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There's a picture posted in the auction of it on a postal scale that reads 8lbs, 13oz.Agent00Soul wrote:Very 70s! I'll bet it sounds great, but I bet it also weighs a ton.
Agent00Soul wrote: If I live to be 100, I will never ever consider 1970s Fenders (or Gibsons either) to be "vintage" in any way, shape or form.
Basshappi wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the authenticity of that bass is questionable?
the photographer doesn't know how to adjust the filters on his camera, or the pics were taken under CFC lighting at home, or both. I've seen many a mid 70's finish photographed like that. When u see it in person, the finish looks period correct.Basshappi wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the authenticity of that bass is questionable?
Agreed. This photo of my 1973 is taken in natural sunlight filtering thru cloth blinds, but you can see it has the same finish. I could "re-create" the same photographic effect as the listed bass if I took pics in CFC light or even by cranking the color balance/ saturation and/ or brightness levels on the photo.AzWhoFan wrote:the photographer doesn't know how to adjust the filters on his camera, or the pics were taken under CFC lighting at home, or both. I've seen many a mid 70's finish photographed like that. When u see it in person, the finish looks period correct.
Not factory original, but an old mod done long before I got it and way before Fender introduced the "Hot Rod" P/J configuration in 1999. Notice the The J pickup is positioned closer to the bridge than on a factory hot rod P. Needless to say this produces some interesting tonal variations-I hardy ever use the J pickup alone, but typically I blend in various amounts of the J to color the fundamental P bass tone- it's strung with TI flats and sounds amazing! I'm particularly fond of Fender's maple boarded P bass necks thru 1975. BTW, you can see in the pic it's narrower at the nut than the newer hot rod P.Addison wrote:Carmine: Is that J pickup on that 73 P bass factory?
I've always wanted a Fender to match the year of my birth and with the maple fingerboard and P/J combo, you've made me a very jealous lefty.
Hey my friend, I might be willing to hook you up with a lovely vintage lefty P bass with a rosewood board, if you're willing to swap me for one of your maple board Jazz basses (I'll even take the less blended one). Surely you must be a little tired of having 2 of them....pjmuck wrote:And when are we going to see a vintage lefty P bass with a rosewood board posted for sale anytime soon? I'm a little tired of the maple board that seems to be found on about 99% of all the stuff that comes up.
