Bassman1974 Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) So, Bought this on a well known selling platform a few days ago. It was a warehouse find, and was reasonably priced. Received a call from the seller after order placement to tell me the neck was unserviceable. Just happens that I've a spare Fender 70s neck here, so I gave an offer for everything, thinking I'd fit my own neck. Well, it's arrived in 1/2 hour ago with the original neck. It's fine. Like, it plays lovely. The electrics are pretty crackily, but I'll fit solderless controls / pots that I have lying around. So I really don't know what the craic is with the supposed knackered neck, but I've scored this for a very, very good price. Feeling lucky today, as I've always been after a Fender with block inlays. Cheers Edited August 22 by Bassman1974 Spelling 23 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) Bound 'n Blocks and No Tort... Result! Edited August 22 by PaulThePlug 3 Quote
Bassman1974 Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 (edited) 8 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: Bound 'n Blocks and No Tort... Result! Oh, it's got to be a black guard on a Sunburst Jazz. Just like my Olympic Jazz must keep its tort guard ! Edited August 22 by Bassman1974 Spelling Quote
HeadlessBassist Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Congrats BM74 Those first gen Vinteras with the Pao Ferro fingerboard play and sound really nice. I came very close to buying the 60s one in Firemist Gold. Excellent basses for the money. Sounds like you scored a brilliant deal there. Quote
Bassman1974 Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 (edited) 16 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said: Congrats BM74 Those first gen Vinteras with the Pao Ferro fingerboard play and sound really nice. I came very close to buying the 60s one in Firemist Gold. Excellent basses for the money. Sounds like you scored a brilliant deal there. Definitely a deal there for sure. That's the solderless controls in, flats on, and the action brought down a good bit. The pickups are sitting a little too low, but it sounds good? Think I'll leave it as is.. Edited August 23 by Bassman1974 Spelling. Again 2 Quote
Geek99 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 9 minutes ago, Bassman1974 said: Definitely a deal there for sure. Thats the solderless controls in, flats on, and the action brought down a good bit. The pickups are sitting a little too low, but it sounds good? Think I'll leave it as is.. Not broke? Don’t fix it 2 Quote
Geek99 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 (edited) 17 hours ago, PaulThePlug said: Bound 'n Blocks and No Tort... not a Result! FTFY however Two out of three ain’t bad, as meatloaf pointed out there’s a mistake in the bible. Loaves, fishes and sheets of tortoiseshell. Maybe they ran out of ink or forgot to write it in. Tortoiseshell is plainly the stuff of miracles. Edited August 23 by Geek99 3 1 Quote
miles'tone Posted August 23 Posted August 23 12 hours ago, Geek99 said: FTFY however Two out of three ain’t bad, as meatloaf pointed out there’s a mistake in the bible. Loaves, fishes and sheets of tortoiseshell. Maybe they ran out of ink or forgot to write it in. Tortoiseshell is plainly the stuff of miracles. It's a miracle if you can find the real stuff for sure 😉 Quote
Geek99 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 1 hour ago, miles'tone said: It's a miracle if you can find the real stuff for sure 😉 Any tort is better than no tort 2 Quote
ASW Posted August 24 Posted August 24 That's very nice. I have a few questions. Did the seller tell you what they thought was wrong with the neck? What's a "warehouse find"? It's not a term I'm familiar with. What's the brown furry thing next to the bass? Quote
Bassman1974 Posted August 24 Author Posted August 24 11 minutes ago, ASW said: That's very nice. I have a few questions. Did the seller tell you what they thought was wrong with the neck? What's a "warehouse find"? It's not a term I'm familiar with. What's the brown furry thing next to the bass? Yes, he stated it was like a banana and couldn't be adjusted. I've lowered the action and it's really quite a lovely neck really. "Warehouse find", I'm assuming, is stock the seller didn't know he had. Its a music company that I bought it from. That's Jam, my Ginger Tom. He's constantly getting in the way when it comes to photos. He's also a nightmare when I change strings as he loves to chase them. 2 Quote
Geek99 Posted August 24 Posted August 24 29 minutes ago, ASW said: That's very nice. I have a few questions. Did the seller tell you what they thought was wrong with the neck? What's a "warehouse find"? It's not a term I'm familiar with. What's the brown furry thing next to the bass? It’s a sleeping guitarist who hasn’t been sheared yet this week …shhh! You’ll wake him and we’ll be “treated” to endless blues rambling 🤨 best let sleeping trogs lie 🤫 1 Quote
HeadlessBassist Posted August 24 Posted August 24 42 minutes ago, Bassman1974 said: Yes, he stated it was like a banana and couldn't be adjusted. I've lowered the action and it's really quite a lovely neck really. "Warehouse find", I'm assuming, is stock the seller didn't know he had. Its a music company that I bought it from. That's Jam, my Ginger Tom. He's constantly getting in the way when it comes to photos. He's also a nightmare when I change strings as he loves to chase them. 3 Quote
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