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Wow.

If it does turn out to be a '64 that would be really incredible.
I shudder to think how much he paid for it.

Not as much as he would have if his dealer did his due diligence.



Either way, that thing is crazy... just absolutely insane.

Gorgeous, but not for me. I couldn't bring myself to play it in that condition so it'd be an investment instead of something fun.

I agree... It's practically a museum piece at that point.

I know me. I'd play the thing.

I'd play it. But nicely, real nicely.

Agreed. Me now... that's what I'd do. But when I was younger I did just the opposite. About 14 years ago, I bought a great condition 66 P bass and played the crap out of it for about 6 years - on the road, every gig, etc. In fact, I had to tell the guy I bought it from that I wasn't going to play it hard. He didn't want to sell it to a player - he thought it should be with a collector because of its condition. Now I look at the bass and all of the wear on it is me... and that's just fine. I see the wear as the story of my musical past. There are even specific scratches that remind me of the very song we were playing when it happened. Other dings remind me of the great times I had on the road. Would I do it again, same circumstances? The younger me would still say yes. But would I do it if I bought the bass now? No. I'm just at a different place in life. Anyway, the owner can do whatever he likes... it's such an amazing story.

i'd play it, and find a way to record it

I like player instruments.
if I buy a few decade old bass and it's untouched, the fear that this specific bass was a lemon out of the factory
will creep up on me.

great bass. the only odd thing to me is the rosewood fretboard. usually in 60s fenders the rosewood was really dark, almost black. this fretboard looks more brownish. but who knows ...

Wood generally darkens with age, and use. If this bass indeed spent most of its life in a dark case, the neck would not have a chance to darken from light exposure, or from finger oils that would get rubbed in from fifty years of playing... it's either that, or it's just a light piece of wood!