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Capri Orange, which would make that a '79-'80 International Colours J... but I don't think they had bond necks. Maybe a re-fin of an early '66?

I would have said Fiesta Red. The bound dot necks did come back for a time in 83, three bolt, with a bullet truss rod.

'66. I would think Fiesta - in one of its many variations - it sometimes leans orange and sometimes towards pinkish (and even the same one can look very different depending on lighting - it's a hard color to photographer well - or, at least, consistently). Fiesta seems really variable with age/oxidation/fade as well as if it was clearcoated or not (yellowed clear obviously pushing towards orange) and if over white basecoat or not.

Also some of the distributor refins were just approximations - I don't think they were using factory provided paint codes. The Selmer ones tend to be much more salmon pink. I suspect this could be an Australian distributor example but that's just a guess based on the grey primer (but colors and photos - is that really grey? Sonic Blue perhaps? Something else?).

My understanding is that Fiesta Red was named after the Fiestaware red - famously using uranium oxide as pigment and would register on a Geiger counter. The Fiestaware red is VERY orange - dark orange but orange. I've long wondered if the original Fender Fiesta Red used the same pigment - but have never had occasion to have an original Fiesta Red and Geiger counter at the same time ;)
 
I tried to start a thread of more boutique basses that have been properly played, as opposed to hanging on the wall like trophies.

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Exactly! Good premise for a thread - the closest I got to "boutique" is an '86 Kubicki Ex-Factor. (bought very used in the mid-'90) It would have fit your thread to a T - somebody played it a lot in 8yrs. No pics though - only of it later refinished.
 
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'66. I would think Fiesta - in one of its many variations - it sometimes leans orange and sometimes towards pinkish (and even the same one can look very different depending on lighting - it's a hard color to photographer well - or, at least, consistently). Fiesta seems really variable with age/oxidation/fade as well as if it was clearcoated or not (yellowed clear obviously pushing towards orange) and if over white basecoat or not.

Also some of the distributor refins were just approximations - I don't think they were using factory provided paint codes. The Selmer ones tend to be much more salmon pink. I suspect this could be an Australian distributor example but that's just a guess based on the grey primer (but colors and photos - is that really grey? Sonic Blue perhaps? Something else?).

My understanding is that Fiesta Red was named after the Fiestaware red - famously using uranium oxide as pigment and would register on a Geiger counter. The Fiestaware red is VERY orange - dark orange but orange. I've long wondered if the original Fender Fiesta Red used the same pigment - but have never had occasion to have an original Fiesta Red and Geiger counter at the same time ;)



It's weird, like it's almost a gradual transition from top-to-bottom going from very close to vintage Capri to pail Fiesta. Maybe it's just the way it's lit.


Interesting about Fiesta-ware/Fiesta Red. Totally makes sense historically. Friends here in CA have big collections - I inherited a Franciscan-wear set/collection from my Polish grandma. She was where I got my "art genes" from. Lived to be 94 - she looked very much like Andy Warhol's mother -

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I dig both shades - can't go wrong with colours like these -
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It's weird, like it's almost a gradual transition from top-to-bottom going from very close to vintage Capri to pail Fiesta. Maybe it's just the way it's lit.


Interesting about Fiesta-ware/Fiesta Red. Totally makes sense historically. Friends here in CA have big collections - I inherited a Franciscan-wear set/collection from my Polish grandma. She was where I got my "art genes" from. Lived to be 94 - she looked very much like Andy Warhol's mother -

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I dig both shades - can't go wrong with colours like these -
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BTW found the link to the original ad - from Rudy's. They say original Fiesta but I have strong doubts given the grey primer and lack of matching headstock which was stock in '66 - though could plausibly fit with distributor refin scenario. I'm thinking 'civilian' refill so could be Capri, Fiesta or anything else...

Fender 1966 Jazz Bass Fiesta Red
 
BTW found the link to the original ad - from Rudy's. They say original Fiesta but I have strong doubts given the grey primer and lack of matching headstock which was stock in '66 - though could plausibly fit with distributor refin scenario. I'm thinking 'civilian' refill so could be Capri, Fiesta or anything else...

Fender 1966 Jazz Bass Fiesta Red

Beauty of a bass... and price too -
 
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Well.., that $1K will at least triple in cost finding vintage parts and doing a pro-refinish. And good luck finding parts. :)

Last I looked, a couple of weeks ago, pickups and wiring harnesses were available. Mutes and tuning machines, not so much. Nameplate, all but impossible.

As to the re-finish, would that not disqualify this bass from this thread?
 
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Last I looked, a couple of weeks ago, pickups and wiring harnesses were available. Mutes and tuning machines, not so much. Nameplate, all but impossible.

As to the re-finish, would that not disqualify this bass from this thread?

It could start out being included! :thumbsup:
 
Until the asking price drops below $500 I won't even be making an offer, so this bass has no chance of being any kind of cluded at all.

I hear you GW. I pop for vintage 'project basses' only if I can get them for as little as possible because I know what has to go into them to make them whole again. Here's one I recently finished - late '60 made in Holland Egmond Rambler 24fret /28-1/4"scale featherweight. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/egmond-rambler-typhoon-bass-projects.1633292/

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