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Thoughts on this vintage jazz bass?

#22
MultiScaleMale said:
Those guys are overpriced - well, they're priced higher than I'm willing to pay. I don't want to pay colector, glass case prices. I'd rather go the relic route or CS Fender. If the right bass comes along, I could change my mind.
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Claiming "those guys are overpriced" is a broad generalization. You can often find a great players bass, not just a collector bass and own it without it costing you a penny in the long run. Often times selling for more. This cannot be said for many CS Fenders. So, in theory paying less can sometimes cost you more. I paid $5500 for my 65 Jazz which is all original except a body only refin done many years ago. Its a monster player and I can always get my money back out of it and more if I want to.
 
#23
Zanderwestcoast said:
Claiming "those guys are overpriced" is a broad generalization. You can often find a great players bass, not just a collector bass and own it without it costing you a penny in the long run. Often times selling for more. This cannot be said for many CS Fenders. So, in theory paying less can sometimes cost you more. I paid $5500 for my 65 Jazz which is all original except a body only refin done many years ago. Its a monster player and I can always get my money back out of it and more if I want to.
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The same is true with used CS basses.
 
#26
Though I love Fender P and J basses to death and think that '69 J is cooler than a penguin's basement ... I'd be VERY hard pressed to plunk down anything in the universe of that kind of coin for it. There are so many top notch, boutique quality Fender AVRI, Fender CS and independently made knockoffs (Lakland, Mike Lull & Sadowsky come to mind) that can be had for the high teens to low twenties (high twenties or low thirties if you're a real high roller) - there's just no reason to spend that kind of money on a vintage Fender unless you have money to burn, IMHO.
 
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#29
The vintage market is what it is and generally people do pay out for custom color Fenders.
What I don't like on the blue 69 J, is that whoever refretted it, cut into the neck binding to install the new frets. Nope that's amateur, sorry!!!!
 
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#33
Whether it plays well or not, it looks like a excellent piece of history that one would see in a museum or on a collector's wall. Would I pay that much for it? Only if I had stoopid-amounts of lottery money to burn! :greedy: :facepalm:

For a fraction of that cost, I'd much rather buy a solid, dependable Fender Classic '70s Jazz, then hand it over to someone like @JIO to work his "gilding magic" over it. :thumbsup:
 
#34
Malak the Mad said:
Whether it plays well or not, it looks like a excellent piece of history that one would see in a museum or on a collector's wall. Would I pay that much for it? Only if I had stoopid-amounts of lottery money to burn! :greedy: :facepalm:

For a fraction of that cost, I'd much rather buy a solid, dependable Fender Classic '70s Jazz, then hand it over to someone like @JIO to work his "gilding magic" over it. :thumbsup:
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:) thanks! Regardless of what it or any vintage instrument is worth monetarily to anyone, I feel that a bass that has been so played for so many years (as this one/looks like it does) is not likely to be a mediocre sounding instrument. So someone who digs the way it looks and has that kind of coin will probably have a great playing bass. Seeing Bobby Vega play his "shark" bass comes to mind...
 
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