1962 Fender P bass authentic?!

[songwriter21]

That string-thru job...no...just no.

 

[LUCE]

WHO INSTALLED THE STRINGS ON THAT??

 

[bherman]

Seems like the only thing of value on that bass is the neck, if its a good one. For the right price (nowhere near vintage pricing) I’d be looking at it as a players bass.

 

[JRA]

Fender built hundreds of basses in the 1960's. At this time, only thousands are left.

 

[Bikeguy57]

Apparently, the truss rod hasn't been touched in 60 years. Pencil marks easily faked during refinish.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Body being drilled to accommodate a string-through arrangement ? Wow. That's not something one gets to see often.

Whatever they're asking should be on the "parts bass" side of the equation. The neck seems legit, but the body is trashed and effectively next to worthless IMO.

I'm not saying that it doesn't play/sound fabulous, just that any "vintage" value has been removed from the instrument as a whole.

Good luck.

I did that to my 62 P, string through.

I'd show a pic but I've posted it so much, I'm afraid I'd get banned. Someone got mad the last time I did

 

[ajkula66]

I did that to my 62 P, string through.

I'd show a pic but I've posted it so much, I'm afraid I'd get banned. Someone got mad the last time I did

Oh I know what yours looks like....

The difference here being is that yours is not for sale AFAIK.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Oh I know what yours looks like....

The difference here being is that yours is not for sale AFAIK.

Nope, it's too messed up for anyone to want
I was just chiming in one the string through thing.
I did that.

 

[JW56789]

I'd mind one hell of a lot IF they the asking price is as if this was an original, unmodified 1962 Precision Bass: This axe is a LONG way off from that.

 

[Kukulkan61]

That J pickup killed it for me..

 

[arbiterusa]

Hot mess. Look elsewhere unless you’ve played it and it’s your holy grail, and it’s cheap.

 

[Chain_Lightning]

from the photos nothing is jumping out saying 1962. maybe the fret broad(there are what looks like clay dots). there are also many Mods on this Ax it's a Crying Shame. which lead to ask, why the mods? what happened to this ax? there are hardly any whiskey marks for a'62? or any road wore marks. it also seem to have a crack below the "E" tuner on back of the head stock going toward the nut. way to many red flags walk away you will always have that question did I buy a '62 bass?Good Luck!

 

[tvbop]

Thing is some 60's P's have that hollow woody tone to die for....if it sounds like that then its probably original and worth having....heck I'd even restore it in a plain colour back to original (if it sounded good).

 

[Roxbororob]

Hi folks,
Been modded like crazy but I don't mind. Serial is 74510.
Sam

While meaning well, many replies have overlooked this key part of your question....

I absolutely relate to your interest, cleary not as a collector/filpper. Unfortunately Im not knowledgable enough about what impact those exceptions would have on the selling price but clearly its not in the higher grands. I do think its mostly a 62, modifeid long ago and recently refinished.

We know he wants it, what is a fair price?

 

[LHbassist]

Slab board, correct.. old Kluson reverse tuners, are period correct- they look like they were gold plated- that's rare. The coarse ring gear is old style... the pencil date could be authentic. The body- is absolutely refinished, I've never seen a sunburst like that on any early 60's Fender bass. The ferrules on the body scream heavy modded- or it's a later body- hard to tell. The j-pickup increases the versatility of any P-bass- but kills the value of older basses. I dislike toggle switches on basses... If you can get it reasonably, and it's a good player- well, I'd buy it.

 

[TomB]

Not sure if you have one, but a neck pocket pic might help ID the body - or not.
I agree with most advice here: don’t buy it because it’s a ‘62, buy it if you like it as a player.

 

[DJ Bebop]

from the photos nothing is jumping out saying 1962. maybe the fret broad(there are what looks like clay dots). there are also many Mods on this Ax it's a Crying Shame. which lead to ask, why the mods? what happened to this ax? there are hardly any whiskey marks for a'62? or any road wore marks. it also seem to have a crack below the "E" tuner on back of the head stock going toward the nut. way to many red flags walk away you will always have that question did I buy a '62 bass?Good Luck!

I think part of it is, most of these modded '60's basses got modded back in the early '70's.

Think of Berry Oakley's Tracktor Jazz bass, Doug Raunch's jazz, Billy Sheehan's wife bass, Mel Schacher bass, my bass and so on.

I think they were thought of as basses and not 'vintage' basses, tools if you will.

Plus a 60s bass wasn't very vintagey in the 70s

 

[TomB]

I think part of it is, most of these modded '60's basses got modded back in the early '70's.

Think of Berry Oakley's Tracktor Jazz bass, Doug Raunch's jazz, Billy Sheehan's wife bass, Mel Schacher bass, my bass and so on.

I think they were thought of as basses and not 'vintage' basses, tools if you will.

Plus a 60s bass wasn't very vintagey in the 70s
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This is very true. I even butchered a couple myself - usually without achieving the desired result. They were just used basses, and cheaper than new ones - not at all precious. The idea of “pre-CBS” did begin to emerge later in the ‘70’s, but the term “vintage” came into common use for guitars only later.

 

[DJ Bebop]

This is very true. I even butchered a couple myself - usually without achieving the desired result. They were just used basses, and cheaper than new ones - not at all precious. The idea of “pre-CBS” did begin to emerge later in the ’70s, but the term “vintage” came into common use for guitars only later.

I bought my 62 p in the early 70s for $100 and proceed to start the modifications about a year later.