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Older thread I made with some info about this bass...

http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1551

This is the same guy who is selling that '60 P-Bass on eBay... I actually just bought a '73 P-Bass body from him not too long ago and had a pleasant experience, although... if you do some research, there are other people who DO NOT like this guy or how he does business.

He ends up with a LOT of incredibly rare and cool vintage Fender gear... and I don't even think he's a player himself. He gave me the understanding that he's purely a business man. But that's another story...

Anyway... the last owner dropped $29K for it on eBay... and I'll be honest with you guys.

If I was a little older and in a better position (cars and/or house paid for and kids off to college), I would buy this bass... $29K is a LOT of frikkin' dough... don't get me wrong... but... if you really think about it, it's just a car payment for 5 years. And after that 5 years was up, you'd own a completely unique and kickass piece of history with an amazing backstory.

And yes... I'd TOTALLY gig with it.

:mrgreen:

Author:	belinmad [ September 29th, 2011, 5:54 am ]
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Beautiful, isn't it? Quote: Here is the ONLY Custom Color LEFT HANDED 1960 Stack Knob 1960 Fender® Jazz Bass® known to exist. (There could be a few more out there, but non has surfaced to date...). This one has FULL provenance from its original owner (Joe Long of the "Four Seasons" Frankie Valli). Custom ordered from Fender® in 1960. Featured in VG Magazine and in the book "Fender: the Golden Age 1946-1970" This is probably the RAREST left handed Fender® instrument in existence. A MUST for the true Fender® collector or lefty player. Serious only please! http://www.gbase.com/gear/fender-stack- ... 960-blonde

Author:	pjmuck [ September 29th, 2011, 7:14 am ]
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This bass serves no other purpose than to taunt us poor lefties indefinitely. It's changed hands a few times now since Joey Long personally had it listed on ebay a few years ago. Note the positioning of headstock types, which seem to work perfectly fine. Why couldn't Fender figure that out for later models instead of dropping the model name?

Author:	Marc40a [ September 29th, 2011, 7:44 am ]
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20k is it?

Author:	Addison [ September 29th, 2011, 7:59 am ]
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Older thread I made with some info about this bass... viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1551 This is the same guy who is selling that '60 P-Bass on eBay... I actually just bought a '73 P-Bass body from him not too long ago and had a pleasant experience, although... if you do some research, there are other people who DO NOT like this guy or how he does business. He ends up with a LOT of incredibly rare and cool vintage Fender gear... and I don't even think he's a player himself. He gave me the understanding that he's purely a business man. But that's another story... Anyway... the last owner dropped $29K for it on eBay... and I'll be honest with you guys. If I was a little older and in a better position (cars and/or house paid for and kids off to college), I would buy this bass... $29K is a LOT of frikkin' dough... don't get me wrong... but... if you really think about it, it's just a car payment for 5 years. And after that 5 years was up, you'd own a completely unique and kickass piece of history with an amazing backstory. And yes... I'd TOTALLY gig with it.

Author:	PunkRockBassist [ September 29th, 2011, 8:28 am ]
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Addison wrote: Older thread I made with some info about this bass... http://www.leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1551 This is the same guy who is selling that '60 P-Bass on eBay... I actually just bought a '73 P-Bass body from him not too long ago and had a pleasant experience, although... if you do some research, there are other people who DO NOT like this guy or how he does business. He ends up with a LOT of incredibly rare and cool vintage Fender gear... and I don't even think he's a player himself. He gave me the understanding that he's purely a business man. But that's another story... Anyway... the last owner dropped $29K for it on eBay... and I'll be honest with you guys. If I was a little older and in a better position (cars and/or house paid for and kids off to college), I would buy this bass... $29K is a LOT of frikkin' dough... don't get me wrong... but... if you really think about it, it's just a car payment for 5 years. And after that 5 years was up, you'd own a completely unique and kickass piece of history with an amazing backstory. And yes... I'd TOTALLY gig with it. iam affraid to gig with my 75 p-bass

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Author:	Frenchy-Lefty [ September 29th, 2011, 10:09 am ]
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Addison, I am sure your wife would be delighted if you were to drop 29k in a bass... It reminds me of the review of a Sadowsky I read one day, it started like this: my ex-wife told me, "on my dead body honey, you won't spend 3k on a bass!" now, let me tell you why I have never regretted my choice...

