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So 70's Fender are desirable now?!
- Thread starter Vinnie Boombatz
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1987 Squier Bullet bass. My first bass. Although it looks like it was dredged out of a river and the electronics have been changed numerous times, the construction of neck and body were excellent. Still have it.
Quadzilla
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My, highly-modified, 73 J. Incredibly light for a 70's era Jazz (under 8 lbs), super straight neck, low action. A true player-grade bass. I love her!
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Such "dated" mentality - there are plenty of top players who rock a '70s Fender bass.
...including Trevor Dunn
oh, and some guy named Bootsy at a pivotal point in his career ...
Lada Furlan Zaborac of The Bambi Molesters
...to name a few
...including Trevor Dunn
oh, and some guy named Bootsy at a pivotal point in his career ...
Lada Furlan Zaborac of The Bambi Molesters
...to name a few
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I own a 1976 ash Precision that is lighter than most of my alder Fender basses. My 1978 ash Jazz is rather heavy, but a good instrument.
I think the boat anchors rather happened in the late 70s. This is purely anecdotal, but I often have a look at the weight of used Fenders and there seem to be a lot of rather lightweight 1970-1976 ash Fender basses.
I am a complete sucker for that 70s look. This yellowish sunburst or natural ash combined with a black pickguard, the block inlays, the binding, the T.V. logo. So definitive of a decade as the 60s instruments and cabrio colours.
Robbie Shakespeare who redefined reggae bass with Black Uhuru in the 70s.
Robbie Shakespeare who redefined reggae bass with Black Uhuru in the 70s.
Hallo Dirk 
Northern ash (= boat anchor ash
) can vary a lot!
It can be just as light as swamp ash or heavy AF!!!
It will be lighter growing in Hamburg than it would be growing in Berlin
and when it grows in the black forest it will be boat anchor- ish
Fender CBS wasn't too consistent either! (they bought wherever they could get something cheap)
You can find some '73 boat anchors and you can find some '79 lightweghts
IME most of the boat anchors were built between '75 and '79
Greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Guten Rutsch!
Northern ash (= boat anchor ash
) can vary a lot! It can be just as light as swamp ash or heavy AF!!!
It will be lighter growing in Hamburg than it would be growing in Berlin
and when it grows in the black forest it will be boat anchor- ish
Fender CBS wasn't too consistent either! (they bought wherever they could get something cheap)
You can find some '73 boat anchors and you can find some '79 lightweghts
IME most of the boat anchors were built between '75 and '79
Greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Guten Rutsch!
Hallo Dirk
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It can be just as light as swamp ash or heavy AF!!!
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Greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Guten Rutsch!
Tell this the people at G&L, who built the 13 lbd. L2000 bass, I once owned, from lightweight swamp ash in 1993
Dir auch ein schönes neues Jahr!
I think you're generally right, but it's kind of a crapshoot. I have a light 1973 Jazz and got rid of an 11-pound '74. My '70s P-Basses do follow the pattern you describe, though.
