Vintage Fenders

[Mrbigstuff]

An interesting comparison vid for Fender reissues vs vintage: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BpWRmNVe7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

I’m interested to know which of them BCers think sounds best to them. For me it’s the vintage bitsa. Same top end but thicker/ creamier lows

[Sparky Mark]

1 hour ago, Mrbigstuff said:

An interesting comparison vid for Fender reissues vs vintage: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BpWRmNVe7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

I’m interested to know which of them BCers think sounds best to them. For me it’s the vintage bitsa. Same top end but thicker/ creamier lows

64 TSB for me.

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

An interesting comparison vid for Fender reissues vs vintage: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BpWRmNVe7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

I’m interested to know which of them BCers think sounds best to them. For me it’s the vintage bitsa. Same top end but thicker/ creamier lows

 

Negligible differences to me.

[Sparky Mark]

7 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Negligible differences to me.

To be honest, they usually are. 

[Reggaebass]

Just listened with headphones and it’s subtle but the 64 for me, it let me go to his next video with the 3 P basses, the 67 sounds amazing 

[snorkie635]

Must agree with @Stub Mandrel above. A deaf person running for a bus would be hard-pushed to tell the difference. If I need an oscilloscope to pick between them, the punters down the Maggot and Corpse won't notice either.

[Burns-bass]

3 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

Must agree with @Stub Mandrel above. A deaf person running for a bus would be hard-pushed to tell the difference. If I need an oscilloscope to pick between them, the punters down the Maggot and Corpse won't notice either.

Have to agree.

[Reggaebass]

The bass gallery have got a few CARs in , I’m not familiar with Bob Daisley

[Woodinblack]

20 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

The bass gallery have got a few CARs in , I’m not familiar with Bob Daisley

 

Hes the one who wrote the Ozzy Osborne albums that are credited to Ozzy.

[rwillett]

3 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

The bass gallery have got a few CARs in , I’m not familiar with Bob Daisley

What's a CAR please?

[Homatron]

1 minute ago, rwillett said:

What's a CAR please?

Candy Apple Red 🍎

[rwillett]

Thank you.

 

Hangs head in embarrassment and quietly shuffles off to the corner.

[snorkie635]

2 minutes ago, rwillett said:

Thank you.

 

Hangs head in embarrassment and quietly shuffles off to the corner.

No need to 'shuffle', you could have borrowed a car and driven away.

[rwillett]

5 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

No need to 'shuffle', you could have borrowed a car and driven away.

It's a tough crowd here.

[Sparky Mark]

5 hours ago, snorkie635 said:

A deaf person running for a bus would be hard-pushed to tell the difference.

[Stub Mandrel]

33 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said:

 

It's not just me then...

[Mrbigstuff]

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

Thank you.

 

Hangs head in embarrassment and quietly shuffles off to the corner.

I’m sure you’re red faced about the whole thing

[Reggaebass]

OASIS - NOEL GALLAGHER'S OWNED AND AUTOGRAPHED SUNBURST FENDER PRECISION, estimated 10k-20k for a 73P, be interesting to see how much it goes for, https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/propstore/catalogue-id-the-pr10049/lot-d6897252-ef72-4ce8-abb0-b36a00f9edf6

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Reggaebass

[Burns-bass]

Appreciate they’re not Fenders but it seems Andy Baxter has decided that vintage Musicmans are now worth £3000 that they were a few months ago. Wish he’d have done that before I sold mine… 🙂

[Mrbigstuff]

32 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Appreciate they’re not Fenders but it seems Andy Baxter has decided that vintage Musicmans are now worth £3000 that they were a few months ago. Wish he’d have done that before I sold mine… 🙂

Those he had in were collector grade so a premium is expected. I’ve not seen many in such as new condition and they seem to have sold well.

[Chiliwailer]

33 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Appreciate they’re not Fenders but it seems Andy Baxter has decided that vintage Musicmans are now worth £3000 that they were a few months ago. Wish he’d have done that before I sold mine… 🙂

First year, radio knobs, long poles… Mental price though 😊

[Burns-bass]

19 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

First year, radio knobs, long poles… Mental price though 😊

You know it’s how the vintage game works. Stick them up for mental prices and watch the rest of them rise up a few hundred quid in response.

 

The laws of market dynamics don’t really apply when buyers are treated this way. (We have a classic imperfect market…)

[Chiliwailer]

59 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

You know it’s how the vintage game works. Stick them up for mental prices and watch the rest of them rise up a few hundred quid in response.

 

The laws of market dynamics don’t really apply when buyers are treated this way. (We have a classic imperfect market…)

When I was working in the vintage guitar trade I was told in 2008 by a solid UK source that there is a group of vintage dealers in the States that get together each year prior to a trade show and certain vintage prices are set from there, and like you say, the rest follow and other vintage gear rises accordingly. 

[Burns-bass]

3 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said:

When I was working in the vintage guitar trade I was told in 2008 by a solid UK source that there is a group of vintage dealers in the States that get together each year prior to a trade show and certain vintage prices are set from there, and like you say, the rest follow and other vintage gear rises accordingly. 

Wouldn't surprise me. 
 

The prices steadily rising is a signal these things are rising and investable commodities and that the demand is healthy. I question both assertions. But I’m old and cynical 

[Chiliwailer]

8 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Wouldn't surprise me. 
 

The prices steadily rising is a signal these things are rising and investable commodities and that the demand is healthy. I question both assertions. But I’m old and cynical 

I’ve never been an expert by any means - every time I think the prices may have hit a ceiling, they continue to climb and climb….