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'68 Tele bass neck currently on the bay - you don't even want to know what they are asking for it... It was a cool transition being the first year for the Tele bass, essentially Fenders 1st RI without considering it such. They didn't have a dedicated hs decal for it yet so they pieced together a Tele guitar TELECASTER decal and added on Bass from the Coronado Bass of the same year. Pops were rare on a Tele bass but did appear on some - especially on the paisley/flower print bodies which this neck may have come from.

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JIO said:
'68 Tele bass neck currently on the bay - you don't even want to know what they are asking for it... It was a cool transition being the first year for the Tele bass, essentially Fenders 1st RI without considering it such. They didn't have a dedicated hs decal for it yet so they pieced together a Tele guitar TELECASTER decal and added on Bass from the Coronado Bass of the same year. Pops were rare on a Tele bass but did appear on some - especially on the paisley/flower print bodies which this neck may have come from.

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Just because something is old or 'vintage' doesn't nessacaity mean that it's good :Ol
 
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DJ Bebop said:
Just because something is old or 'vintage' doesn't nessacaity mean that it's good :Ol
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There's some truth to that for sure. Stuff is worth what it's worth usually based on A) how many were made and B) how many are still running around out there. But you knew that already. I have held sooooo many expensive vintage instruments that were miserable players and quite a few that were magical but at about a 70/30% ratio...maybe worse. Now if values were based on playability only some brand new Fenders would be $20,000-30,000 and some old ones would be $1,000.00. :laugh:. Still when I see a beautiful old bass pictured my mind applies the imaginary plays amazing filter for some reason. I'm all optimist-y like that.
 
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DJ Bebop said:
Just because something is old or 'vintage' doesn't nessacaity mean that it's good :Ol
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For sure - I'm going to assume the very high asking price has to do with it as 'historical artifact', which only works if one is a Fender collector/investor. (not a player)
 
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'63 Jazz bass bridge on eBay (from Germany) - $500? ...ah, no. When I got my '66 P about 6 years ago, I found a guy selling a 1960 Jazz bridge (with trust that that was the truth) on eBay for the price of $150, which I thought was a lot but I wanted to return it to 'original' as someone along the way installed a '70s single-slot saddle bridge on it when I got it.
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Mine is for certain a '60s slotted soft-radius plate bridge and I really could care less if it was off a 1960 J (1st year!) This style bridge was installed on P's and J's from 1959- 1969.
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