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crescenze
 Post subject: 83 MIA Fender P Bass
PostPosted: December 28th, 2015, 9:10 am 
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/321960083690?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

First one I've seen listed for sale. Never noticed that the trust rod adjustment was on the headstock on this year.
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Matt R.
 Post subject: Re: 83 MIA Fender P Bass
PostPosted: December 28th, 2015, 9:27 am 
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"Truss". I'm not so sure that's a US instrument. Seller has 0 feedback, and has a random stock image posted. Unless there were some odd examples of the truss adjustment being at the headstock, I'm calling shenanigans.

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 Post subject: Re: 83 MIA Fender P Bass
PostPosted: December 28th, 2015, 9:35 am 
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Looks like I stand corrected. Just looked around and saw some MIA basses front that era with headstock truss adjustments.

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 Post subject: Re: 83 MIA Fender P Bass
PostPosted: December 28th, 2015, 8:14 pm 
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Fender's cost cutting years just before moving production to Japan. Single ply pickguards, no holes for covers, and Jazz basses had a single one-piece pickguard. Basses were OK but "Stratocasters" were terrible.

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 Post subject: Re: 83 MIA Fender P Bass
PostPosted: December 31st, 2015, 5:56 am 
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just my 0.02 : i owned a almost identical 83 p in the past, nothing remarkable about it, except for the baseball bat neck. soundwise it was nothing more than a classic american standard.
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