1962 Fender Jazz Bass All Original

[dave79]

Great, now I can quit taking heat for suggesting that the bottom of a a fretboard looks flat to me when held at an angle in low lighting Everything I have seen suggests August was the last month of the slab but we all know how Fender is with that sort of thing. If the board is curved at the bottom, then that's the answer, it's curved not slab, but I do have to say that it looks closer in thickness(once again from the angled photo) to slab than to thinness of a curved. Just arguing in favor of it being worth more, if I was trying to knock it I would have just kept quiet about the whole thing.

[D Bopp]

Its all good man!

[BrentSimons]

Beautiful bass. I was just reading through the conversations in the thread. Is there a benefit between a slab board vs the curved?

[Zentner]

Ok, I've gotta ask.... what are you getting back instead of this bass?

[thebrain]

Originally Posted by BrentSimons

Beautiful bass. I was just reading through the conversations in the thread. Is there a benefit between a slab board vs the curved?

Not really as far as playability IMO, except the original slabs are worth a good deal more money just because they are earlier and rarer.

D Bopp, wow! Amazing bass!

[D Bopp]

Thanks. I've heard they stopped making slab boards because the thick rosewood didn't adjust the same as the maple.

[dave79]

That's apparently one side of the story(as in Fender's), but more probably it was cost. There's all sorts of forums out there, usually guitar players, that discuss the sound, playability, and reason for the switch.

[D Bopp]

Originally Posted by Zentner

Ok, I've gotta ask.... what are you getting back instead of this bass?

I'm buying back my old 59 P bass. The one in my avatar.

[bbjonz]

Gorgeous bass. Same year as the "Bass of Doom."

As for the slab v. veneer controversy, consult the pic below from "The Fender Bass." Good book to have if one is interested in buying or selling vintage Fenders.



DBopp's bass looks to have a slab board to me but the pic wasn't taken from the best angle. Doesn't looked curved, at least from that pic. YMMV. Either way, the buyer has a fantastic instrument coming his way.

Joe

[dave79]

Thank god somebody at least sees my point of view, which granted I am skeptical of myself DBopp please post a pic of the "butt" of the neck head on, no angle, with a flash. My thoughts are that this is a transition sort of thing, heck it's the first week. If it is curved than calling it curved is accurate, but the idea of the veneer was a thin coat that they could bend easily over the maple and cut on costs...I'm thinking this bass is cooler than that.

[D Bopp]

I agree that the angle makes it a little hard to tell. But mine is definitely a curve board.

[D Bopp]

Here you go dave79!:

[dave79]

That is curved, I mean I never doubted you on that aside from wondering if you were just talking about the top, but that is a bit more than a veneer in my eyes. That took some effort and appears closer in thickness to the slab. That's one heck of a neck, you must really love that '59.

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by dave79

That is curved, I mean I never doubted you on that aside from wondering if you were just talking about the top, but that is a bit more than a veneer in my eyes. That took some effort and appears closer in thickness to the slab. That's one heck of a neck, you must really love that '59.

Yes, the thickness of the older slabs and the curved laminated both varied somewhat, and many have since been sanded down or planed a bit. The curve board laminates were cut curved to follow the maple neck curve, not bent to fit. Neck stability was the answer given by Fender for the change.

[extreme]

Originally Posted by dave79

That is curved, I mean I never doubted you on that aside from wondering if you were just talking about the top, but that is a bit more than a veneer in my eyes. That took some effort and appears closer in thickness to the slab. That's one heck of a neck, you must really love that '59.

Dave, the rosewood veneer on this bass is identical to my '75 Fender I'm holding in my hands. There's nothing out of the ordinary about it. This is a wonderful 1962 Fender Jazz...nothing less, nothing more.

[dave79]

Yeah it was all just a question about me seeing the board flat or not(it's curved). I'm sure your 75 is a sweet bass but this neck is right on the cusp of the slab/curve transition so I wanted to bring a bit more thought into it. And...wait a sec, wouldn't the binding keep you from seeing the thickness/curvature of the fb?

[notejung]

Payment done.

Thank u
Note

[A-Step-Towards]

Originally Posted by notejung

Payment done.

Thank u
Note

Wow congrats.

[Low Class]

Originally Posted by thebrain

Not really as far as playability IMO, except the original slabs are worth a good deal more money just because they are earlier and rarer.

D Bopp, wow! Amazing bass!

On the contrary, I've owned quite a few of both and much prefer the playability and sound of a slab board. They are well worth the difference in price.

Congrats on the quick sale, but ashame it has to leave the US.

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by Low Class

On the contrary, I've owned quite a few of both and much prefer the playability and sound of a slab board. They are well worth the difference in price.

Congrats on the quick sale, but ashame it has to leave the US.

Every vintage Fender of the period is so different I've never been able to describe a difference to one or the other, but maybe I don't have your ears.

Who cares where it goes as long as it is being used by someone who takes care of it, and hopefully makes music with it? Weird attitude I've never understood, but then again I'm not American.