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| Author: | pjmuck [ April 10th, 2016, 7:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | 1973 Rosewood P neck |
What's going on here? Skunk stripe on a rosewood neck? And the headstock wear is pretty bizarre too. Interesting thing is the rosewood board does not look like a later mod to me. Could it have come from the plant this way? http://www.ebay.com/itm/c-1973-Fender-L ... SwgApXCS67 |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ April 10th, 2016, 8:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
Sure looks like that truss rod has seen some action. |
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| Author: | LHBASSIST [ April 10th, 2016, 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
It's been refretted, and the person that did it sawed the depth of the fret slots, on the treble side, into the maple of the neck... a no-no. Fender did some unusual things.. That is indeed strange, a skunk stripe and rosewood. Looks factory, but there are some very good luthiers out there. Decal and tuners look period correct. I know, I had a maple 1973 Precision bass. I bought it new at Sam Ash Manhattan. |
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| Author: | bbl [ April 10th, 2016, 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
A Fender neck with a rosewood board and a skunk stripe is not at all unusual. |
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| Author: | slybass3000 [ April 10th, 2016, 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
And tuners not included!!! |
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| Author: | crescenze [ April 10th, 2016, 11:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
[quote="LHBASSIST"]It's been refretted, and the person that did it sawed the depth of the fret slots, on the treble side, into the maple of the neck... a no-no. Good eye! great catch! Other than visual what problem does that produce? The integrity/strength/ stability of the rosewood would be compromised? Always looking to learn.Thanks |
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ April 10th, 2016, 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
Shouldn't there be a date on the heel? Is WEBRIGHT possibly the a luthier/company that worked on the neck? And, not offering the tuners with the neck? - parting out to make more dollars, eh buddy? |
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| Author: | LHBASSIST [ April 11th, 2016, 4:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1973 Rosewood P neck |
bbl wrote: A Fender neck with a rosewood board and a skunk stripe is not at all unusual. In 1973, it would have been very unusual. As were Fender bass maple necks with maple cap fingerboards. They exist, but they're not the norm. Remember, I bought my first Fender Precision bass, in 1973. I'm not sure anyone else on this forum can make the same claim. It was black, one piece maple neck, and a left handed case. ALL 10% upcharges- custom color, lefty, maple neck, and lh case. And it was $321.00 (!) out the door, from Sam Ash Music, on w, 48th. St. in Manhattan. I was 21, and thrilled to finally get a real lefty Fender bass. Modern era Mexican made Fender necks with rosewood boards have a skunk stripe. The rosewood board on that neck is VERY thin. It may have been thinned out too much during refret prep, or it was just a thin added veneer board by a luthier, or Fender, to fill an order...hard to say what happened there. As a 40+ year tech, that knows these basses as well as any luthier could... from experience, what I will say here is true, but might not be popular. I wish people would stop spending tons of money on PROBLEMS, just because these instruments have "Mojo" or some arbitrary collector value. These basses in many cases are good instruments that play well. In other cases, there are 'S' curves, maxed out truss rods, stripped adjuster nuts, nasty areas of urethane finish chipping, lousy nut spacing, badly machined sloppy neck joints, and just uncomfortably chunky necks. And I love chunky necks. But not the uncomfortable ones. Fender bass connoisseurs will know what I'm talking about here. The modern American series Fender basses are, mechanically, the best basses Fender has ever made, in my opinion. Buy one and keep playing it until your teeth fall out. Then. pass it on to another deserving lefty bassist. LOL! |
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