Refin? Or original?

[Marc61]

I purchased this about a year ago. 82 Fullerton 62 reissue. It has this thin D shaped neck that I absolutely love. I’ve also never seen one in Olympic white although I’m sure there are others. I paid a bit of a premium due to that although they seem to be scarce in any color. It would break my heart to discover it was a refin. I’m no expert, but looking under the hood the solders look untouched. The control pocket looks clean. The only thing that made me think refin is how perfectly it yellowed . Either way, it’s my main piece . Light, resonant and the slim neck. Thoughts?

 

[96tbird]

Looks quite pristine except for the orange drop cap that was swapped in. Solder on the pot tabs look original.

Take the neck off and snap a pic of the pocket. If it’s a respray, you might see paint over the typical factory inspector markings: usually initials or numbers written with marker. It inspection marks are on top of the paint, it should be original.

 

[J Posega]

What does it matter?

 

[Marc61]

What does it matter?

Curiosity. I like to know about my vintage instruments

 

[Ghastly]

Looks great! Olympic white is a standard/classic color. Not sure about the '82 reissues though.

 

[ajkula66]

Olympic white is a standard/classic color. Not sure about the '82 reissues though.

Olympic White was an option on Fullerton reissues as far as I can remember. Whether the finish on this particular one is original or not goes beyond my pay grade though.

 

[Alan Ace Cooper]

Did they finish those in Lacquer or Poly? If lacquer, I would have expected more color difference between the pickguard covered portion, vs the balance of the body.

 

[lexington125]

FWIW, my 1961 Olympic white looks exactly like that, and I've had it for 40+ years.

 

[badinage]

I don't know if it tells you anything useful, but your bass seems to be yellowing in a similar manner to my Oly White 1989 US Fender Stratocaster. For comparison, I'm also including a current group pic of my 1989 Strat, a current 2022 Sire V5 in what they call "Vintage White, and a 2022 Squier CV 60s in "Olympic White". I love the look of your Precision!

 

[Marc61]

Inside the pocket

 

[bordinco90]

It looks legit to me, but I'm no expert. Nice bass BTW!

 

[Whale guy]

She's real pretty!

 

[buldog5151bass]

Curiosity. I like to know about my vintage instruments

1982 is considered vintage?

I'm getting old. Somebody get off my lawn.

 

[mongo2]

My early Fullerton RI was called Olympic White but it was actually exactly like yours.

More of an Olympic Yellow.

 

[mongo2]

1982 is considered vintage?

I'm getting old. Somebody get off my lawn.

Really. 1982 was 40 years ago, basses and guitars apparently turn "vintage" at 25 years.

 

[5StringBlues]

It is of an early 80's vintage.

 

[Durham52]

Really. 1982 was 40 years ago, basses and guitars apparently turn "vintage" at 25 years.

Yeah, when us older folks think about it for a minute, 1982, is a long time ago, but the initial reaction is that 1980 doesn't seem that far back. The thing is the older you get, the shorter the time from then to now seems to be. You'll find out in due time....


By the way, That's a nice looking bass OP, congrats, aged and yellowing white looks cool.

 

[StatesideRambler]

I volunteer at a museum and we often get calls from people wanting us to buy their grandpa’s ‘88 Chevy Malibu because “it’s a classic” or “it’s a real collector’s car.” Every one of those calls gives me a thrill that we have nothing to do with musical instruments. At least with cars we can point the callers to Kelly Blue Book to see just how valuable their “classic” really is. Too bad there’s nothing like that for musical instruments.

(BTW we have about 200 cars and we’ve bought exactly two of them. Those two were truly special cases. The rest were donated to the museum. $tarry-eyed grandkids don’t like hearing that.)

 

[mongo2]

Yeah, when us older folks think about it for a minute, 1982, is a long time ago, but the initial reaction is that 1980 doesn't seem that far back. The thing is the older you get, the shorter the time from then to now seems to be. You'll find out in due time....

True.

I'm 70 and found that out years ago.

Fugit inreparabile tempus.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Your thinking about re-finning that???
Don't do it bro.... its awesome just like it is.