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whats more collectable?

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roksngr

Feb 15, 2008
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SF Bay Area, CA
www.thelwb.com
#1
I was given (yes free) a bass guitar recently that visually needed some work. I took it apart, stripped it and found by original stamps, markings, dates etc that I have a 1983 Fender AV Reissue P-bass neck and a mid-late 70's jazz body (3 bolt) that has been routed.(For a battery and also below the neck pocket for some stupid reason.

My question is: what should I piece back together? A 70's jazz, or an 80's fullerton p-bass? I need opinions from a collectors stand point. For example, I know that the routing in the body has lowered it's value or has it?

Thanks!
 
#3
It sounds like you have a great players bass. It will never be a collector's item as-is, and it will cost you an arm and a leg to get the parts to turn it into one or the other. I would just enjoy what you've got, or part it out and put the money towards the collector's piece you really want.

Also: where are the pics?
 
#4
Well, that's what I thought too: that it'd cost a sh*t load of money to get either one back to original. And it does seems like a players bass. It had all aftermarket parts: HI-A pickups, Badass II, Grover tuners...
 

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#6
I'd play that way. It's the perfect Jazz Bass because it's got a real and proper neck!!:hiding:

Seriously, that Fullerton-era Vintage Series '57 P neck with the pronounced V is much more comfortable to me than any skinny Jazz neck I've played in 30+ years. The route at the neck pocket is, as mentioned above, to provide easier access to the truss rod which is at the heel of the P neck. The battery route isn't ugly and will be covered by a standard Jazz pickguard (unlike that monstrosity that Marcus Miller wound up with). And the pickup routes don't look enlarged so you could put any Jazz Bass PUPs you wanted in there.

Plus, those vintage Hi-A PUPs might be worth something to collectors, being predecessors of the Bartolini stuff. It looks like a win all around to me!

John
 
#7
Thanks everyone. I appreciate all of your input. I have smaller hands, so I was looking to get a jazz neck but they are crazy expensive. Especially if I get the same era. I don't know! I don't know! Decisions Decisions! And I haven't even played it yet. (I was so curious as to what it was first!) :D
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JTE said:
The battery route isn't ugly and will be covered by a standard Jazz pickguard (unlike that monstrosity that Marcus Miller wound up with). And the pickup routes don't look enlarged so you could put any Jazz Bass PUPs you wanted in there.

Plus, those vintage Hi-A PUPs might be worth something to collectors, being predecessors of the Bartolini stuff. It looks like a win all around to me!

John
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Apparently the guitar was built or worked on by Gary Brawer in SF, CA. There was an old bus card inside the neck pocket. So I know the routing was done professionally. I guess the bass was originally owned by Third Eye Blind's bassist. (Not sure which bassist.)
 

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