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Fender 75th Anniversary Basses

#45
Huh - sorta all over the place. Old tuners, high mass bridge, gold hardware (even pickup screws and input jack??) sculpted heel, modern fretboard radius, 60s neck and pickups, mint pickguard, 1 color. What the heck? It's unique, for sure, but not my cup of tea.
 
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Dbassmon said:
62 Pickups, 63 neck profile.... awesome. Hasn't that been done a couple of million times? Perhaps they could have done something a little more creative for a 75th Anniversary Model. Remarketing the same bass with gold hardware.... which never ages well (gold hardware, that is).

Here are a few suggestions for the 76th Anniversary model; make the cutaway deeper, giving better access to the top of the neck. Make the neck 24 frets. Those are some design changes I personally would like to see in our beloved Precision Bass. Do the same thing for Jazz basses as long as your at it. Simple changes that would make a big difference. Anyone else think those would be desirable changes in these designs?
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If Fender starts offering 24-fret USA production basses, I'm throwing a party and buying me some Fenders.
 
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2F/2F said:
Who is the bozo who decided not to use a clear coated anodized gold guard, and gold plated ashtrays, on this model?
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I agree. I think the gold anodized would look great on that bass. My Honeyburst Amer. Special is somewhat similar, and I think it looks great with the gold anodized.
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#52
micguy said:
The gold flash is usually VERY thin, and inevitably has pinholes where sweat gets through and corrodes the metal under the gold. The upshot is that gold hardware usually falls apart MUCH faster than chrome plated hardware.
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Exactly my experience. I got old Yamaha's w/ the same tuners, and the gold ones have the finish messed up while the chromes look like new.
 
#53
N4860 said:
Is that the 1996 model you are referring to? I used to own the 1996 50th anniversary Jazz V but sold it last summer.
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Yes, those 1996 basses (and guitars) were just American Standards with flame maple sunburst and gold hardware. It seems like these instruments are a little more unique within this year if you want a factory Fender than those were. Commemorative Fenders have been all over the place through the years since the buy-back from CBS. The 40th Anniversary P was kind of goofy and the 50th was good but very basic but then the 60th was actually unique in that year. The 50th and 60th Jazz basses have both been pretty interesting and unique. That said, Fenders use of different Anniversary years (with big badges, little stickers) has made a mess of things. If I see one more "60th Anniversary P Bass" that's just a MIM from 2006 with a little sticker on it, I'm going to cry (actually, I'm not going to do anything.)
 
#54
Natropath said:
Yes, those 1996 basses (and guitars) were just American Standards with flame maple sunburst and gold hardware. It seems like these instruments are a little more unique within this year if you want a factory Fender than those were. Commemorative Fenders have been all over the place through the years since the buy-back from CBS. The 40th Anniversary P was kind of goofy and the 50th was good but very basic but then the 60th was actually unique in that year. The 50th and 60th Jazz basses have both been pretty interesting and unique. That said, Fenders use of different Anniversary years (with big badges, little stickers) has made a mess of things. If I see one more "60th Anniversary P Bass" that's just a MIM from 2006 with a little sticker on it, I'm going to cry (actually, I'm not going to do anything.)
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I really liked that 1996 50th anniversary jazz, even if it was just an American Standard. It was my main player for over 10 years and was my first "pro" quality bass. I will probably regret selling it but I've moved on to other things now. In regards to the other anniversary instruments, I'm not sure what people expect. In my eyes, all they need to do is release something commemorative in a limited quantity that is somewhat unique. I see people posting that its not a vintage replica, it's got modern this, etc., if every anniversary instrument was a replica of an instrument from 1946, what would be the point?
 
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N4860 said:
I really liked that 1996 50th anniversary jazz, even if it was just an American Standard. It was my main player for over 10 years and was my first "pro" quality bass. I will probably regret selling it but I've moved on to other things now. In regards to the other anniversary instruments, I'm not sure what people expect. In my eyes, all they need to do is release something commemorative in a limited quantity that is somewhat unique. I see people posting that its not a vintage replica, it's got modern this, etc., if every anniversary instrument was a replica of an instrument from 1946, what would be the point?
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I should have clarified. I think the 1996 basses were amazing across the board. American Standards and Deluxes from that time were incredible. I said "just" because spec wise, the Anniversary models weren't much different.
 
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#57
Yup. That's the one. I have a Jazz 5 50th Anniversary. It's the one thing I would run back into a burning house to get...which is dependent on the how well the cat is acting that day ;). 219/500 . They had a whole line for all sorts of models then. I'm guessing this 75th is just for P basses
 
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mr80htz said:
Yup. That's the one. I have a Jazz 5 50th Anniversary. It's the one thing I would run back into a burning house to get...which is dependent on the how well the cat is acting that day ;). 219/500 . They had a whole line for all sorts of models then. I'm guessing this 75th is just for P basses
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Mine was #325, great bass and I'm sure I am going to regret selling it. Here's a pic for reference:
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