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Fender '62 reissue Precision bass

#22
I purchased a MIJ '62 re-issue Precision Bass in 1989. It included both the pickup and bridge cover and the thumbrest located on the E-String side of the pickguard, NOT mounted as a tugbar on the G-String side. It's in sunburst with 4-layer tortoiseshell pick guard. The body is alder and the neck is maple with a Brazilian rosewood fretboard. It plays as well or better than any MIA P-Bass I've owned or played. Top-notch electronics too and the wiring and soldering is excellent.
 
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Mojo-Man said:
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The 62 reissue bass came out in 1982.
From 1982-1985 they were made in Fulton Ca.
The early basses are great 60's style p-basses.

From 1986-about 1989 the were asembled in Japan.
This did not go over with buying public, so they were again made in USA.

If you can find an early say, 1982-1985 you got a good bass.
They have gone up in price in last couple years. around $1500.00 to 1700.00.
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This is the first time I have heard about the 86-89 RI years were not 100% USA made / assembled, interesting. Are you sure ?
 
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Old thread, but felt like I should update this because I own a US made '62 reissue bought new in early 2000s (I forget the actual year, I think it was 2002). When I plug in my serial # it takes me to the page. It's interesting that they list the date as 1999 - 2012. I'll never sell this because it's one of my main basses for gigging and recording. It just has that classic vintage p that works so well in a mix (and it came with one of those old looking cases too)

You can plugin my serial number v129090:
Serial Number Lookup
 
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u84six said:
Old thread, but felt like I should update this because I own a US made '62 reissue bought new in early 2000s (I forget the actual year, I think it was 2002). When I plug in my serial # it takes me to the page. It's interesting that they list the date as 1999 - 2012. I'll never sell this because it's one of my main basses for gigging and recording. It just has that classic vintage p that works so well in a mix (and it came with one of those old looking cases too)
You can plugin my serial number v129090:
Serial Number Lookup
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All MIA Re-issue basses (and guitars) have a Vxxxxxx+ serial number stamped onto the neck plate.
1) The U.S. Vintage (Re-Issue) series were initially (1982-1984) produced at the Fullerton facility that was later sold to G&L. These are considered with high quality/value as the tooling was the one used in the pre-CBS era.
2) By 1986, the U.S. Vintage (Re-Issue) series production was transfered to the Corona facility.
3) From 1998 to 2012, Fender re-named the line as the American Vintage Re-Issues series (aka AVRI).
4) Followed (2012-2022) by the American Original series (AO), with the production year part of the serial number,
5) and now (from 2022 onwards) comes the American Vintage II series (AV II).
Note that Fender sadly do not make any longer the 1.75" nut width on the Precision Bass that they had with the US Vintage and the AVRI series (50's and 60's models). The AO Precision Bass series nut width was narrowed to 1.73"; and on new 1954 and 1960 models of the AV II series, it's been reduced again to 1.70".
That forsaken 1.75" nut width is part IMHO of the classic vintage feel and tone of your '62 AVRI P-bass (mine was V121491, Fiesta Red body, dated December 2000). Actual production dates are to be found ink stamped under the neck heel and in the neck pocket.
 
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Zombie thread! I’ll just post a photo of mine:
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Glazenn said:
All MIA Re-issue basses (and guitars) have a Vxxxxxx+ serial number stamped onto the neck plate.
1) The U.S. Vintage (Re-Issue) series were initially (1982-1984) produced at the Fullerton facility that was later sold to G&L. These are considered with high quality/value as the tooling was the one used in the pre-CBS era.
2) By 1986, the U.S. Vintage (Re-Issue) series production was transfered to the Corona facility.
3) From 1998 to 2012, Fender re-named the line as the American Vintage Re-Issues series (aka AVRI).
4) Followed (2012-2022) by the American Original series (AO), with the production year part of the serial number,
5) and now (from 2022 onwards) comes the American Vintage II series (AV II).
Note that Fender sadly do not make any longer the 1.75" nut width on the Precision Bass that they had with the US Vintage and the AVRI series (50's and 60's models). The AO Precision Bass series nut width was narrowed to 1.73"; and on new 1954 and 1960 models of the AV II series, it's been reduced again to 1.70".
That forsaken 1.75" nut width is part IMHO of the classic vintage feel and tone of your '62 AVRI P-bass (mine was V121491, Fiesta Red body, dated December 2000). Actual production dates are to be found ink stamped under the neck heel and in the neck pocket.
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I thought american vintage ended in 2017 and american original started in 2018.
Fender Announces American Original Series
NAMM 2018: Fender unveils American Original Series, featuring 11 new ’50s, ’60s and ’70s-inspired models
 
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Glazenn said:
You're absolutely right, some confusion happened in my mind... 2012 was the year Fender replaced the '57 and '62 AVRI P by the '58 and '63 AVRI P, I think, and ceased the Alnico V pickup on the American Standard Precision Bass... Am I right this time?
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You probably are. I didn’t check all the AVRI changes over the years. I was just looking at the AO years you had listed and i thought it was shorter than a 10 year run.
 
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Cool that this thread got revived recently. I own the USA and Japanese models. The surf green is made in Japan and the burst is USA.

I visited a local music store yesterday to play the Vintage 2 series 54 Precision. While there I noticed a used 50s Original, 2 tone burst. It played and looked amazing.

Not like I need another one,

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4-fingers said:
Cool that this thread got revived recently. I own the USA and Japanese models. The surf green is made in Japan and the burst is USA.

I visited a local music store yesterday to play the Vintage 2 series 54 Precision. While there I noticed a used 50s Original, 2 tone burst. It played and looked amazing.

Not like I need another one,

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Hey that Dakota red Precision looks like the one I spoke of earlier in this thread in 2006, sold to bass player in Mathew Good Band, that wouldn’t happen to be my old bass?
 

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