SHOW YOUR DISTRESSED FINISHES!

[JIO]

'68 early Tele bass - Fenders 1st unofficial RI ... great colours

rare transition decal -

...and pops -

 

[JIO]

That was a tour de force right there.

in progress... a marathon -

 

[JIO]

A birth-year bass for me - too many excellent pics to post... Fender Precision Bass Blonde 1953 | Reverb

 

[2saddleslab]

'68 early Tele bass - Fenders 1st unofficial RI ... great colours

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rare transition decal -
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...and pops -
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A birth-year bass for me - too many excellent pics to post... Fender Precision Bass Blonde 1953 | Reverb

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A slabebration!

 

[JIO]

A slabebration!

My only 'slab' P-bass modded enough to be comfortable. (belly bevel added on the back)

 

[CaseyVancouver]

'63 P -

Haha - the age old problem of what the heck to play …solved
Looks like the newest tune is Yer So Bad ‘90

I know guys who can sing a 1000 songs, but without a set list are stuck, too funny

 

[JIO]

'66 P in Fiesta Red -

 

[JIO]

Can't leave out the south-paws - '72 J

 

[PeeeBass]

'68 early Tele bass - Fenders 1st unofficial RI ... great colours

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rare transition decal -
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...and pops -
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I don't know why. I just don't understand those lollipop tuners....

 

[JIO]

I don't know why. I just don't understand those lollipop tuners....

One either loves them or not - I have always loved them.

 

[Masbutch]

I have a few! 1960 custom shop fender jazz bass, 1973 fender precision bass and a 1977 rickenbacker 4001

 

[SJLee]

Wow, this thread just got fired up!

 

[2saddleslab]

My only 'slab' P-bass modded enough to be comfortable. (belly bevel added on the back)

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And powered by those amazingly punchy and lethal G&L pickups.

 

[SJLee]

I've run out of basses but have some guitars that fit the bill.

 

[SJLee]

 

[SJLee]

 

[SJLee]

Yah, I agree. Particularly because most cheap J harnesses incorporate them. And just imagine how much an original set of '62 knobs would set you back! But frankly, I don't know how you could confirm they were actual Jazz bass knobs made in 1962 anyway. Many yeas ago I bought what I was told was a 1960 Jazz bass bridge for a fair price. I got it for my '66 P-bass that had a (non-original) '70s slotted bridge on it when I bought it. All things considered, that same bridge was made from '60-'68 installed on both J's & P's so I really didn't care if it was a '60 Jazz bridge or not - all I cared was that it was the same bridge that came on a '66 Fender bass.

Speaking of which - the bridge on that '62 isn't original, maybe not even a Fender bridge.

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The bass had a couple of different bridges on it over the years, one larger that you can see the impression. Also revealed the more magenta red covered by the bridge faded to a warmer red on either side.
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'69 single slotted saddles
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It appears the bridge is from the 60's. The deeper spiral grooves a softer radiused plate are typical of the bridges at that time.

Deeper grooves as opposed to the tighter more shallow grooves of a 50's bridge, which also had a sharper bridge plate radius.

 

[SJLee]

'69 CAR J

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Beautiful! IMO, the gold under CAR is more appealing than the silver. Love all the places that color can go once the red begins to wear/fade.

 

[SJLee]

 

[SJLee]

Love that there's a corner in TB to geek out on this stuff.