Vintage Fenders

[Reggaebass]

15 minutes ago, miles'tone said:

That's the place I bought the 1965 P I had for a while from. Good experience, good people to deal with.

That was a beauty miles, I remember it well 

[ped]

Here’s a question for you experts. My hootenanny button is missing. Should it be the same as the other strap buttons, and what sort of screw holds it in? It can’t be a normal screw as it’ll be too long, but a pickguard sized screw surely is too small to hold any weight (not that I’d actually use it?)

 

 

[briansbrew]

24 minutes ago, ped said:

Here’s a question for you experts. My hootenanny button is missing. Should it be the same as the other strap buttons, and what sort of screw holds it in? It can’t be a normal screw as it’ll be too long, but a pickguard sized screw surely is too small to hold any weight (not that I’d actually use it?)

 

 

Here you go Chris, just a bit bigger than a guard screw

Edited Tuesday at 19:59 by briansbrew

[ped]

8 minutes ago, briansbrew said:

Here you go Chris, just a bit bigger than a guard screw

Ah thank you, so you happen to know the size? The pin looks the same as the other two. I think I have one somewhere. 

[ossyrocks]

7 minutes ago, ped said:

Ah thank you, so you happen to know the size? The pin looks the same as the other two. I think I have one somewhere. 

I have some old Fender screws in the workshop. If Brian can tell us the dimensions, I can see if I have anything. 

[briansbrew]

9 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

I have some old Fender screws in the workshop. If Brian can tell us the dimensions, I can see if I have anything. 

[Burns-bass]

I’ve got one of these buttons somewhere if you want it? (free obvs)

[ossyrocks]

8 hours ago, briansbrew said:

 

Could you give me more accurate measurements please Brian. Haha.

 

I'll have a look today.

 

Rob

[ped]

8 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

I’ve got one of these buttons somewhere if you want it? (free obvs)

 Very kind, thank you. Let me check if I have one and I’ll let you know  and thanks for the measurements @briansbrew and for checking for the screw @ossyrocks !!

[Geek99]

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[Geek99]

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Edited 16 hours ago by Geek99

[thodrik]

Got my old s9 Precision a proper set up. New nut, new jack socket and tidying up of the wiring. I’ve owned it since 1999 and it has had a lot of use, as shown by the way the nitro finish on the neck is flaking off. Might get the neck refinished eventually but will leave it as is for now.

 

Pick guard was like that when I got it. It does make for easier access to the wiring I suppose.

 

Not a ‘proper’ vintage Fender compared to classic earlier models, but it is a damn good workhorse bass.

 

 

 

[Sparky Mark]

41 minutes ago, thodrik said:

Got my old s9 Precision a proper set up. New nut, new jack socket and tidying up of the wiring. I’ve owned it since 1999 and it has had a lot of use, as shown by the way the nitro finish on the neck is flaking off. Might get the neck refinished eventually but will leave it as is for now.

 

Pick guard was like that when I got it. It does make for easier access to the wiring I suppose.

 

Not a ‘proper’ vintage Fender compared to classic earlier models, but it is a damn good workhorse bass.

 

 

 

I think S9 = 1979, so 46 years old. I reckon that qualifies as vintage based on the 30+ years definition of vintage guitars.