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 Post subject: For the Fender Guys....
PostPosted: August 12th, 2014, 3:25 pm 
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/331288382990?ss ... 1423.l2649


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PostPosted: August 12th, 2014, 4:34 pm 
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Another vintage Fender by the same seller:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-P-Bass-P ... 51c1d5be99


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PostPosted: August 12th, 2014, 4:35 pm 
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PostPosted: August 12th, 2014, 5:34 pm 
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Extremely! It will be interesting to see what they fetch.


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PostPosted: August 12th, 2014, 9:15 pm 
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Here's a third one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Telecast ... 462578e812


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PostPosted: August 12th, 2014, 9:21 pm 
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That seller certainly has an (apparent) affinity for classic lefty basses. Sweet collection indeed!


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 6:55 am 
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bhunt1 wrote:
Another vintage Fender by the same seller:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-P-Bass-P ... 51c1d5be99

And no one wanted to buy my 69 at 4K here :o


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 7:11 am 
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WOW, nice collections, all items are buy it now so they question in not what will they fetch but how quickly will they sell.


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 7:57 am 
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That '71 P is as close to the Holy Grail as I've seen in the last couple of years, and the price is not outrageous. (A lot cheaper than $4K, Sly. . . ).

If I didn't already have my Holy Grail P-Bass, I would have bought this already (and if I had money...). The Jazz is nice, too. The Tele, although rare, it's a shame they did such a hack job on it.

BUY, BUY, BUY, BUY! :lol:


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 9:00 am 
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Wonder if he does trades?......


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 9:53 am 
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tomdbass wrote:
Wonder if he does trades?......

His store website says"BUY,SELL,TRADE" http://www.billsmusic.com/about-bills-music-2/ Unless he's selling these on consignment, it would be worth contacting them to see if they'll take trades. I like the 71 P(only 8.7 lbs = NICE) I used to own a mint 71. Now have a mint 75 P so I'm good. Go for it!


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They won't do trades online. Only in person.


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 11:15 am 
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tomdbass wrote:
They won't do trades online. Only in person.

Might be worth a road trip.


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 1:12 pm 
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Lefty007 wrote:
That '71 P is as close to the Holy Grail as I've seen in the last couple of years, and the price is not outrageous. (A lot cheaper than $4K, Sly. . . ).

If I didn't already have my Holy Grail P-Bass, I would have bought this already (and if I had money...). The Jazz is nice, too. The Tele, although rare, it's a shame they did such a hack job on it.

BUY, BUY, BUY, BUY! :lol:

For some reasons, I thought it was over 5K. Me bad :oops:


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 2:26 pm 
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Here is the one I was thinking about:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Precisio ... 3a94d1bf68


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 3:05 pm 
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2 red flags here for me on these basses:

P bass appears to have an aftermarket decal. There is no patent codes below the logo. the other 72' P for near 5k has it as a few others I have seen.

J bass Fender decal positioning seems pretty far back. I have seen a few that had bad placement but who knows, just appears to be in the wrong location.


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PostPosted: August 13th, 2014, 3:23 pm 
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2 red flags here for me on these basses:

P bass appears to have an aftermarket decal. There is no patent codes below the logo. the other 72' P for near 5k has it as a few others I have seen.

J bass Fender decal positioning seems pretty far back. I have seen a few that had bad placement but who knows, just appears to be in the wrong location.

I agree on the P-Bass. I cannot view the Jazz.

The head shape looks weird to me. Also the beauty mark on the back of the head is missing or wrong.

The decal is definitely not original and wrongly placed compared to my 3 vintages P. May be a refinish also.

And it is a bit underpriced for a lefty all-original 71 IMHO.

Disclaimer: I am not trying to sell my 69 because it is a keeper since I have put the original p-u in :mrgreen:


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The Jazz logo looks legit to me. It's a bit closer to the edge than normal, but still looks within parameters. The P bass not having the PAT numbers is less common, but remember than in those days, lefty decals were very inconsistent.

Here's the decal of my '73 P:
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Here's the decal of a '68 Tele. See that the Fender word doesn't have a PAT numbers below it. It wouldn't surprise me if they used cut off decals of other models for lefty models, since the production numbers were so low. Also, I have some books about Fender history and there are a number of different models with a similar logo without the PAT numbers, although followed by the model number.

But of coursem this is all speculation. . . there are counterfeits out there.


Also, check out this page:
http://www.marksguitars.com/TeleNecks.htm

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Lefty007 wrote:
The Jazz logo looks legit to me. It's a bit closer to the edge than normal, but still looks within parameters. The P bass not having the PAT numbers is less common, but remember than in those days, lefty decals were very inconsistent.

Here's the decal of my '73 P:
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Same here:

The decal on my 70 is exactly the same and placed like that too.

My 75 decal is the same but further up by 1/4".

My 67 Tele has the gold logo Fender without PAT

My 69 has the gold spaghetti logo from the 50's after a refin..


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