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11-11-2012, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | |  Local shop has a '69 Jazz body with an '82 AVRI Precision neck... thoughts?
Just as the title states, a shop local to me has a '69 Fender Jazz bass body with an '82 Fender AVRI Precision neck for sale. The neck is apparently a '62 reissue, in great shape. The body is mostly original, including gray bobbin pickups, neck plate, pickguard, thumb rest, but was stripped and refinished as natural and has several plugs near where the bridge cover would be mounted.
I didn't get a chance to check it out or play it as I walked in about 5 minutes before the shop was closing. I drooled over it on their website and then started wondering what exactly about it I found appealing.
I have an '87 AVRI '62 Jazz bass that is literally the best thing I've ever played. Quality, feel, and tone are all top notch. I would expect nothing less from this Precision neck... but are the '69 body and pickups worth it? Good era, good tone, or heavy and overrated?
Anyone have input about such a Frankenbass? Any ballpark ideas on value? I'm wondering if it's worth their asking price. It's going for about as much as I'd spend on another '80's AVRI bass. Part of me feels like buying it and putting that '82 neck on an '80's AVRI Precision, then doing something with the body...
Thoughts would be greatly appreciated. |
11-11-2012, 06:40 PM
| | | | have you played those reissue P necks? a lot of them were weirdly wide, thin and flat, like an ibanez shred guitar.
if the neck is comfortable for you and if it doesn't have the warp at the body end that all too many older basses get (that ski ramp that bends up right where the back of the neck changes from round to square) and if the body isn't a brick (i think it was usually the later '70s one that were bricks) and if they're not asking too much, than i suppose it could be cool.
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11-11-2012, 10:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Those early VS '62 P necks are my favorite. Wide side-to- side and very thin front to back. Here's the deal - play it and if it sounds good to YOU, then it's a good choice.
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11-11-2012, 10:41 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ohio | | | I'd pass if in your situation for a number of reasons.
You already have a Jazz Bass...
The neck is something you're probably not used to.
It's been refinished. Do you have absolute proof it's even a legit body?
If you do decide to play it in the store make sure the two are a match in weight. You'll have neck dive if not.
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11-13-2012, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | | I should probably make some time to go and play it for a while before I go nuts thinking about it.
They're asking $1700 and I think that's about $500 more than I could see myself spending on such a Frankenbass. I wouldn't have to spend much more to get a true '69 Precision bass. Of course, parted out, it would be easy to make $1700 back on a '69 body, pickups and wiring, pick guard, etc etc... and that '82 AVRI Precision neck... |
11-13-2012, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by christopherogut  ...it would be easy to make $1700 back on a '69 body, pickups and wiring, pick guard, etc etc... and that '82 AVRI Precision neck... | on a re-finned body? really? 
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11-13-2012, 08:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by walterw on a re-finned body? really? | Yeah, you're right. |
11-13-2012, 08:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | The body wood is worth about 400$ without parts, probably a little less. The neck is worth $7-800, the hardware no idea. You could make your money back more then likely, but not your time parting it out. I would be a buyer at $1200. |
11-13-2012, 08:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | Here's a picture...  |
11-13-2012, 08:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by A-Step-Towards The body wood is worth about 400$ without parts, probably a little less. The neck is worth $7-800, the hardware no idea. You could make your money back more then likely, but not your time parting it out. I would be a buyer at $1200. | If I had a late '60's Jazz neck and an '80's AVRI Precision body kickin' around to do a swap I'd be all over it for $1200...
You've got the red Precision for sale, right? |
11-13-2012, 08:12 PM
| | | | If it is not the original bass stay away. I have four old Fenders and you can tell the difference. |
11-13-2012, 08:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by walterw on a re-finned body? really? | Yep. He can easily bank $500-$600 on a stripped Jazz body from that period - if in fact it was from that period.
If all the body parts are original (besides the finish) I'd say the body loaded is worth roughly $1500 in parts. The neck as stated earlier by someone would probably be $700-$800.
If it was me, I would have made them an offer and walked out with it if I knew I was getting what I was.
