molan Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Bought this as part of a double deal with [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=152397"]this '79 P[/url] but it somehow got lost in the postal system for a few days. After a quick chat with a super helpful, no really, chap at my local postal storage unit they tracked it down for me & I got it today. Really nice '73 Jazz : Previous owner reckons it's all original apart from bridge and possibly the pickups (they certainly look pretty old so have been in there a while). It came with an older bridge which a different owner reckoned was the original one but it's a dull brass finish so sounds unlikely. I was chatting to a fellow BC'er about it today and we wondered if the finish really was original as the wood isn't as figured as many natural finished '70's J basses. We also wondered if an original natural '73 would have had a white guard but I've had a hunt around and found other '73's in natural with white guards so there's a decent chance it is original. Interestingly I spotted that some seem to have the 'tug bar' above the E whilst others, like his one, have it below the G. Not sure if there was a point in Fender history when they swapped these over or if both were in production? Been playing it through my Thunderfunk / Aggie rig this evening & it sounds really fat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Really like that Molan, you just can't beat the real road worn look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 [quote name='gary mac' post='1361302' date='Sep 3 2011, 08:51 PM']Really like that Molan, you just can't beat the real road worn look.[/quote] I think it's certainly had some playing in its time I really quite like the fact that previous owner simply covered some wear marks with stickers & when they came off the fading on the body was different. My '72 P bass has a similar 'sticker mark' on it which just screams 'keep music live' which I seem to remember seeing on loads of Fenders back in the '70's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldemar Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Err. Now you've got it, you really want to sell it, right? Please. Hehe. Lovely looking bass mate. Very jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 [quote name='waldemar' post='1362487' date='Sep 5 2011, 12:47 AM']Err. Now you've got it, you really want to sell it, right? Please. Hehe. Lovely looking bass mate. Very jealous![/quote] I did partially buy it with a view to sell at some point in the future (given that '70's basses seem to have dipped a bit in value recently) but I'm really enjoying it at the moment, great rounded full tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldemar Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 [quote name='molan' post='1363428' date='Sep 5 2011, 08:46 PM']I did partially buy it with a view to sell at some point in the future[/quote] Oo. Give me a heads up when (if) the day comes around. '73, birth year and all that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Sounds like you're on good terms with the local postie, Molan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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