discreet Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1399031504' post='2440184'] Yes, of course they did, which is probably why a lot that survived were/are the good ones, but surely they are nothing to get precious about? [/quote] Each to his own, I say. Some people get precious about glass paperweights, but it doesn't bother me. Good luck to 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Plus we don't know what it was like before the refin. It may have had an extra pickup rout, an active conversion or a previous refin. Maybe from the 80s when people weren't so concerned with alleged pieces of musical history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) [quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1399032040' post='2440196'] Plus we don't know what it was like before the refin. It may have had an extra pickup rout, an active conversion or a previous refin. Maybe from the 80s when people weren't so concerned with alleged pieces of musical history! [/quote] It may not even have been a bass. The seller refers to it as 'a usable historic timepiece'... which is probably a wind-up. Edited May 2, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399031796' post='2440189'] Each to his own, I say. Some people get precious about glass paperweights, but it doesn't bother me. Good luck to 'em. [/quote] You been trawling some very old threads? I'm not precious about my paperweight, I've been trying to identify it to reunite it with the family it originally belonged to (and knew there would be some Italian speakers on here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399032318' post='2440200'] It may not even have been a bass. The seller refers to it as 'a usable historic timepiece'... which is probably a wind-up. [/quote] It certainly seems like the mechanism for some sort of joke.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1399033452' post='2440230'] You been trawling some very old threads? I'm not precious about my paperweight, I've been trying to identify it to reunite it with the family it originally belonged to (and knew there would be some Italian speakers on here) [/quote] Eh?? No!! [size=4]- I'm precious about [i]my[/i] paperweights - fiercely protective, in fact! Won't hear a word said against 'em![/size] Edited May 2, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1399033823' post='2440240'] It certainly seems like the mechanism for some sort of joke... [/quote] Oh please, no clock puns. I'm ticked off already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399034092' post='2440245'] Oh please, no clock puns. I'm ticked off already. [/quote] Not even the most minute of puns..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Hang on a minute. Would this be suitable for someone with small hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linear Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399034092' post='2440245'] Oh please, no clock puns. I'm ticked off already. [/quote] Seconded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1399034242' post='2440247'] Not even the most minute of puns..? [/quote] Sorry to fob you off... I'm in desperate need of a movement... Hnng! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399035687' post='2440287'] Sorry to fob you off... I'm in desperate need of a movement... Hnng! [/quote] Sorry, nothing strikes me for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 MB1. Looks like a SIM finish (as in Sims L.E.D) Will have been finished properly if it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 A bad idea well executed IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1399045463' post='2440444'] A bad idea well executed IMO. [/quote] Executed! Its not that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I can't see the problem with it, I can't see a 74 Precision having any great future value unless it is in exceptional condition, I am currently trying to shift a 79 Precision on Evilbay, it is not an exceptional bass just another old Precision, despite it being offered way cheaper than anything else of that vintage I have had absolutely no sensible interest in it....I doubt it would decrease the value if I had it refinished in some modernist colour scheme. I think there are the golden years of the Precision which will always go up in value and then there are just Precisions, yes a mint 70's example may have some value but a run of the mill 70's Precision seems to be worth less than a current new example...which to be fair is probably the better instrument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I'm with Roger. What's so special about a 70s Fender anyway? 30 years is not old. Old Fenders aren't always anything significantly special. What's the fuss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1399140477' post='2441483'] I'm with Roger. What's so special about a 70s Fender anyway? 30 years is not old. Old Fenders aren't always anything significantly special. What's the fuss? [/quote] Your maths would be my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1399143694' post='2441527'] Your maths would be my guess. [/quote] [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 (edited) [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1399143694' post='2441527'] Your maths would be my guess. [/quote] He's right, 30 years isn't old. Don't know why he chose to mention it in here though... Doesn't the word "antique" technically mean over 100 years old? I suppose I should look that up before I press post... Edit: It's not technically, but it is common practice to use it as such, apparently. Though it gets bandied about all the time now, so I imagine it'll change, along with every other bloomin' word. Edited May 3, 2014 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 [quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1399139832' post='2441474'] I can't see the problem with it, I can't see a 74 Precision having any great future value unless it is in exceptional condition, I am currently trying to shift a 79 Precision on Evilbay, it is not an exceptional bass just another old Precision, despite it being offered way cheaper than anything else of that vintage I have had absolutely no sensible interest in it....I doubt it would decrease the value if I had it refinished in some modernist colour scheme. I think there are the golden years of the Precision which will always go up in value and then there are just Precisions, yes a mint 70's example may have some value but a run of the mill 70's Precision seems to be worth less than a current new example...which to be fair is probably the better instrument [/quote] If its the Oly white with white plate, I nearly bid on that! I see the starting price has now gone up a bit...? To be honest if I had known at the time it was a BCer I probably would have done but there's that many conmen on ebay it put me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Anything 20 years or older is vintage. Apparently. And anything 100 years or older is antique. So most of the members on this board are vintage. Ha, ha, ha! I suspect a few are antiques too - at least going by their posts. Wooh! Oh, yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1399144036' post='2441531'] He's right, 30 years isn't old. Don't know why he chose to mention it in here though... [/quote] Because it's 40 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1399170197' post='2441748'] Because it's 40 years old. [/quote] Yes... I don't know why [i]he[/i] chose to mention 30 years in his post, because it is irrelevant due to the bass being 40 years old. Objectively, 30 years isn't old, so in that he was correct, just irrelevant. I was trying to be humourous but it seems I am as good at humour as Slartibartfast is at threats... Edited May 4, 2014 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399147747' post='2441584'] Anything 20 years or older is vintage. [/quote] I thought, as far as guitars/basses are concerned , it was 25 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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