Author:	pjmuck [ September 29th, 2011, 12:31 pm ]
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I'm very glad you used the car analogy, Addison, because that's more or less the high ticket item I use to denounce the absurdity of it all: "Do you realize this damn bass cost as much as a car?!" If it can't drive me to the west coast and back, I simply can't justify it. If I were a millionaire, however, I might not think twice about it. As for owning it, I've used my own mortality theory to keep myself from making too many costly mistakes. We don't really own anything, we simply rent it for the duration of our lives. Then it either passes down to your loved ones or it goes somewhere else. Whatever the case, you're looking at fairly limited time left to play the instrument, and my logical yet debatable reasoning plays out like a classic Abbott and Costello routine: 1960 Fender Jazz Bass: $28,000? Age: 46 Life expectancy: 85 years if I'm lucky? That would be 39 years of life left, or 14,235 days. But wait, how many of those years/days will be quality days? Might I lose my ability to play by 78 due to arthritis, etc? So let's deduct 7 years. Now we've got 11,680 days left. Realistically, how many of those days would you be able to devote to playing the instrument due to life responsibility, vacations, etc? Maybe half? Now we're down to 5,840 days left, or 140,160 hours. But clearly you won't be playing it for 24 hours every single day either. Let's say the average playing time is 2 hours per day. Now you're looking at only 28,032 hours, or 1,168 days left. There are probably some other deductions I'm leaving out, but at the very least it will cost you: $24 day or $1.00 per hour to own this bass! Here's the inspiration for my math. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3hIMv0lklA

Author:	Addison [ September 29th, 2011, 1:23 pm ]
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That's sound logic! The reason I used the car analogy, is because it seems like a lot of guys go out and buy that Vette (or whatever other sports/muscle car you can think of) that they always wanted once they reach the "near-midlife-crisis" point in their lives... when the kids are gone and everything's paid for... Well, I'm not very interested in cars, so... gimme a kickass bass instead!!!

Author:	Matt R. [ September 29th, 2011, 1:59 pm ]
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Addison, you & I think exactly alike, brother.

Author:	AzWhoFan [ September 29th, 2011, 2:40 pm ]
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I'm having a mid-life crisis right now! I solved it by buying 7 fuzz boxes in the last two weeks

Author:	markcv [ September 30th, 2011, 10:14 am ]
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Like pretty much everybody here, if I had the dough I would buy this in a second. It's the same age as me.

Author:	LHBASSIST [ October 2nd, 2011, 1:32 am ]
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gravesbass wrote: That's pure "bass porn" right there. If you have disposable money or wealthy, it's DEFINITELY worth the investment. AND, for a full size image to drool over..... Is it just me, or did this bass look a LOT more yellowed in the pics when Joe had it for sale?

Author:	pjmuck [ October 2nd, 2011, 10:53 pm ]
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"Is it just me, or did this bass look a LOT more yellowed in the pics when Joe had it for sale?" It might just be the way it's been photographed or the way the light's hitting it. Arni's got older photos of the bass on his website, and when I compare this to them it doesn't look significantly different. The older photos weren't shot as well and the color looks a bit exaggerated, IMO. (Really dark orange maple on back of neck/headstock, for example). You can review yourself by going to www.leftybass.com and typing in, "1960 jazz" in his search at the bottom of the home page. Then click on choice description #5, then "more pics here".

Author:	Addison [ October 3rd, 2011, 7:29 am ]
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Yeah.... yellows can easily become oversaturated in bad lighting and/or with a cheaper camera. Probably more than any other color set.

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