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Originally Posted by two fingers I imagine playing that thing is like having several girlfriends at once. It probably seemed like fun at first but........ | |
11-13-2012, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by michael_atw Yep. He can easily bank $500-$600 on a stripped Jazz body from that period - if in fact it was from that period.
If all the body parts are original (besides the finish) I'd say the body loaded is worth roughly $1500 in parts. The neck as stated earlier by someone would probably be $700-$800.
If it was me, I would have made them an offer and walked out with it if I knew I was getting what I was. | I know three things: One, I need to go and play the **** out of it before I make any kind of decision. Two, I would completely disassemble it and check the neck stamp, pickups, pot codes, serial plate, wiring, etc. before I made an offer. Three, I wouldn't walk out of there with it at their asking price... |
11-13-2012, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by christopherogut If I had a late '60's Jazz neck and an '80's AVRI Precision body kickin' around to do a swap I'd be all over it for $1200...
You've got the red Precision for sale, right? | Yep thats me.
I really like the look of that bass, id let it sit for awhile. It wont be moving fast, and then id make an offer.Finding a body for the neck from the same period wont be easy, fullerton reissue arent parted up much.Just as said make sure to totally check how legit the body is, I could tell you some things about it you had more detailed shots in the future. Basically it being legit with legit parts makes or breaks the deal.The neck is easier to verify. |
11-13-2012, 08:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Jamestown, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by christopherogut I know three things: One, I need to go and play the **** out of it before I make any kind of decision. Two, I would completely disassemble it and check the neck stamp, pickups, pot codes, serial plate, wiring, etc. before I made an offer. Three, I wouldn't walk out of there with it at their asking price... | Get on it before I find out where "Monroe, NY" is. I ain't afraid to make me some money 
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Originally Posted by two fingers I imagine playing that thing is like having several girlfriends at once. It probably seemed like fun at first but........ | |
11-13-2012, 08:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by michael_atw Get on it before I find out where "Monroe, NY" is. I ain't afraid to make me some money | haha... well, I know where Jamestown is and you'll have a hell of a drive! |
11-13-2012, 08:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Monroe, NY | | | As I read through the responses to my post it seems that parting it out is where the value lies... I'd like to think that I'm interested in it as a bass to keep and play, but the value only seems justified when it's all split up and sold off. hmm. |
11-14-2012, 12:02 AM
|  | Come at me, bro! | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Downstate CA | | | ^Without playing and falling in love with it, that's the only objective way to determine its value. |
11-14-2012, 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by christopherogut Just as the title states, a shop local to me has a '69 Fender Jazz bass body with an '82 Fender AVRI Precision neck for sale. The neck is apparently a '62 reissue, in great shape. The body is mostly original, including gray bobbin pickups, neck plate, pickguard, thumb rest, but was stripped and refinished as natural and has several plugs near where the bridge cover would be mounted.
I didn't get a chance to check it out or play it as I walked in about 5 minutes before the shop was closing. I drooled over it on their website and then started wondering what exactly about it I found appealing.
I have an '87 AVRI '62 Jazz bass that is literally the best thing I've ever played. Quality, feel, and tone are all top notch. I would expect nothing less from this Precision neck... but are the '69 body and pickups worth it? Good era, good tone, or heavy and overrated?
Anyone have input about such a Frankenbass? Any ballpark ideas on value? I'm wondering if it's worth their asking price. It's going for about as much as I'd spend on another '80's AVRI bass. Part of me feels like buying it and putting that '82 neck on an '80's AVRI Precision, then doing something with the body...
Thoughts would be greatly appreciated. | I'd do that
Anyway, I love the feel of a Precision neck and the look of a Jazz body so I really think you got it
Yet, if you'd like to swap neck again
Buy it again, then act as you prefer!
plugs on the body, especially around bridge, are nearly nothing
but sure it's gonna be heavy
Cheers,
Wallace
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11-14-2012, 04:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wales, U.K | | | Looks a lovely bass as is. The deciding factor for me would be how heavy it is. If it is lightweight, resonant and the neck is straight I would say it looks like a keeper.
I put a lovely 1990 MIJ '62 reissue P neck on an American Standard jazz body and it was a funk machine! Sweet neck, very thin front to back.
Only reason I sold it was because it got too much for my on going back probs..
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