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Legit '58 P Bass?
- Thread starter StudioGC
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In the London metropolitan area, surely there are reliable vintage guitar dealers who could appraise this properly.
2700 quid (around 3600USD) would be cheap for the genuine article compared to US prices. However, it's a ton of money for just some old Precision. Without a genuine, qualified appraisal, this would be a non-starter for me.
I'd expect to pay that myself, as I'd rather be out the appraisal fee than 2700 pounds for just another old bass. With a positive appraisal by a well-known dealer, you now have a license to make a considerable profit if you like.
2700 quid (around 3600USD) would be cheap for the genuine article compared to US prices. However, it's a ton of money for just some old Precision. Without a genuine, qualified appraisal, this would be a non-starter for me.
I'd expect to pay that myself, as I'd rather be out the appraisal fee than 2700 pounds for just another old bass. With a positive appraisal by a well-known dealer, you now have a license to make a considerable profit if you like.
it's not the bass that's fake, it's the ad
It’s the router hump on the lower horn, visible from the back of the body. For some reason people have started calling it like that lately.
I just checked: my squier VM made in Indonesia has a “Fullerton hump”, while my early 80s, Fullerton-made precision does not have it.
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Update, he just wrote to me through gumtree (where the and was) and asked for my email. I'll update if anything comes from that.
Re: fullerton hump. Back in the early 70's I bought and sold a lot of pre-cbs basses. Most of them had really bad paint or maybe even had already been stripped - so sometimes I would sand the rest of the finish off and give them the hippy tung oil treatment.
I know ... but at the time it seemed like the thing to do.Anyway ... I only told you that story so I could tell you this: When I was sanding them down, I would always remove that ugly fullerton hump and make it nice and smooth. Funny that the hump is how you confirm the body is legit, I personally have removed at least a dozen fullerton humps back in the day.
I've been wracking my brain trying to remember if I ever sanded off the word "FUNK" from one of them.
Re: fullerton hump. Back in the early 70's I bought and sold a lot of pre-cbs basses. Most of them had really bad paint or maybe even had already been stripped - so sometimes I would sand the rest of the finish off and give them the hippy tung oil treatment.
Anyway ... I only told you that story so I could tell you this: When I was sanding them down, I would always remove that ugly fullerton hump and make it nice and smooth. Funny that the hump is how you confirm the body is legit, I personally have removed at least a dozen fullerton humps back in the day.
I've been wracking my brain trying to remember if I ever sanded off the word "FUNK" from one of them.
Back on the early 70s, were 60s basses considered better? I read that's how the vintage craze started: 70s guitars were so bad, players preferred the old ones hanging in the corner.Re: fullerton hump. Back in the early 70's I bought and sold a lot of pre-cbs basses. Most of them had really bad paint or maybe even had already been stripped - so sometimes I would sand the rest of the finish off and give them the hippy tung oil treatment.
Anyway ... I only told you that story so I could tell you this: When I was sanding them down, I would always remove that ugly fullerton hump and make it nice and smooth. Funny that the hump is how you confirm the body is legit, I personally have removed at least a dozen fullerton humps back in the day.
I've been wracking my brain trying to remember if I ever sanded off the word "FUNK" from one of them.
I'd like to know since you were around back then. Thanks.
We used to make fun of the guys who bought 70's Fenders - they were considered trash by all the musicians I knew. I'm always amazed to see people paying big money for them now.
Update. Notice from Gumtree (where the and was posted). Not surprised!
Well I was around back then, I bought a ‘65 L series Jazz in ‘69 when I was still in High School, I remember the seller telling me that he was hearing some discussion up in the Bay Area about the the “L” series being particularly desirable because they were perceived as being of better quality than the current “CBS” instruments which Leo Fender had no part of anymore and again this was back in 1969.
