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Reggaebass

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bakerster135 Experienced

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20 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

In my experience, the weights are all over, from nice and light, to boat anchors. I currently have 4 70's Fenders, and they vary between just under, to just over 9 lbs. The '78 Precision I had was 8 lbs 9 oz. 2 of mine have been played to death, and two have been looked after very well, they're all nice basses to play, and they sound great, though different from each other.

The condition of this one above is lovely, and I particularly like a black Jazz, they do look fab. The gap in the neck pocket is a shame, but if it plays ok, that wouldn't put me off, but the weight is the killer for me, my shoulder hurts just looking at it.

 

Rob

Yeah they are, but 11lbs is generally middling and, though too heavy for some, not too bad imo. I've got two 70s JBs, one's 9ish lbs and the other's 12lb+! Plays and sounds amazing though and perfectly comfortable on a wide, padded strap.

I think I've played every mid-late 70s JB that's gone through the Bass Gallery and there have been a LOT of boat anchors.

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Lozz196 Grand Master

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Yep, I had a 78 Precision that was around 7.5lbs, and a 77 that was 10.5lbs. And a mate of mine had a 77 that was exactly the same as mine except it was 14lbs. We used to joke that he stood on stage like The Ramones not to be punk but because that`s what the weight of his bass did to him. 

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Sparky Mark Veteran

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2 hours ago, Pow_22 said:

lovely looking Jazzer has come up at Richtone:-

 

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/fender-1977-jazz-bass-black-2nd-hand/

 

Bit on the weighty side mind and not much details about the originality of the guts also the pic of the E side neck pocket seems to show a huge gap?

I would guess there's enough slack in the neck plate screws to allow that gap to be reduced at the same time as correcting the obvious neck alignment bias towards the G string. 

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bakerster135 Experienced

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14 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Yep, I had a 78 Precision that was around 7.5lbs, and a 77 that was 10.5lbs. And a mate of mine had a 77 that was exactly the same as mine except it was 14lbs. We used to joke that he stood on stage like The Ramones not to be punk but because that`s what the weight of his bass did to him. 

7.5lbs is pretty crazy in the other direction...I feel like it'd be hard to keep hold of that! 😆 

casapete Grand Master

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1 hour ago, bakerster135 said:

7.5lbs is pretty crazy in the other direction...I feel like it'd be hard to keep hold of that! 😆 

7.5 lbs would be a tad under the weight of my 63 Precision.
 

Even when I was younger I would definitely have struggled with your mate’s 1977/ 14 pound Jazz.

I honestly didn’t know they could be that heavy! 

Alanko Enthusiast

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2 hours ago, briansbrew said:

Boston pick guards have arrived 

 

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Neither appears to be the 'TI' variant, but the regular 'T' tortoiseshell version. You pleased with them?

briansbrew Grand Master

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3 minutes ago, Alanko said:


Neither appears to be the 'TI' variant, but the regular 'T' tortoiseshell version. You pleased with them?

They dont do the TI version, the sample on their site showed them to be more reddish than the ones I got, happy enough to use them some time....

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briansbrew Grand Master

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8 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

They dont do the TI version, the sample on their site showed them to be more reddish than the ones I got, happy enough to use them some time....

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peteb Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

So it’s just the body ,and that’s refinished 😁

 

So, a 63 body with a 82 neck and a Fralin pickup! It might even be a decent player's instrument, who knows, but ridiculous to be putting it up as a vintage bass with a vintage price tag! 

 

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Alanko Enthusiast

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13 hours ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

The fact that this is still presented as a '63 Precision Bass 😂

 

1963 Fender Precision Bass – rebuild and refinished (Olympic White) https://reverb.com/item/88599010?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=88599010

 

 

Can't get behind that at all. It looks like quite a thick refin. The whole thing looks like a MIM Classic '50s Precision bass. Why dress a 1963 body up like a 1957 bass?


Apart from the skid marks in the neck pocket everything that ties this instrument to 1963 is gone.

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Burns-bass Grand Master

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40 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Isn’t it the same one that’s for sale on here 


I’m not trying to offend anyone. It was more I really couldn’t figure out what was original and what wasn’t.

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