NBD. Very Cheap Vintera 70's Jazz

[Bassman1974]

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 Friday at 13:55 by Bassman1974
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[Lozz196]

Looks great, a classic look

[PaulThePlug]

Bound 'n Blocks and No Tort... Result!

Edited Friday at 14:29 by PaulThePlug

[Bassman1974]

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 Friday at 14:37 by Bassman1974
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[HeadlessBassist]

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. 

[Bassman1974]

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 yesterday at 08:43 by Bassman1974
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[Geek99]

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 

[Geek99]

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 yesterday at 08:27 by Geek99

[miles'tone]

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 😉

[Geek99]

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 

[ASW]

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? 

[Bassman1974]

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.

[Geek99]

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 🤫

[HeadlessBassist]

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.