loudandclear Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) Looking at selling my Precision so any advice/opinions from all fender experts would be greatly appreciated. I bought this a few years ago now off the forum. Pretty sure its a refin but obviously done some considerable time ago. It has also had a repair to the headstock which I have tried to photo as much as possible and actualy looks worse in the photos than in real life. This repair was again done some considerable time ago and has been stable for many years. The only other thing I know of is that one of the screws in the back of the machine heads is not oiginal. Currently strung with flatwounds the bass is not too heavy (just under 10lbs) sounds and feels like a really good 69 Precision. I know the market is pretty flat right now so dont really have an idea of value so would be very grateful for opinions from those with knowledge. Many thanks Edited June 28, 2012 by loudandclear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='loudandclear' timestamp='1334058100' post='1610192'] Looking at selling my Precision so any advice/opinions from all fender experts would be greatly appreciated. I bought this a few years ago now off the forum. Pretty sure its a refin but obviously done some considerable time ago. It has also had a repair to the headstock which I have tried to photo as much as possible and actualy looks worse in the photos than in real life. This repair was again done some considerable time ago and has been stable for many years. The only other thing I know of is that one of the screws in the back of the machine heads is not oiginal. Currently strung with flatwounds the bass is not too heavy (just under 10lbs) sounds and feels like a really good 69 Precision. I know the market is pretty flat right now so dont really have an idea of value so would be very grateful for opinions from those with knowledge. Many thanks [font=Arial][size=2][url="http://www.flickr.com//photos/71922263@N05/sets/72157629783417289/show/"]http://www.flickr.co...783417289/show/[/url][/size][/font] [/quote] The neck, aside from the headstock damage, looks exceptionally clean considering the state of the body. Was the neck refinished recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudandclear Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 No no refin on the neck at all , to be honest it has only left my house a few times in recent years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Oh man I want that so bad, although I fear the price you want for it will be too rich for my blood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudandclear Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 I actually am not sure what it is worth to be honest in todays climate, any helpers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudandclear Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Any opinions from those with knowledge gratefully received! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I shall give you 50 British Pounds and a pack of pork scratchings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) if this was all original and undamaged the pre 70's precisions seem to be pushing 3-3.5k in the current market. However, a lot of the businesses/ people seem to be having a hard time selling at these prices at the moment. I would expect this to make just under 2k though, with a proper refinish it will look, and I'm sure play, great. My sources for this estimate is based on years of trawling through sites such as ebay, vintageandrareguitars.com, wunjoguitars, andybaxterbass, thebassgallery.com ect. I've got a list of about 20 UK vintage traders saved on my other laptop Edited April 11, 2012 by blackmn90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=293 for example. Might be worth contacting andy baxter as he's clearly had lots of experience with trading these instruments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 The finish is not good and probably not original, the neck looks too clean in comparison to the body which raises questions, there is serious repair work to the neck and one of the pots and the bridge don't look original either. This might be a great sounding and playing bass but as a Fender, vintage or not, it raises too many questions and it misses out on top money on too many fronts. I think you'd be hard pressed to get 1.5K. But then I'm not an expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Assuming it had a tort guard originally, I think you'd be looking at this side of 2K, a bit less if there's no case. But the market is crazy at the minute, so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1334138809' post='1611336'] The finish is not good and probably not original, the neck looks too clean in comparison to the body which raises questions, there is serious repair work to the neck and one of the pots and the bridge don't look original either. This might be a great sounding and playing bass but as a Fender, vintage or not, it raises too many questions and it misses out on top money on too many fronts. I think you'd be hard pressed to get 1.5K. But then I'm not an expert. [/quote] I think Chris is probably about right here. The fact that it's 60's rather than 70's makes an emotional difference to some people & will nudge value up correspondingly. Unfortunately the body refin, a neck which looks much cleaner than the body and that headstock erpair, however good it is, are all going to hit value pretty hard I have a few Fender P's at the moment (63, 64, 72, 79) and the only one of those that cost over £2K was the 63 which has an older refin body & early 70's guard but is otherwise more or less original. With a really good refin this would definitely go up in value (I'm basing this on the fact that it's already be refinned once). However you'd be looking at between £280 & £400 for a really good job. With a nice refin, and in a desirable colour, then I think you'd be able to hit £2K, depends on how much that neck repair is going to bother people though. It's certainly enough to put off the more serious collector but shouldn't worry someone who wants a 'player' so long as the repair is really solid & showing no signs of opening up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlloyd Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1334138809' post='1611336'] The finish is not good and probably not original, the neck looks too clean in comparison to the body which raises questions, there is serious repair work to the neck and one of the pots and the bridge don't look original either. [/quote] Yep. I think the most likely explanation is that the neck has been refinished when the headstock repair was carried out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudandclear Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Thank you gents the information is valuable and appreciated, will post in the for sale forum and see how we go. thanks again for all contributions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassvid75 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 if its all original with no refin, i think you might get 2.7 3k for sure. but the neck its weirdess clean. good luck,i've already have one and its a keeper. cheers mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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