plangentmusic Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 All I need is about nineteen thousand more dollars and it's MINE! CLONK HERE JAZZ UN-STANDARDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vE4FoJ4Cr4&feature=related DON'T FEAR...THE REVERB! 60's Instrumentals with MORE BASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 A definate beauty but I'll pass. Now if somebody wants to buy it for me..... Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Needs a sticker on it. Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Out of curiosity: other than the stamp on the neck (which I could have put there myself at any given time), what proof is given that this is an actual '62 or whenever bass and not some reissue? It does need a sticker on it! "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I never liked the neck pocket identification system. I can understand making the marks there from an aesthetic and manufacturing perspective but it always seemed like a very destructive way to get details about an instrument. If it was metal on metal I wouldn't see so much fault with it but it's two pieces of wood held together with screws and over time and several inspections the joint is never the same. I'd rather have a "player" instead of a museum piece. Also, if it's 1000% original, I'd expect ten of them. I'm literal like that. Based solely on the 1000% comment I'd like to put a booger on it and offer him $1200. Of course I'd expect to be beaten over the head with the nearest object worth less then $12,000 but in many ways I think it would be worth it. If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plangentmusic Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 I never liked the neck pocket identification system. I can understand making the marks there from an aesthetic and manufacturing perspective but it always seemed like a very destructive way to get details about an instrument. If it was metal on metal I wouldn't see so much fault with it but it's two pieces of wood held together with screws and over time and several inspections the joint is never the same. I'd rather have a "player" instead of a museum piece. Also, if it's 1000% original, I'd expect ten of them. I'm literal like that. Based solely on the 1000% comment I'd like to put a booger on it and offer him $1200. Of course I'd expect to be beaten over the head with the nearest object worth less then $12,000 but in many ways I think it would be worth it. I agree -- every time a neck is removed it compromises the integrity of the construction. JAZZ UN-STANDARDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vE4FoJ4Cr4&feature=related DON'T FEAR...THE REVERB! 60's Instrumentals with MORE BASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I'm sure when it was being assembled and noted with the date at the factory, no one ever dreamed that the date of assembly would ever be of any importance 50 years in the future. Rocky "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Looking at the color of the paint in the neck-pocket, it sure looks more brown-based (brown to yellow-ish) than the outside finish. Something just screams 're-fin' to me. I'm probably wrong, but it just doesn't look close enough to be genuine. Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklab Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I already read this thread at TB. Obligatory Social Media Link "My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred TBP Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 You know the Fender Custom Shop boys can build you one for less. They can copy everything down to the last belt buckle scrape and cigarette burn and you really can't tell the difference. (playing in the background: TV theme from the "Six Million Dollar Man") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plangentmusic Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 You know the Fender Custom Shop boys can build you one for less. They can copy everything down to the last belt buckle scrape and cigarette burn and you really can't tell the difference. (playing in the background: TV theme from the "Six Million Dollar Man") They can make a baseball exactly like the one that Babe Ruth hit for his 60th HR too. lol It's about the rarity. And sure, those old basses were great, but I have a 87 62 P re-issue and I dare anyone --ANYONE -- to tell the difference between that and a 62. It's the same exact bass. Nitro finish, brazilian rosewood fingerboard -- everything. Back then then even used some of the old parts. But it isn't worth as much as a 62, just a comparable wine from 2002 isn't worth as much as one from 1942. Personally, I think guitars are meant to be played, not collected and sealed away in a vault. JAZZ UN-STANDARDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vE4FoJ4Cr4&feature=related DON'T FEAR...THE REVERB! 60's Instrumentals with MORE BASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Still needs a sticker on it. Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I want a round trip plane ticket to go pick it up and bring it home. It probably won't sound as good as my beat-up '71 Jazz which I bought 41 years ago. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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