....what vintage would you say this Fender P might be? Ignore the neck plate. It goes with the neck.
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Router hump. Either a real 60's body or stripped reissue. Not sure the RIs have plugged nail/jig holes, so I'm leaning toward real 60s
Looking at how straight the neck pocket contours are cut, its late 60's.
I don't know but I have an opinion. Comparing this to my '64 and '73. The plugged holes are not 70's. The hump and belly cut make me thing 60's as well. Front has no control cavity to pickup cavity route. No pics yet.
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stripped 60's - has the filled hole under the neck-plate characteristic of that era (wasn't aware of another at the butt.., but looks similar)
Id say without a doubt 1971 or earlier, obviously a stripped finish alder body and likely sunburst. It probably is 60s, I said 71 as I had a 71 that looked identical stripped down to how the wood looks in the center block.
That's the second time i've read about the "router hump" today. What are you referring to as i can't see anything that i'd describe as a "hump". Just askin'.....
Look at the neckplate and then look to the wood to the left of the bottom left screw, see how it slants at a angle and isnt forming a smooth curve in the neckpocket? thats called a router hump, a trait of vintage fenders and how they were cut out in the jigs back in the day.
Doweled template holes are on the centerline, which means the body was made before 1970 (in 1969 they started moving them from location to make them less visible in a sunburst. The bottom one did go all the way to the edge of the body, near the strapbutton, the top one migrated to the E-side of the neckplate).
Wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a real one and a knockoff... Looks a little rough around the bottom horn. Are we being led to believe it truly is a Fender P?
I am leaning this way as well. When I get it and pull the bridge to see the size of the ground-wire slot, maybe I can narrow it down further.
It is an old parts-bass. The neck is early/middle 70's A-neck (cool) with the really thick black logo (cooler) that I love. The neck plate looks like it is from around '75. The bass was put together in the 70's by a "custom shop" who apparently took them apart and then built to order. (Sounds like Fender's new offering! Ha!)
Interesting thing about the neck is that it has three real vintage reverse tuners (not the repro's with the finer gears) and a newer x-tender wit the square shoulders. I cannot see any extra holes around the tuners but I will pull them off when I get it and see what that is all about. Here are pictures of the front and back of the headstock but I am more interested in the vintage of that body. Like I said, when I get it, I will pull the bridge for more clues. Maybe there will be something in the pickup cavity or neck pocket as well?
