Recent content by Farfetched

They started doing paint stick late 62. So, early 63, not impossible to be done the old nail hole/painted pocket way.

Sorry, I mean pickup route paint. Image 33 has an image where it looks like the route was taped off for some reason.

Taking a run at this 63 sonic blue. Original paint? The big concerns would be paint sticking on the back of the pg and the inconsistency of the pickup route.

Hard pass at that price. Haven't looked into in a while, but I thought CITES only applied to the early-mid 60s Braz rosewoods not the later Indian rosewoods?

Price is ok. I'd try to get him to drop to low 2s. They don't pop up very often locally. You do miss out on some of the better appointments, but the pup is a little closer to the fretboard and generally speaking that era of necks are razor thin. Tuners are correct. Some 74s had wavy...

Not a dealbreaker, but definitely needs to be factored in. Some of the vintage fender cases aren't easy to find. The tweed, brown and blonde in particular weren't made for that many years.

So the hipshot replacement bridges should be a direct drop in for all 4001's right? Even the pre 73 gap toothed ones?

I don't think you can call yourself a bass player without owning or at least playing one at least once.

Good score. Incidentally those original tuners are the straight grover tuners, which aren't as common as the 'wavy' variety. Also a lot harder to find.

Someone once told me that the old pickguards in the 60s were done in a way where the edges were kind of serrated. Any truth to that?

They must've had Canadian distributor, because I also remember seeing them in 2000ish. They were priced about the same as squiers of the time.

I wonder if the 2571 was indicated a factory refin at some point.

This is probably the truest statement in this thread. Terrible refret.

So heres the thing. I checked out the bass. It's mostly legit. I believe he mentioned that one of the pots is also non original. It's also missing one of the covers. No big deal. No mutes. Action is a little high and the truss rod, I fear, might be close to being maxed out. The big thing...

Pretty spot on from what I've been seeing. Maybe a little closer to $2.5, but definitely in the range.