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birth-year bass
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Engine207
Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time.
Through some research, I found there was an
electric bass guitar available from my birth date,
1948. It's a Audiovox Model 736 Bass Fiddle,
Tabdog
Was there metal back then? It looks to be the ultimate bass for metal.
The music back then was kind of small big bands.
A lot of crooning. A lot of what was cool then is
really silly now.
But hay,,, they won tha war and didn't really care,
Tabdog
Nothing for me - born in 1950. That was after the experimental Audiovox and before Fender went into production.
Don't have a pic, but it would have to be a '54 P-bass (in Butterscotch of course) , when they first introduced the body contours.
Mine would go back to 1973. After a quick Google search, I've selected the instruments that appeal to me best:
1973 Fender Precision
1973 Fender Jazz
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1973 Fender Precision
1973 Fender Jazz
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I've been GAS'n for a 1965 Fender P bass for about 2 years. 65 is my birth-year.
One came up in the classifieds here this summer I could not pass up. After losing my job of 26 years, a VERY small severance package, and a great wife, I was able to make it happen
I got it in mid August. The refinish that was mentioned in the ad was not going to work at all for me. That had to change.
There were gold tuners(see my ad in the classifieds) that did not seem right to me. That had to go as well. There were some changed parts the seller told me about. The bridge and knobs.
On a super tight budget, I got several quotes from several luthiers. I decided to go with Kevin Caton of Caton Guitars (http://www.catonguitars.com/). Kevin is shop manager at Lakland Basses. I've known him for a while, and have seen several finishes he's done in nitro-cellulose, which was important to me.
Kevin was going to do the refin, install a new nut, and change the tuners. After three weeks Kevin calls and says he needed to do a fret leveling. I can see that... Go ahead. Next day, frets are so uneven, there will not be much fret left after a leveling. I'm better off with a refret. I forgot to mention, seller said it was refretted once before. Ok, refret it.
Kevin says wiring looks like it was done by a "3 years old".
.......Ok.. re-use anything you can. Make it right.
Today I finally got the bass I always wanted.
Kevin did a kick-a$$ job, for only very slightly over my budget.
Here are the results.
I originally wanted Fiesta Red. After seeing a bass here in a thread, I had to change to Candy Apple Red.
I had a set of DR Legend flatwound strings laying around.
I've never had a bass with a set of flats. We'll see how those pan out.
Kevin did a fantastic job on the entire bass. It plays amazing!!
As good as it looks.
This is the longest post on my entire time here on TB.
Rarely do I get this excited about a bass.
One came up in the classifieds here this summer I could not pass up. After losing my job of 26 years, a VERY small severance package, and a great wife, I was able to make it happen
I got it in mid August. The refinish that was mentioned in the ad was not going to work at all for me. That had to change.
There were gold tuners(see my ad in the classifieds) that did not seem right to me. That had to go as well. There were some changed parts the seller told me about. The bridge and knobs.
On a super tight budget, I got several quotes from several luthiers. I decided to go with Kevin Caton of Caton Guitars (http://www.catonguitars.com/). Kevin is shop manager at Lakland Basses. I've known him for a while, and have seen several finishes he's done in nitro-cellulose, which was important to me.
Kevin was going to do the refin, install a new nut, and change the tuners. After three weeks Kevin calls and says he needed to do a fret leveling. I can see that... Go ahead. Next day, frets are so uneven, there will not be much fret left after a leveling. I'm better off with a refret. I forgot to mention, seller said it was refretted once before. Ok, refret it.
Kevin says wiring looks like it was done by a "3 years old".
.......Ok.. re-use anything you can. Make it right.
Today I finally got the bass I always wanted.
Kevin did a kick-a$$ job, for only very slightly over my budget.
Here are the results.
I originally wanted Fiesta Red. After seeing a bass here in a thread, I had to change to Candy Apple Red.
I had a set of DR Legend flatwound strings laying around.
I've never had a bass with a set of flats. We'll see how those pan out.
Kevin did a fantastic job on the entire bass. It plays amazing!!
As good as it looks.
This is the longest post on my entire time here on TB.
Rarely do I get this excited about a bass.
1991, the Carvin DN440. So over-the-top, yet soo cool! I wouldn't use the whammy, but the two necks and the paint job are definitely intriguing. Talk about a conversation starter..
i recently checked the serial number on my Peavey T40 and found that it's a 1979, my birth year. nice coincidence, and it's a keeper!
1997. Who built anything interesting that year?
I second that. Where are all the 1997 basses at?
