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08-22-2011, 09:21 PM
| | | | Saw a vintage Fender Precision at a show this weekend...
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I was helping out with the stage set up at our yearly blues fest and the bassist had a gorgeous creamy yellow (Olympic White?) precision. I got a look at the neck plate and noticed the serial number started with 70, it was square with no other markings on it. What year would that make the bass?
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08-23-2011, 05:34 AM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | What color was the PG? Headstock decal?
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08-23-2011, 06:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | Not much info to go by, but serial numbers in the 700,000's are 1976(early '76 I think). I have owned 2 in and around this time period. |
08-23-2011, 08:21 AM
| | | | PG was black and I think the decal was gold but I'm not sure.
I knew I should have taken some pictures.
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08-23-2011, 10:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Iowa | | | Yeah, that would be mid '70s.
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08-23-2011, 12:17 PM
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He said the plate had no other markings. |
08-23-2011, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Caca de Kick  Except that a plate with 700,000 serial made in the 70's would also have an "F" logo engraved in it.
He said the plate had no other markings. | I have no idea but I do find it amazing how much knowledge is here on TB.
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08-23-2011, 12:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | | My '62 P Bass had serial # 776XX
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08-23-2011, 12:52 PM
| | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | ^ Yup, it could be that too, if what he saw was an original bass.
But with not having any better details or a pic to go by, the OP bass could have been a faux look-a-like for all we know. You can buy faux neck plates with digits stamped on them. |
08-23-2011, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Caca de Kick ^ Yup, it could be that too, if what he saw was an original bass.
But with not having any better details or a pic to go by, the OP bass could have been a faux look-a-like for all we know. You can buy faux neck plates with digits stamped on them. | The bass showed wear, though I know this can be faked.
I almost think the serial # was 5 digits.
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08-23-2011, 07:23 PM
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