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Pre CBS Fender Photo Thread

1SHOT1HIT

1SHOT1HIT

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Feb 17, 2012
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Since there doesn't seem to be one as of yet. I decided to start one.

I have heard numerous members talk of their Pre CBS basses and have only seen very few pics.
Everyone else seems to have a thread to show their different basses, But nothing for the Fenders.

John D should get some credit here for this idea as he was the motivation behind it. I hope he will join me in getting this thing off the ground.


Only rules are that it of coarse be Fender and of coarse be Pre CBS. After discussion within the thread this would also include any basses that fall into the transitional period between, Jan 1965 and through December 1969 If your bass falls within these years PLEASE feel free to post as many pics as you'd like.

Come on guys get em out and dust em off. Lets see them in all their wonderful glory.
I'll start with my Shell Pink 62 Jazz Bass.
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1bassplayin said:
Someone had a heavy handed technique when turning that. Looks like they used a butter knife.
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This happened so long ago, that I don't remember how it actually happened. I do remember once having a right angle screwdriver and trying to adjust the TR without taking the neck off the bass or removing the pick guard, so that's what probably did it. Hey, I was only a teenager. What do you expect (Sorry teens, but an old guy has to use some excuse for his stupidity.)

The irony is that over the past thirty years or more, I have rarely adjusted the rod at all. This bass has a very stable neck. I tried replacing the TR nut, but the new Fender "Original Guitar Truss Rod Nut" didn't fit. Go figure. I'll probably end up making one.

Edit: FWIW, the truss rod works fine. I just adjusted it yesterday, after trying to replace the nut, and I actually took too much relief out. Now, I've got to take the neck off and adjust it again. This, IMO, is the one thing that Leo got wrong.
 
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John D said:
This happened so long ago, that I don't remember how it actually happened. I do remember once having a right angle screwdriver and trying to adjust the TR without taking the neck off the bass or removing the pick guard, so that's what probably did it. Hey, I was only a teenager. What do you expect (Sorry teens, but an old guy has to use some excuse for his stupidity.)

The irony is that over the past thirty years or more, I have rarely adjusted the rod at all. This bass has a very stable neck. I tried replacing the TR nut, but the new Fender "Original Guitar Truss Rod Nut" didn't fit. Go figure. I'll probably end up making one.

Edit: FWIW, the truss rod works fine. I just adjusted it yesterday, after trying to replace the nut, and I actually took too much relief out. Now, I've got to take the neck off and adjust it again. This, IMO, is the one thing that Leo got wrong.
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I'm an old guy too and I've f'd up a few basses myself. (onstage and off) That's how we learn. I think Fender used different threads on the truss rods over the years. You may have got the wrong type for your application. Sorry to hi-jack the thread back to the Fenders.
 

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