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hi A friend and i looked at that the 361 was originally the daddy to have consisting of a 200 watt powered cabinet [amplifier in the bottom of the cab] with the preamp as a seperate head on the top. It had originally a 18 in cerwin vega loudspeaker, and at the time it was probably the loudest around, and the bass amp of choice for pro bands. This was later changed to the 370 head which was a 275 watt conventional amp and a similar 301 cab with the cerwin vega rear facing speaker. Heres a a pic of what it looks like. As far as restoring it you wont really be able to restore it fully unless there is the amp in the bottom, [the seller didnt think there was] so its up to you if you want to go as far as buying in the right stuff from the usa I think the speaker has been changed too. Acoustic is great stuff I still use a couple today.

[quote name='cd_david' post='867260' date='Jun 14 2010, 06:29 PM']Hi Ive just bought one (361) in a bit of a state and was after detailed pictures of the cab to see how its covered and what with, what the grill cloth is and finishing details etc. I would be grateful of any pics posted, Thanks in advance Dave[/quote] is this the one was on ebay last week?

thanks for that much appreciated

[quote name='exup1000' post='862768' date='Jun 9 2010, 11:37 PM']hello mate its always 18mm although i dont use it anymore in my trade for health and safety reasons[/quote] What are the Health and Safety reasons? is it the material or where you use it

fabulous opportunity well done and enjoy it

Its very much a personal choice, I rarely happened to me, and I wouldnt lend a decent bass to a stranger. I can understand a promoters reluctance to loose time changing amps over on a multiple bill. Im surprised there is so much concern about lending amps/cabs to strangers on the assumption you are in the building. If you have any reasonable bit of kit its designed to to be used, and to a degree abused. Most amps are pretty bomb proof. I think a condition you can use my amp as long as you dont turn it past 5 or I will come and and unplug you there and then would work for me.

Ive done it and its not worth the expense or hassle Get another cab

The ones on my jerry scheff are splined with no allen screw or similar. The easiest way to get them of is to put the bowl of two tea spoons opposite one another and under the bottom of the knob and then just push on the handles of the spoons

Dubs and I shared the purchase of a couple of Deltalight 10s. Very nice, well packed, quick delivery. Top Man

I was and I bid and was prepared to put in a serious bid at the end. I suspect the seller either withdrew because of lack ofaction, or came to a deal outside the bay

[quote name='cameltoe' post='851141' date='May 29 2010, 02:31 PM']I gigged my recently aquired Classic Vibe 50's Precision last night. Really good, really impressed, although I did change the pickup and rewire it already However, what I discovered was an amazing drop in volume ONLY on the D, 5th fret A string. The A string itself was loud enough on all other notes, and all the other strings seemed to be fairly consistent across frets, but this was really noticible! Considering a lot of our songs are in D, this became a bit of an issue! Is this what's known as a 'dead spot'? If so, what can I do to try and fix it? It's still wearing the Stainless strings it had on it when I got it, haven't had time to change over to my preferred nickels yet, but I will do this.[/quote] I have never had that problem with mine the string balance is really good and it still has the oem strings on, and the stock pick up. Try changing the strings, and if that doesnt work, I alway look at the last change so try changing the pickup back to the original and see if that makes any difference

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[quote name='Hutton' post='847604' date='May 25 2010, 03:43 PM']I'm interested in this thread as someone may be able to answer a question that's been nagging away at me. I have an American Vintage 62 Reissue which is a faithful copy of the original bass. I was in a music shop and perused what was advertised as a Japanese 62 reissue. I did notice that this bass didn't have reverse tuners with the long stems and it also didn't have screw-type saddles. I suppose my question is: Do the Japanese reissues fall down a bit on accuracy or was the bass I was looking at a standard model being passed off as a reissue?[/quote] My re issue does not have reverse tuners and they are slightly different to the ones I have on my original 64. It does have a threaded bridge but I think I may have put that on myself

[quote name='OldGit' post='847501' date='May 25 2010, 01:58 PM']Might have one in a few weeks The non export ones sometimes have a D for domestic in the neck pocket or on the neck bit that goes in the pocket. However the post 2000 ones I've had don't. The easiest way to tell is to ask where it came from. I import them myself, used, from Japan and therefore, of course, they were never exported I don't think Fender Japan export to the UK any more. I've certainly not seen any new Japanese Fender basses for sale in UK stores for ages .. Anyone know for sure?[/quote] Ive got 2 a white 62 re issue I imported a couple of years ago direct from Japan, and a 2 tone sunburst still with the original tags with a selling price in madcap music of £574 which I believe was bought in the 90s. The tags are marked for export I cant really notice any marked quality difference between either, I was just curious really as I have read before about domestic and non domestic products and wondered what the difference was.

[quote name='dood' post='847081' date='May 25 2010, 12:09 AM']If you can find one, I'd be the first of many to suggest you seek out a Fender 'non-export' CIJ 62 P bass if you are particularly looking to save some pennies! Unfortunately now that Japan has had it's knuckles rapped, it's harder to get hold of new ones - but second hand ones come up on the forum every now and then. Indeed, I have a 70's US Vintage reissue P Bass of the 'non export' variety and it was about 500 quid to import about..well.. 3 years ago now. Big difference in the price of the US sort.[/quote] What actually is the difference between a non export japanese and an export japanese? how do you tell which is which

According to a number of internet sources Fender never had a salmon or coral pink colour in the catalogue,, it was thought to be faded fiesta red, as red colours suffered badly from fading in the sun. Most fender colours were derived from GM car paints and there is a article about vintage fender paints etc at [url="http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html"]http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html[/url]