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fender 70's precision
- Thread starter Thorsoundcore
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lolz @ this thread still going. didn't know they offered it in sunburst though... big news for me there.
Anyone know how long the back order typically takes from GC? Kind of sucks that they say just arrived and then you order it and get the dreaded email.....
Call! The online system will recognize the code, but not apply the discount. I called and the CS rep. got manager approval for the discount. With that, right around the $500 mark out the door!
Yeah, I've got a '76 P Bass that's as good as you'll ever play - under 9lbs, too...
- georgestrings
Mine is definately CIJ- it had been sitting in a store gathering dust for some time before I gave it a home too. I can't open the original link any more- to compare it with the original one, but mine is olympic white, rosewood neck. I looked up the serial number at one point and believe it was made in 2003.
I have a 75 maple neck fretless precision. I've had it for 19 years. It's a keeper.
I previously owned a 73 Precision that I got in a trade. It was underwhelming and didn't stay long. I had a 74 that came in a trade along with a B15 for a bass that I had. I tried to bond with it, but sold it.
I had a 69 Precision back in the early 70's. I stupidly sold a 66 Jazz back in the 70's.
It's no secret that the Fender line up of the 70's were not of the same calibre as what they produced in the 60's. I remember very clearly Fender basses throughout the 70's and finding nice ones, finding a bunch of medicre ones as well.
One the whole, when new, they were ok and nothing more. That's my memory of them. I remember grabbing four different basses and having four different opinions. That's my memory of 40 years ago. Some great. Some less than great.
And so, when I see them reissuing an era of so-so, it's clear to me that there's a younger audience that wasn't around back then.
It's really only been since the internet that we've been able to share these opinions. Prior to the internet, it was your own personal opinion that drove your purchases. You didn't have the shared experiences you have on TB. With regards to 70's basses from Fender, I found it interesting that I wasn't the only one who held that opinion.
I have to ask then, what is the nut width on yours? This one, despite the Jazz bass looking bound and blocked neck, has a standard C shaped P-bass neck with a 1.625" nut width. If yours is a 1.5" Jazz neck, as I suspect, then they are not the same model. I could be wrong, but then why would Fender announce this as a brand new model?
^^
I suspect he has the pb 70 reissue, which I have as well. The newer model seems to have a slightly larger block and bound neck. I will compare the two when (or rather if) I receive the new one, that I ordered yesterday (backordered).
I suspect he has the pb 70 reissue, which I have as well. The newer model seems to have a slightly larger block and bound neck. I will compare the two when (or rather if) I receive the new one, that I ordered yesterday (backordered).
Fender Japan has been making 70's Ps for quite a while now. I have a ash/maple (no blocks) that I got from Ishibashi several years ago.
Maybe that's the main difference between this and the older ones, the new neck is a blocked and bound maple Precision neck. I dunno ...
Could be. I just have a hard time understanding Why Fender would announce this as a brand new model if it's been around for a few years. I can only figure there must be enough differences between the two that they consider them different models. I would really like to know what the nut width on the older model is, and if they came with a BnB maple neck. Again, I can't help but feel it's the neck that's the difference (and perhaps the pickup as well.)
