Stance Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 (edited) Check this out It´s for sale near where I live. Never tought there would be such a rare bass around these parts Now, correct me if I´m wrong, but shouldn´t this serial number be from the early 70´s? [url="http://algueirao.olx.pt/uma-reliquia-fender-bass-v-1960-iid-437805463"]http://algueirao.olx...0-iid-437805463[/url] Edited May 27, 2013 by Stance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 it's not there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stance Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 He must have taken out the ad. I gave him a call and told him that it were made around 1000 of those basses and not 200 as he was saying in the ad, so probably he is correcting that info. But basically what I wanted to show you all was the serial number - 500159 - 1970´s serial on a 1966 fender bass. right? There´s one on Ebay with a higher seial number too [url="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fender-V-Bass-1966-1970-Only-1000-Made-5-String-Bass-/281112768647?pt=Guitar&hash=item4173a07087"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Fender-V-Bass-1966-1970-Only-1000-Made-5-String-Bass-/281112768647?pt=Guitar&hash=item4173a07087[/url] Why did this happen on these Bass V basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) According to this article in Premier Guitar magazine it's just one of those unexplained Fender oddities - [url="http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2008/Dec/Wow_Thats_Weird_Part_II.aspx"]http://www.premiergu...rd_Part_II.aspx[/url] "This next little bout of weirdness I see all the time: the serial number on the plate of a Bass V is typically in the 600000 range of 1975 or so. No one seems to know why they used this serial number starting in the sixties on the Bass V neck plate." Edited May 28, 2013 by ikay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stance Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1369725284' post='2091896'] According to this article in Premier Guitar magazine it's just one of those unexplained Fender oddities - [url="http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2008/Dec/Wow_Thats_Weird_Part_II.aspx"]http://www.premiergu...rd_Part_II.aspx[/url] "This next little bout of weirdness I see all the time: the serial number on the plate of a Bass V is typically in the 600000 range of 1975 or so. No one seems to know why they used this serial number starting in the sixties on the Bass V neck plate." [/quote] Interesting article! I once had a 1973 P-bass with a slab board neck They stopped doing that by the mid 60´s... Edited May 28, 2013 by Stance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 I'd be more worried about someone asking 15000E for a 4000E bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stance Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 lol I know. I also told him that he was asking too much... The as never showed up again... Maybe someone bought it .... crazy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham1945 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 (edited) Hi, mine's a 600...... number and it's a 1966. The number in the ad above isn't all that clear (the 6 looks a bit rusted) and should be a 600.....? There are pics of mine somewhere else on here, and if someone offered me 15,000 euros for mine, I'd bite their hand off!!!!! I don't think even Fender know how many they made, because in the end they started cutting up the bodies and knecks for use on other models, ie, they didn't sell. I thought that they were in the catalogue for only three years from 1965. Bought mine in 1972 and still love it and use it regularly, although slightly modded (pickups). Edited June 10, 2013 by graham1945 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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