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Fender pre-CBS Club: pics mandatory!

#521
bluesdogblues said:
IMHO it even should be encouraged more (sound or video clips instead only just pics of the basses)... and I love your bass sound in that clip even from the first note of it, Great great bass sounds of a fantastic looking bass ...Kudos & thanks for sharing..wish you & your band 60 Grit Blues Band many big good luck in the future.
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Runnerman said:
You have a new fan. Awesome song and playing. Thank you for posting.
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Thanks guys!

Kukulkan61 said:
Wow! What a coincidence, the band I play in also just recorded a 4 song album and I too used my 61 Pbass it turned out really good cant beat that vintage tone, you can listen to it on Wall-eyed Band camp,the title of the album is I wanna wreck your car...check it out:)
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Just listened to em all, cool stuff! You guys have your own unique sound.. I think it's somewhere between the Violent Femmes and old school country! I dig it! Yup, you can't beat that old vintage tone!
 
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Kukulkan61 said:
Wow! What a coincidence, the band I play in also just recorded a 4 song album and I too used my 61 Pbass it turned out really good cant beat that vintage tone, you can listen to it on Wall-eyed Band camp,the title of the album is I wanna wreck your car...check it out:)
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Listening now. I like it. Brian's description is spot-on.

For those who do not want to hunt it down -
 
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#526
Hello All,

I would love to join the club. I have a 63 P-Bass. Refin in Lake Placid Blue, which based on a small bit of paint in the control cavity I believe is the original color. Pots and jack have been replaced, but the pickup, hardware and pickguard are original. The bass sounds just as it should.


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#527
Hey guys, I read through this whole thread yesterday and really enjoyed obsessing over the pictures. I'll post photos in here tomorrow when it allows me.

I had a question regarding the delineation between pre and post CBS. I'm not trying to start a big debate on this but I'm just curios as to why some people consider 1965 guitars to be pre-CBS when the company was sold in early January. I was told by a vintage guitar dealer that the cut off date was September of 1965, but the rational for this month was not explained to me. There are several Strats on ebay that are listed as Pre-CBS but are from 1965. If the company was sold on Jan 5th, than how can anything in 1965 be Pre CBS?

Thanks
 
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DavidBassista said:
Hey guys, I read through this whole thread yesterday and really enjoyed obsessing over the pictures. I'll post photos in here tomorrow when it allows me.

I had a question regarding the delineation between pre and post CBS. I'm not trying to start a big debate on this but I'm just curios as to why some people consider 1965 guitars to be pre-CBS when the company was sold in early January. I was told by a vintage guitar dealer that the cut off date was September of 1965, but the rational for this month was not explained to me. There are several Strats on ebay that are listed as Pre-CBS but are from 1965. If the company was sold on Jan 5th, than how can anything in 1965 be Pre CBS?

Thanks
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That's mainly because it took most of 1965 to use up the pre-CBS stock of parts. So for all intents and purposes, there is no difference between a guitar/bass made in mid/late '64, and one made in early/mid '65. By late '65 though, CBS's changes were becoming standard.. like bound necks on Jazzes and the replacement of the reverse Kluson-made tuners for Fender made lollipop tuners, for example. That is probably why that dealer considered Sept. '65 the "cut-off", but that just his opinion. Some people put all '65s in the pre-CBS catagory, and some people don't consider any '65s in the pre-CBS catagory. I think the majority of collectors do consider a '65 pre-CBS, as long as it has all pre-CBS features that a late '64 would have.

Nothing really changed on the P Bass at this time.. it took until 1968 before the headstock decal changed, "B" width necks became standard over "C" necks, and the tuners were replaced by the 2nd Fender design "elephant ear" tuners (until '68 the majority of Ps still came with the last of the pre-CBS Kluson tuners, and a smaller # had lollipops like the Jazzes).
 
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DavidBassista said:
Awesome, is that original finish?
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Thank you.

Everything is there. It is all original except a ground wire and a couple of pick guard screws that were missing. I got the bass from a TB member who reached out to me after I had several disappointments looking for a pre- CBS Pbass. He purchased the bass from the nephew of the original owner. The uncle bought it in 1960 and at some point painted it.......with house paint!! When he died he gave it to the nephew. The nephew promised himself he would learn to play one day, stuck it in the closet, and there it stayed for 22 years. The TB member disassembled it and did a chemical clean ( no sanding). Unfortunately there was no way to save the original finish. He was going to restore it but left it untouched in natural wood disassembled for a few years until he reached out to me.

My idea was to restore it to an instrument that looks like it has been played on and off for 50 years, played but not abused. I worked with Mark and Matt Jenny on the project. We took our time, scoured many many photos, and they gave me exactly what I wanted. So it is a refin....but an awesome one.

Here is a link to a thread and original poll about this bass.
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/my-...-results-thanks-to-all-who-commented.1078558/

It is in transit to me right now. The photos were mockups just before it shipped. When I get it assembled in June I will post a vid so everyone can hear it.
 
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The Bass Clef said:
Thanks Mike! Yep, you got it.. TIs!
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Same on mine. It had Rotosound 66's on it when I bought it and the original frets had no wear. I started noticing grooves from bending so I went with TI flats to preserve the vintage frets and honestly it sounds so much better now that they are broken in than it did with stainless steel roto's. I really like Rotos on 70's p basses though and my 71' is a killer rock n roll bass with them
 

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