anything on a Wal. Whereas the solid-mahogany body of the black one gives a very noticeable lowend depth over the others, that one is my favorite sounding one.

This picture is old, from a get together many years ago. I do recognise a few of the basses in there belonging to some long time forum folks. But the one bass I want to know more info about is the middle fretless Custom MkI sitting on the chair: it has a single pickup more in a MM position rather than a Pro position, and still has 4-control knobs. Who owns it? [url="http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/396018_10150614877533023_1472807727_n.jpg"]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/396018_10150614877533023_1472807727_n.jpg[/url]

Fender never went into fretless production with Jazz Basses. Only two protoypes built in 1970, no others. Like Emanew posted, only fretless Precisions.

[quote name='Stance' timestamp='1358508442' post='1940403'] [url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/717/dscf28571280x960.jpg/"][/url] I know that the original owner was a famous portuguese luthier... So do you think that what I have is an original pre-eb fretless bass, converted to a fretted bass, by adding frets and dot markers? [/quote] It looks to me that the original fingerboard was replaced with a much thicker ebony board. The factory rosewood boards are very thin, and the fret slots are nearly right at the seam where the rosewood meets the maple. That picture shows a very thick fingerboard, nearly twice the thickness of any fretted or fretless preEB I've ever seen.

I like lots of basses.

took some updated pics today: '90 MkII midi, '09 MkII '00 MkI, '86 MkI, '90 MkI

I'm assuming the necks still have build dates written on them?

Question about the late style Pro I's like what Mark and Berend have. Since those have little front-loaded control cavities, did Wal put an info label inside these basses telling what wood and build date about the bass? I've only seen a few for sale online, and never seen one in person.

It will not be a 74 or 75 if the serial number is on the headstock of that Jazz Bass. During mid 1976 is when the serials moved to be a printed decal on the face of the headstock, before that they were stamped on the neckplate wether it was a 3-bolt or 4-bolt neckplate.

[quote name='barend' timestamp='1356862433' post='1914313'] I always feel there is a tonal difference between an MK1 and MK2. Especially between a 5 string Mk2 and a 4 string Mk1. An Mk2 sounds a bit more allround and less characteristic then a MK1 to me. Maybe because of the extra wood of the body I don't know.[/quote] I don't perceive that difference in models when it comes to 4 strings. I have five of them, all 4strings: three MkI's and two MkII's. The only variance I hear is there from the wood that was used, I wouldn't say because of the model. Its the same variance any two of other brand bass would have, for example; three Jazz Basses would have variances. My '09 MkII is very similar in timbre and tone to my '00 MkI. While both of my '90 MkII and '90 MkI have similar tones. My '86 is deepest sounding of all of them, and heavier too. Now the case of the 5 string, I once had one.... and yes I do agree they are rounder sounding, but I'd think because the neck pickup is closer to the neck than the 4's.