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Craigslist '59 P

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Mastermold said:
I think it just varies depending on who did the spray. But I didn't think they started using tort guards until '60. I can't confirm if it's real either but agree it's sure pretty. $9,000 for a '59 (if it's real) is a great price.
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my highschools jazz programs bass was a 59 P with tort guard, not mint like this one though.


Mastermold said:
Yeah his sunburst was a '62 I believe, and his first bass (the one that was stolen) was a black '57 or '58 or something like that.
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if you read the description it says that the previous owner claims it was used at a session by none other than Jamerson in 1964
 
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Mastermold said:
I think it just varies depending on who did the spray. But I didn't think they started using tort guards until '60. I can't confirm if it's real either but agree it's sure pretty. $9,000 for a '59 (if it's real) is a great price.
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Early '59's had maple (one piece) boards and gold guards, late (after mid year) '59's have rosewood boards and tort guards. There are some with rosewood boards and gold guards, those are apparently quite rare hence more valuable, especially in non-sunburts colors.
 
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Beano_z said:
Early '59's had maple (one piece) boards and gold guards, late (after mid year) '59's have rosewood boards and tort guards. There are some with rosewood boards and gold guards, those are apparently quite rare hence more valuable, especially in non-sunburts colors.
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Cool. I've got a CS '59 reissue like that, does look pretty:

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Beano_z said:
Early '59's had maple (one piece) boards and gold guards, late (after mid year) '59's have rosewood boards and tort guards. There are some with rosewood boards and gold guards, those are apparently quite rare hence more valuable, especially in non-sunburts colors.
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:cool:
Also there was a short period in 1959 that very few gold guard
rosewood basses were made.
 
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D Bopp said:
I guess it could have the original finish, but it looks different than my all orig 59. Mine looks more two tone
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I think it's just the way the two basses have aged differently. The CL bass has probably been kept cool and dry in it's case for most of it's life, the yellow and red are still very vibrant. Your bass has probably seen more oxygen and sunlight, the red has faded a bit and the yellow has darkened a bit.....FWIW, I think I'd rather have your bass than the CL bass.
 
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I'd say refin as well. Too clear and shiny and nice, no evidence of checking anywhere, red stripe is weirdly bright and thin.. everything together looks like either the nicest (unconventional 3TS), or a refin. Definitely not worth that kind of money if it is a refin, but still a very nice bass.

All the finishes were done by hand so there is some variation. If I was going to buy it, I would definitely look for the nail holes with no paint in them and the wiring and solder joints.

D Bopp's '59 is the shite!
 
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no two sunburst finishes are the same.
sunburst finishes can look brilliant or dull depending on the lighting when the picture was taken.
the black was at it's widest during this period of sunburst finishes, I've seen P basses and Jazz basses from this era that have super wide black borders.
it does look awfully mint for the age of the bass but it's certainly not impossible for it to be original.
 

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