Vintage Fenders

[BassAgent]

4 minutes ago, Belka said:

It's not a precision neck that's been reshaped (they never had blocks and binding); I'm going to guess that the most likely explanation is that it's a '74 neck that had the wrong decal/stamps put on when it was refinished.

I guess so. Still: super strange that anyone would put a 1977 logo w/ serial on a '74 neck after refinishing. I've never seen anything even remotely like that before.

 

But, other than that: it still looks like a very nice and you obviously knew very well what you were purchasing. So: enjoy it

Edited Monday at 19:59 by BassAgent

[Mrbigstuff]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

Again, if I’d have stuck an old neck on the precision body I sold could I charge £1600 for it?

Isn’t this what Nash guitars do? Except give it a “finish”

[Hellzero]

3 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

I have a lot of respect for all the folks who post in this forum, sometimes things get lost in translation I suspect Steve 👍

 

3 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

That would be my hope. 

 

2 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

Fair point.

Looks like you didn't notice that I'm a straight no bullshīt person: It's a tad bit disappointing...

 

And could you please stop with that "lost in translation" thing as I'm never translating, because when I'm writing in English, I'm thinking in English, which is the same for French, German, Dutch and Italian.

[Steve Browning]

2 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

 

 

Looks like you didn't notice that I'm a straight no bullshīt person: It's a tad bit disappointing...

 

And could you please stop with that "lost in translation" thing as I'm never translating, because when I'm writing in English, I'm thinking in English, which is the same for French, German, Dutch and Italian.

Be disappointed. Being unpleasant for no reason isn't an admirable quality, however you may see it.

 

 

[bakerster135]

1 hour ago, Steve Browning said:

Be disappointed. Being unpleasant for no reason isn't an admirable quality, however you may see it.

 

 

Careful, Steve, this guy knows everything there is to know about vintage Fender basses, and he’s a polyglot! Probably best to mute this thread altogether; I know I will.

[Burns-bass]

15 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

I suspect your strong and consistent sense of fair play has been challenged mate, but given that, my reading of the ad - and the asking price - was very much 'This is NOT an all original mid-'70s Fender by a long stretch....'.

 

Enjoy the playing 👍

I felt like Martin Lewis banging the table for the plucky little guy.

[Burns-bass]

11 hours ago, bakerster135 said:

Careful, Steve, this guy knows everything there is to know about vintage Fender basses, and he’s a polyglot! Probably best to mute this thread altogether; I know I will.

Not sure you’ve secured your position on the moral high ground there…

[Beedster]

4 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

I felt like Martin Lewis banging the table for the plucky little guy.

Don’t go changing 👍