Fender pre-CBS Club: pics mandatory!

[Mastermold]

Hi all,

This thread needs some push of Jazz Bass love I guess. Here is my recently acquired summer '60 stack knob Jazz, 100% stock down to the screws, case, covers, mutes... everything

More pics later ...

Can I get number 58 ? That's my birth year ...

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Heck yes you can! #58 for you! Love that stack knob, wow!

 

[Mastermold]

'64P (body refin)

Beauty!! #59 for you!

 

[Mastermold]

UPDATED LIST

Fender pre-CBS Club members:
#1 Mastermold
#2 Webtroll
#3 Hilton Marsh
#4 ASATMAN
#5 Jim Carr (aka Dr. Jim)
#6 9mmMike
#7 ExaltBass
#8 Pilgrim
#9 that1guy222
#10 tomshepp
#11 M.R. Ogle
#12 og61pbass
#13 Beano z
#14 D Bopp
#15 herr_rocket
#16 zacmac
#17 KPO2000
#18 Brams77
#19 thisSNsucks
#20 Bhazulle
#21 Easy8
#22 bh2
#23 Davo-London
#24 bucephylus
#25 Kmrumedy
#26 narud
#27 57pbass
#28 Lublin
#29 shadven
#30 SLaPiNFuNK
#31 sentry
#32 thebrian
#33 1SHOT1HIT
#34 johnk_10
#35 slime1
#36 derbalou
#37 Ron Clark
#38 audiorep2
#39 96tbird
#40 Matt Call
#41 jonno1707
#42 geddy402
#43 darkhelmet
#44 FFTT
#45 StephenR
#46 z65
#47 djkool
#48 marcray
#49 JRB
#50 DavidBassista
#51 bassplaynbaiken
#52 tazzydfair
#53 Stizz
#54 mactac
#55 LeftyMikel
#56 veebass
#57 interp
#58 mrbassman_de
#59 funk7856

 

[peterpalmieri]

I am totally convinced the thinly capped rosewood is a major contributor to the great tone of many a pre CBS bass. Thankfully Fender caught onto this with some of the newer American Vintage basses. Evidence is totally circumstantial.

 

[RockinRonnie]

Happy Birthday Leo!

 

[The Bass Clef]

I am totally convinced the thinly capped rosewood is a major contributor to the great tone of many a pre CBS bass. Thankfully Fender caught onto this with some of the newer American Vintage basses. Evidence is totally circumstantial.

I dunno, my slab board '61 sure sounds good too!

 

[96tbird]

Yeah, that is certainly a new angle there. I guess this doesn't measure up.

 

[96tbird]

 

[peterpalmieri]

I dunno, my slab board '61 sure sounds good too!

Even the old slabs are much thinner than you see today. I dunno either but it's a detail many of the boutiques tend to over look

 

[devnulljp]

Can I play? I have this lovely old lady from 1962
A refin, but sweet nonetheless.

 

[Mastermold]

Can I play? I have this lovely old lady from 1962
A refin, but sweet nonetheless.

Absolutely! You are #60!

 

[geddy402]

Does anybody's neck plate bulge a little bit? I was just checking out my 59 p bass and it seems like the corners are down but there is a slight bulge in the middle like the corners may be down too far. It's kind of hard to photograph but I'll try to get one.

 

[peterpalmieri]

That is thin cap of rosewood. Holy cow!

 

[Kukulkan61]

Absolutely! You are #60!

Wow that is NICE looks like my Frankenfender...

 

[96tbird]

Does anybody's neck plate bulge a little bit? I was just checking out my 59 p bass and it seems like the corners are down but there is a slight bulge in the middle like the corners may be down too far. It's kind of hard to photograph but I'll try to get one.

All that counts is the little margin of the plate around the screw. That's where the force is. My plate is indented at the corners into the wood. Over time the wood compressed and it would need retightening and so on. It stands to reason that the plate would bulge up in the middle. Don't worry about it.

 

[ICM]

That is thin cap of rosewood. Holy cow!

Imagine getting that refretted and radius-ing the fretboard! Scary.

 

[geddy402]

All that counts is the little margin of the plate around the screw. That's where the force is. My plate is indented at the corners into the wood. Over time the wood compressed and it would need retightening and so on. It stands to reason that the plate would bulge up in the middle. Don't worry about it.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[SJLee]

I have a question about the 64 Jazz bass. I have seen photos of 64 Jazz basses both with and without the ground strip between the back pickup and bridge. Was this something transitional during that year?

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[The Bass Clef]

The ground strips were phased out by '64. '63 was actually the transition year for the strips (as well as the individually mounted string mutes). Most likely, the '64s you saw that had strips were actually '63s, or possibly leftover '63 bodies with '64 necks/parts.

 

[zacmac]

You need to bring this over and compare it to my 63'

'64P (body refin)