Rick's Fine '52

My pair of '61 Jazz basses, http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/pair%2061s_zps1viowrkp.jpg.html"][/url]

Some more information on make/model/year may help someone steer you in the right direction?

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1426378178' post='2717556'] I've heard tales of early stack knobs with ash bodies and two-tone sunbursts, but I don't think I've ever seen a photo of one. [/quote] Yeah, thats just the 3-tone of that era, here's a pic of the back, showing the red unfaded, and if you look under the control plate, the red is still unfaded also; http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/pots_zpstxglqley.jpg.html"][/url]

[quote name='BassBod' timestamp='1426347028' post='2717193'] Interesting - very different sunbursts and plate colours. How much is due to exposure to light, and how much was originally the same...any thoughts? [/quote] the guards are the same, thats just the photo. The bursts though are very different. Both are 3 tone, during late '59 to late '60, the vast majority of fenders appear 2-tone, across all models, after this period, the red is far more accentuated, and lasts. The body on the bottom one is 8/60 (there are many stacker jazz bodies with this date, which was the first batch, the top one is early 61. I'll try and get a pic of the back of the '60, And front from a different angle, so you can see the 3-tone. Search on gbase for Fender between 1959 and 1960, and you'll see what i mean.

Here's my two 61's, together; http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/91e88eb2-6648-4b4f-819f-117fae7c107e_zpsnhvnu3wg.jpg.html"][/url]

Rory bought a pedal from me, prompt payment and comms, all good here. Rick

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1422375210' post='2671847'] Oh and to add that stack knob jazz is awesome and my fav in the vid. [/quote] Now sitting in my rack, and it is indeed awesome!

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1422360061' post='2671523'] Cool and i like/love fender basses... But found it a bit boring just pulling out the same old fender p's and jazz basses. The same basses over and over again really. [/quote] Considering the guy was showing us a quick snapsot of some of the different early Fender Basses in the collection, what would you expect? He showed us the different evolutionary models of P bass, including a possible one-off custom colour '58, with matching headstock. Same with J's, rare stack knob and some great custom colour examples shown. Would be nice to have an extended verion of the vid, showing them being played,and comparing the tones etc, but I thought it was a nice little watch. Considering that Fender only made 2 pre-CBS basses (I wont include the bass vi for purposes of this discussion), a Jazz and Precision, what else could he show you, other than fine examples of rare models, which he did. There is a whole series of other video's showing other stuff they have, and newer bits, hollow bodies, solid bodies etc. I respect your opinion, just curious as to what you would have liked him to show?