Finally season change in the NW, and a nice day to be outside so snapped a pic: burst '64 & car '65.
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Fender pre-CBS Club: pics mandatory!
- Thread starter Mastermold
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Take them out and let 'em run around in the yard. They need the exercise.
Very cool! We need some gig pics in this thread, showing these instruments out in the wild.
Beautiful Sunburst. Vintage players too.
Also a formal invite if you're not already a member to Texas Bassists Club.
Texas Bassist Club!
Can anyone (who can read this) tell me if this potentiometer is from 1955/1956?
And does occur in those years there is no pencildate on the neck?
And does occur in those years there is no pencildate on the neck?
Id like a number please. 1965 precision bass refin. I remember when I was in high school 3-4 years ago I built a 65 copy out of mjt parts because I thought I’d never ever be able to afford or justify a 65 precision… and now I own one! Last pic is the copy I made. Way happier with this bass than the copy I made haha.
That's a beauty! Congratulations!
Beautiful! Looks like Pino's bass!
Regarding club numbers, CBS acquired Fender effective January 1965, so December 1964 is the cut-off. Your bass is most likely an L-series and made of pre-CBS parts, but May 1965 production would technically be CBS.
Hey, I'd be curious to know when the date got actually stamped onto a neck. Like, did it get stamped when the neck was getting attached to the body, or some time earlier like when the neck was made and then thrown into a crate of necks for later assembly? Or some other time?
I've heard about people checking numbers on the pots to determine what dates those were made. That date seems kinda obvious but the date on the neck, not so much.
Anybody actually know when in the assembly process the neck gets stamped?
Curious Chuckie
I've heard about people checking numbers on the pots to determine what dates those were made. That date seems kinda obvious but the date on the neck, not so much.
Anybody actually know when in the assembly process the neck gets stamped?
Curious Chuckie
I was told by one of the Fender gurus here it’s when the neck is finished, I was curious because my neck date is May 65 but it has clay dots instead of pearl so I thought that maybe it was a 64 neck that was stamped 65 when it was attached to the body but apparently not the case.
The neck stamp is under the finish. So it's stamped when the neck was done, then finished and stored on a rack, not as a bass is being assembled.
Pot stamp plays into this as well: a bass can't be older than its last dated part. If the pots are stamped august and the neck stamped june...guess what?
Pot stamp plays into this as well: a bass can't be older than its last dated part. If the pots are stamped august and the neck stamped june...guess what?
I traded my bass to this 1955 refin, SD pickup. Sounds so good and fat, growling mids en thumpin lows!
Very comfy neck and it looks killer imho!
I'm so happy with it:
Very comfy neck and it looks killer imho!
I'm so happy with it:
Oh man I've played and set up that particular bass a while back and she's a beauty! Lovely chunky neck too. Have fun with it!
