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The reissue may not have the same decals as the original. There are many things. The best way to do it is to just google different era's and you will notice differences

Sorry didnt mean to come across offensively i don't know actually, i just spend too much time looking at old fenders (n)

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[quote name='Wil' post='1005498' date='Oct 29 2010, 05:26 PM']If I were going to buy an instrument as an investment, I'd probably try and track down a really good 50s Les Paul. Guitarists seem to care slightly more about the vintage tone mojo stuff.[/quote] 50's les pauls are more of a collection item than players guitar, the cost of them are already rediculous especially a goldtop. [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1005547' date='Oct 29 2010, 06:05 PM']It depends, mate, it depends. [b]Geography[/b] For very obvious reasons, the really good-quality vintage Fenders / Gibsons / Alembics will always be cheaper in the USA, just as the really good-quality vintage Wals / Goodfellows / Celinders will always be cheaper in Europe.[/quote] 70's fenders are reasonably priced in the states but the early 60's fenders are a lot more expensive there than here. [quote name='wesfinn' post='1005617' date='Oct 29 2010, 06:59 PM']buy a few really good condition early JV squiers.[/quote] Yes they will be more collectable but the room for profit will be a lot less compared to that of a 60's fender. Of course the more you invest the higher the risk

fenders arn't going to get younger so they probably will still go up in value as they become rarer. I think the difficulty is to find something thats both iconic, not mass produced and cheep. Wal's arn't incredibly iconic as an instrument, i think Alembic's and Fodera's are already to expensive. I would invest in pre CBS fender personally, but as a collectable it could do with being all original

Does this mean kids are gonna be pickin up bass at a young age? because i cant handle the competition

Elites feel and sound like la bella's but cost much less. Also keep away from rotosound, they'l break your fingers

save yourself and get the fender MIM classic 70's reissue. Its the best bass fender do for under 1K that iv played, and iv played most of the newer models. An early 80's MIJ reissue would be great but are harder to come by and are very pricey

The Nord-Strand?

unfortunately 2gb its as upgradable as it can get. I think i may just run garageband for now. My PC had sonar and thats to a similar spec but sonar destroyed it and every project crashed.

Hi, not sure where to post this so this will do. I have an Imac G5 with 2GHZ processor and 2GB RAM. But it won't run snow leopard as it doesn't have an Intel prosessor. Does this mean it will also not run Logic Pro 9?

fender jazz bass pre '79. Probs a '78. I'l see whats here in January

How is he allowed to keep bumping up the price? £1500 now! in 2 days it will be £3000

Phil Mulford does the X factor tracks

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='998776' date='Oct 24 2010, 12:39 PM']It's true isn't it?[/quote] yes

these songs are very easy to learn by ear. Don't stop til you get enough is virtually 2 notes, A and B. Working all day and night is a riff in E minor, i think beat it is a riff in Eb minor, billie jean is a riff in F# minor, thrillier is a riff in C# minor i think. Or their around those shapes, so it should be easy to pick up by ear

a blues driver of some sort would help

I play mostly pop/funk/disco/soul and i really like the "dead" bass boomers tone on my stingray. And it took them only a week to go dead

Should be getting mine on saturday. I was a bit worried at first that the 300w cab wont take my lh500 but after reading here it seems like it would be cool

[quote name='Bassassin' post='993027' date='Oct 19 2010, 12:50 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280577111556"]"Bass Guitar"[/url] The single oddest thing about this is that the listing doesn't say "Fender". Anywhere. Anyway, I am no Fender expert, but I know my copies, & would like to think I could spot a shonky fake-up. However, this looks kosher to me - are my eyes playing tricks? Jon.[/quote] +1, i reckon the guy just doesn't know ebay and possibly just wants what he paid for it. It looks all good except the difference in coating from the front headstock to the rear. I havn't seen that on a fender before. Otherwise i wish i had the funds for it

[quote name='bubinga5' post='992921' date='Oct 18 2010, 11:09 PM']We all love bass direct, but why is he stating CBS when its not....?[/quote] it is cbs era, cbs took over in '65, anything before that is known as pre cbs. Its in great condition and is an earlyish model when you think late 70's models fetch near £2000 and anything before '67 will get nearer £4000

I think one thing people seem to miss is the difference between players price and dealers price. Dealers can afford to hold on to instruments longer as they have other sales generating income. So they wait until they can get a good return on what they spent. I think if advertised in a classifieds or ebay or here you would be looking to get a little less than what a dealer would sell them for. From examples over the last few years i would say £2500- £2700 for the p bass and £3000-£4000 for the jazz bass. I think the best thing to do would be to find a good shop in london that would do a commission deal as they seem to sell for more than they do north of the midlands. You just need to make sure its a deal that would get you more than selling privately.