BarnacleBob Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Fender 62 Precision Original. Loadsamoney! did the maple board precision disappear completely til 67/68? Was it only the early 'telecaster' style Precision that had a maple board? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Did it again! here is the link! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220413271081&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting"]click here[/url] BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Schweeeeeet! The 'classic' precision had a maple board until '58/'59, and came back with the TV logos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 (edited) [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='488332' date='May 14 2009, 10:56 PM']Fender 62 Precision Original. Loadsamoney! did the maple board precision disappear completely til 67/68? Was it only the early 'telecaster' style Precision that had a maple board? BB[/quote] Yep - that's the real thing for sure. Looks like it needs a bit of TLC and a good clean...! Will be interesting to see what that finally goes for... Maple board precision? Fender stopped making them as a production item in around 1960. Not really seen again until the famous (& incredibly rare) 1966 UK 'slab' precisions. I've heard tales/rumours of one-off custom order maple neck precisions in the 1960's - but never seen pictures of any (that's not to say some weren't made though). Then the 1968 Telecaster Bass had a maple board & in 1969 the maple neck returned as a standard option (as WOT says - with the TV logo on the headstock)... Edited May 14, 2009 by 99ster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Oh wow .. Nowt better than a well worn '62 P bass in that colour IMHO. Wonder how much I'd get for my other kidney ..... What's the TV logo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 (edited) [quote name='OldGit' post='488545' date='May 15 2009, 09:38 AM']What's the TV logo?[/quote] The biggun. Big on the telly, see. [attachment=25260:55U_3713...ck_front.jpeg] Edited May 15, 2009 by johnnylager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' date='May 15 2009, 09:38 AM' post='488545' What's the TV logo? [/quote] The larger block lettering (as opposed to the smaller script which wouldn't have shown up on telly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' date='May 15 2009, 09:38 AM' post='488545 Wonder how much I'd get for my other kidney ..... [/quote] would u trade it for one of my livers? I can get by on only one..... I dont know sh*t from Shinola when it comes to vintage basses (especially Fenders) like this but even i felt this one was right but wanted to know what the troops thought. Have always put off buying a nice vintage P for fear of getting burned BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donhills Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We likee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 [quote name='BarnacleBob' post='488582' date='May 15 2009, 10:02 AM'][quote name='OldGit' date='May 15 2009, 09:38 AM' post='488545 Wonder how much I'd get for my other kidney ..... would u trade it for one of my livers? I can get by on only one..... I dont know sh*t from Shinola when it comes to vintage basses (especially Fenders) like this but even i felt this one was right but wanted to know what the troops thought. Have always put off buying a nice vintage P for fear of getting burned BB[/quote] Got any steak? Yeah, I know what you mean. This one just looks right. Can you fake dirt like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='488563' date='May 15 2009, 09:50 AM'][quote name='OldGit' date='May 15 2009, 09:38 AM' post='488545' What's the TV logo? The larger block lettering (as opposed to the smaller script which wouldn't have shown up on telly)[/quote] Especially if you think back to when this was done & everyone had black & white tellys - with (compared to now) poor picture quality & small screen size - the subtle silver / gold logos that were on Fender headstocks would have been really difficult to see clearly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ster Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='488612' date='May 15 2009, 10:33 AM']Got any steak? Yeah, I know what you mean. This one just looks right. Can you fake dirt like that?[/quote] From the pictures that's definitely 100% original & very lovely (& the dirt certainly looks genuine as well!). Looks very much like [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24297"]my '62 Precision[/url]... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnacleBob Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 I would need the steak for the black-eye the wife would give me if she caught me paying this kind of money for a bass! But only if she caught me...........! BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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