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YOUR TOP 10 VINTAGE BASSES
- Thread starter flatwoundjohn
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Im one of those weirdos that thinks basses improved over time (including modifications to vintage designs, like I prefer newer Jazz basses over vintage ones) and continue to do so...So I dont have a favorite vintage list
'69 P with old Roto rounds (see profile pic)
'67 Fender Coronado II with TI's for that tubby hollowbody sound.
They are my go-to basses for classic vintage tones.
'67 Fender Coronado II with TI's for that tubby hollowbody sound.
They are my go-to basses for classic vintage tones.
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1) Paul Tutmarc's Audiovox #736 of 1935.
2) Silvertone Model 1444
3) Kay Truetone/Speed Demon
4) Kay Jazz Special
5) Harmony H22
6) '55 Fender Precision
7) '80s Fender Performer
That's it.
2) Silvertone Model 1444
3) Kay Truetone/Speed Demon
4) Kay Jazz Special
5) Harmony H22
6) '55 Fender Precision
7) '80s Fender Performer
That's it.
My dad use to talk about silvertone And Kay.I think back Then You Bought Them At Sears
Silvertone was the Sears branding for things like radios, hi-fis, TVs, instruments and amps made by other manufacturers. In this case the Model 1444 was made by Danelectro. I grew up a few miles from the Dano factories and a couple of Sears stores.
Sears = Silvertone (Danelectro,Harmony)
Spiegel = Kay (Kay)
Montgomery Ward = Airline (Kay, National/Supro/Valco)
????? = Truetone (Kay)
We had a couple of Sears stores a few miles from where I grew up and Montgomery Ward and Lafayette Radio stores within walking/biking distance. I spent a lot of time in the MW and "Laffy" stores watching the color TVs they had on display and checking out instruments.
Old Kraftsman was a Truetone/Kay brand.
Don't forget 70s Yamaha BB series basses! They were of high enough quality that Fender brought in Yamaha people to fix their own QC.
Not sure if it's on anyone else's top 10 but I'm pretty happy with this:
1977 Travis Bean TB2000 #426
1977 Travis Bean TB2000 #426
Let's see...
1. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
2. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
3. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
4. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
5. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
6. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
7. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
8. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
9. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
10. 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sunburst with tort pick guard.
I owned a 1965 Fender Jazz Bass from 1966 until 1976 when it was stolen. Besides the normal High-School and College use, I toured with a night club group playing 5-nights a week, 50-weeks a year for three years using it. Took me the better part of 10-years to find another Fender Jazz Bass similar to it, which is the white lady in my avatar. Don't really desire or wish for any other vintage bass, but sure wish I had my original '65 Jazz back.
Passinwind
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These I remember; I just cannot recall which stores these marques were aligned with.
