That is effecticely my dream bass. Daphne Blue Jazz with a matching headstock and a rosewood board. I think a reddish brown tort pickguard would be my choice, but I love the way yours looks too! Wouldn't mind a Strat with that color scheme either! Such a beautiful instrument...
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NBD - Fender AV ‘63 Precision!
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That is effecticely my dream bass. Daphne Blue Jazz with a matching headstock and a rosewood board. I think a reddish brown tort pickguard would be my choice, but I love the way yours looks too! Wouldn't mind a Strat with that color scheme either! Such a beautiful instrument...
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Voila... The original pickguard was white and I've changed it to greenish mint a bit like the one that comes with the sonic blue P. But I loved it with tort, too. The colors of the pics aren't that good.
Sometimes she shares dresses with her sister...
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2014. I've read somewhere back then that only 50 were made, but I'm not sure, somebody else mentioned 41
NBD!! '64 AVRI Jazz Daphne Blue
Have seen 2 or 3 offered on the used market. I bought mine new. Was - and still is - my dream bass. The Lake Placid Blue one was an official part of the overworked (2013) AVS series, but only offered for a year or so, the Daphne Blue One was a FSR. The '63 P and '64 Jazz were only offered from 2013-2018 or so, when the American Originals replaced the American Vintage Series.
My package clearly stated FSR:
I own 9 Fender basses (ashamed) and it is the best...
I had to compete with her:
She bought it without playing it because of the color with the money she got after her first tv appearence at Jools Holland. In one of my bands we play a lot of Amy Winehouse tracks. Incredible interesting for my style of playing. Have played all of our gigs with the Daphne Blue Jazz.
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Ended up going for the Geezers, and lovingly packed away the Pure Vintage ‘63 and its full wiring harness. Did have to snip a wire but that’s an easy retrofit.
Anyone happen to know if the "faded sonic blue" came from the factory much bluer under the pickguard than the exposed finish, or has my bass naturally aged this much in the four years since it was made? Not a terribly important question, but I'm curious if anyone here might know.
Have a picture to show it? I haven't had my pickguard off. I did enough tinkering on my other P that I wanted to leave the AV63 alone.
Mine looked the same under the pickguard. I'm voting for "naturally aged". Do you really think they have nothing better to do at the factory to waste time and money than to use different laquers for the space under the pickguard and the exposed space??? It wouldn't even be period correct or add anything to the instrument.
On the other hand: I own three basses from the AVS 2013-2018 series and the two I play a lot, esp. the one I play exclusively show signs of age. The finish on one of them is crackling a lot and the finish is nearly gone, where I rest my arm. But none of them shows changes in the color. They weren't exposed to UV light a lot. Most of the times they stay in a normal apartment room with a window letting a bit of the sun in.
So I guess your P might have been exposed directly to UV light for a longer period of time, maybe just at one point hours of direct sunlight.
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Next time I need to tweak the trussrod, I'll snap pic and post it here.
I suppose you're right. I guess when I saw how drastically the color has changed in a few years, the question entered my mind considering that "faded" sonic blue implies that this particular finish was intended to look aged as opposed to what sonic blue looked like brand new all those decades ago. But, in a normal year, I do tend to play many outdoor daytime gigs when the weather is warm so the bass does get it's share of UV light.
Edited to add that I hope I didn't veer the thread too far off topic from a NBD with a stupid question. Just thought this had become a good place to talk about how awesome these basses are.
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OP here and you’ve got my blessing to go for it! Sold this baby awhile back, BTW.
I took the neck off mine at first but then got one of those special Cruz Tools cheater screw driver and can adjust the truss rod without removing anything.
- Oct 30, 2013
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- Futura Endorser,Roland/Boss Endorser,Aguilar Amps Endorser,Korg Endorser,Revelation Cable Endorser,I
- Oct 30, 2013
- 625
- 1,991
- Disclosures
- Futura Endorser,Roland/Boss Endorser,Aguilar Amps Endorser,Korg Endorser,Revelation Cable Endorser,I
yes, I even have a second of the 64 but in LPB. The Daphne one was a special FSR run of the AVS '64 Jazz. Best bass I've ever played.
I’ve been moving the pickguard up over the pickup and back just enough to reach the truss rod access with a flat head screwdriver.
I can't speak for Faded Sonic Blue, but my Olympic White '63 Reissue certainly looks different under the pickguard. I'm guessing that the discoloration is likely due to all of the sunny outdoor gigs I've played over the years.
Mojo for days. I baby mine, not sure it will ever look that way. I probably need to take it out more.
