GuyR

These are both from 1965. Entirely coincidence, I don’t target YOB, just like interesting old kit and happen to be born when some of it was being made.

Pre EB Stingray with a perfect excuse for purchase.

Lovely looking bass, just had the neck plate switched at some point in the mists of time. Easy enough to find a l series if it bothered you. It wouldn’t bother me.

I've seen it done. If you are careful, you can get an OK result, but even if it is still there, it will have been sanded down to give a surface for the previous two resprays. Looking at the scarring around the string mutes, it does look like there is a decent depth of paint. Having said that, you'd have to have a (unoriginal) screw loose to take a £15k punt

It’s just meaningless click bait nonsense from an increasingly irrelevant dinosaur publication.

He'd probably remember what colour it was when he bought it if it was his primary working tool for 55 years. I agree, I think most people who spend .+£10k get their instrument professionally checked out as a condition of purchase. I know I do.

Owned since 1968 is a reasonable provenance. I’d expect the seller to have some photographs in period. I avoid refins so I’m not the target market either.

Bearing in mind there seems to be some depth of paint over the scarring around the string mutes, it would be interesting to know if the original dark green paint were under the refin. On a later, 62 onward, bass the tort guard would mean an original colour of sunburst, white or blonde, but on custom colours on these earlier dates, I understand there were no white guards so it could be correct.

I think it is simply a bad refin. There would be no earthly reason to have an extra pickup there. It’s an interesting bass and the appointments look period correct, no reason to disbelieve the story, but the price is about double the value, in my opinion. If it were originally a dark green colour, I can only think of sherwood green, which would make it a matter of considerable financial regret for the poor unfortunate who decided to repaint it.

If you re fret it, the bass is still not fully original as built. Absolutely not worth the bother/expense to make a net loss.

Any decent human being will treat their children equally. Swap each of them.

A reputation arrives on foot, but leaves on a horse.

No longer mine.

There speaks a man with an understanding of the basic laws of economics

I’m sorry I got on your nerves.

Maybe but what they sold for is what a buyer was prepared to pay in an open market situation. More relevant perhaps than an owners interested opinion.

Look on eBay, filter in the left of the screen for sold prices. That will give you a start,

It must have been stored in a damp environment, or at least one with extreme cold, like a loft, to have that much corrosion. It doesn’t bode well for the electrics. The bridge, saddles and height adjustment screws look surprisingly good, considering the level of rust elsewhere. Very interesting prospect, but you would 100% have to inspect in person. if it were a Jazz Bass, I’d be there.

You'd be so disappointed if you opened the wrong case. First world problem.

You’re living the pastel-coloured dream…….

You might well be right. Vintage gear is very much a discretionary buy. Ultimately a Squier will do the same job and if you need the money tied up in a valuable instrument I guess you have to pay the rent/mortgage/ other unglamorous expense.

He put his LP up for with ATB at £995,000, not £100,000. That’s not really for sale. Mike has two more golden era sunburst LPs he can’t shift currently at £300k. All of my vintage kit, and pretty much everything I own is equally for sale if someone wants to pay me over double its value. Having said that, not doubt some people buy stuff to sell on, I’m not one of them🙂

I’m interested to know how long have you owned them, and whether you have sold any similar examples in the past, other than your 62 which I recall you mentioned having sold. (BTW, in the unlikely event you decide to sell your 63, I’d be keen to know about it!!)