Are they serious?

[S.fasciani]

Check this classified for a "1965 precision bass" .

"This bass and the asking price marks a very, very rare opportunity for a working bassist to get a superb player-grade vintage Fender P-bass without spending vintage Fender collector money."

Fender American Vintage '65 Precision Bass 1965 Two Tone Sunburst

 

[Gorn]

Okay. And?

 

[bholder]

a bit much for a refin, I would think, but what do I know?

 

[Oren Hudson]

That is a pretty good chunk of $$ for one that admittedly has lots of deductions.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Okay. And?

The joke is that the ad mentions you don't have to spend "vintage Fender collector money" but actually has the bass listed well over market value.

 

[FloridaSam]

Exactly. There's a 1965 p bass for sale around the corner from my house for $5,000.00. No refin or other excuses. That Reverb price is hella high.

 

[DigitalMan]

Maybe if they throw in that Nagel...

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Thanks for the heads up. That's a whole lot of bass for $600.00.

 

[logicman69]

So its a 65 neck on a possibly unknown body...

I'd rather grab this for a couple grand more: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[Honch]

They can't be serious, on a non-original neither pickup nor bridge P-bass from 1965. I doubt the body is... fully original ones with original pickups and bridge, goes for that price. And besided, what's the reason to change the bridge out? Those originals lasts forever... Leo Quahn Badass didn't come around until it was very well known the collectability and prices of these original basses, i e people owning them became wary, and didn't want to change anything out. And if they did change out anything they sure saved the original parts, and changed out so that whatever you changed out to, fitted in into the original drill holes and so on.

 

[ThuzzleFump]

My take is that the best basses ever made are being made *right now*. A vintage instrument is for collectibility, so authenticity and provenance are everything. A 60s parts bass is a parts bass. It's not collectible, and if you just want a great player, buy a recent Fender model or buy from any of the many excellent small builders. This bass is pointless.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Also some of the ugliest neck wood I've ever seen on a '60s Fender.

Multiple knots.

 

[Bass'd on a true story]

I lost my cool and burst out laughing around "... Duncan Antiquity..."

Ok, so $6,000 for a 1965 neck.

 

[P. Aaron]

The prices for either immaculate vintage or parted out-refinished mystery basses are why buying new is such a good deal these days.

You're into Fodera territory price-wise there.

 

[anotherhomeysan]

No tort, deal breaker

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

Cut that price in half.

 

[monsterthompson]

One day, TB will understand that price of a thing isn't a law of nature. There's the price someone is willing to sell for, and there's the price someone else is willing to pay. If the two meet, then a deal can happen. One man's floor is another man's ceiling.

 

[louloomis]

Cut that price in half.

This approach makes sense to me.

 

[40Hz]

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

One day, TB will understand that price of a thing isn't a law of nature. There's the price someone is willing to sell for, and there's the price someone else is willing to pay. If the two meet, then a deal can happen. One man's floor is another man's ceiling.

I don't understand what there is to understand.
TB did nothing here but host the discussion.
The OP only brought this -for sale- item to our attention.
I, for one followed the ensuing discussion and picked up a bit more knowledge about the subject of old Fender basses. Thanks everyone.
And you are correct when you remind us that a sale only takes place when both parties agree on the price.
Thanks to you.