Fender leak - American Vintage Series II is coming?

#41
OnTheDownLow said:
Once again, I fail to see a 70s Precision Reissue. Hopefully they will expand on this series in the next few years.

Good to see them putting another vintage accurate series out though, gives me hope for future releases.
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I bought one of these: Fender Limited Edition '70s Precision Bass - Natural, Maple Fingerboard

Not from Sweetwater, but from my local dealer. Had them do a setup on it. They discovered the neck was messed up. By then, both the 70s jazz and precision versions had sold out. :bored:
 
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#42
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Oh wow! I just can't believe it! A P bass and a Jazz??????? And ANOTHER P BASS????? I can see why you guys are so excited!!!! Don't knock over your prune juice!

One thing confuses me about the article (other than anyone giving a crap to begin with).

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"1966 Jazz Bass w/ matching headstock, blocks and dots (3-colour sunburst, Olympic white, seafoam green)"

How does a bass wind up with blocks AND dots?
 
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#43
OnTheDownLow said:
Once again, I fail to see a 70s Precision Reissue. Hopefully they will expand on this series in the next few years.

Good to see them putting another vintage accurate series out though, gives me hope for future releases.
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micguy said:
It's partly a cost issue - shipping all that heavy wood to the factory is prohibitively expensive. If shipping rates drop, and they find a CNC machine that's sloppy enough to do 70's reissues justice, then they'll re-issue the 70's stuff.
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That reminds me...if you don't mind some extra flash, the Steve Harris signature bass is a 70s precision.

It's also the heaviest thing this side of lead.
 
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two fingers said:
(Sarcasm alert)

Oh wow! I just can't believe it! A P bass and a Jazz??????? And ANOTHER P BASS????? I can see why you guys are so excited!!!! Don't knock over your prune juice!

One thing confuses me about the article (other than anyone giving a crap to begin with).

Quote....

"1966 Jazz Bass w/ matching headstock, blocks and dots (3-colour sunburst, Olympic white, seafoam green)"

How does a bass wind up with blocks AND dots?
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im wondering if they meant to type binding and dots. As ‘66 models were bound, but also had dots. Although I do think late ‘66 had block inlays. So I wonder if fender is going to offer both options?
 
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g-dude said:
That reminds me...if you don't mind some extra flash, the Steve Harris signature bass is a 70s precision.

It's also the heaviest thing this side of lead.
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The odd thing about lead is, there are a lot of things that are more dense than lead (lead isn't even in the top 20). Platinum and a couple others are actually twice as dense as lead. Lead gets its heavy reputation because it's cheap on a per pound basis, so it got the nod (until that nasty reputation of being toxic got out) for places where people wanted to add weight to things.
 
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two fingers said:
(Sarcasm alert)

Oh wow! I just can't believe it! A P bass and a Jazz??????? And ANOTHER P BASS????? I can see why you guys are so excited!!!! Don't knock over your prune juice!

One thing confuses me about the article (other than anyone giving a crap to begin with).

Quote....

"1966 Jazz Bass w/ matching headstock, blocks and dots (3-colour sunburst, Olympic white, seafoam green)"

How does a bass wind up with blocks AND dots?
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If they put them gawd damned 9-1/2" fretboard radius on them again, why I'm gonna....
 
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mr80htz said:
Man, I hoping for a red jazz with red headstock. My dad had an original one from '66 and sold it to fix an upright from Beethoven's time. If anyone knows where I could find a reissue I would love to buy it for him. I know he regrets it. 40+ years of gigging on that thing. I think reissues exist. :(
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They're out there; Dakota or Fiesta?

Here's one for sale now for almost $20K.

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micguy said:
The odd thing about lead is, there are a lot of things that are more dense than lead (lead isn't even in the top 20). Platinum and a couple others are actually twice as dense as lead. Lead gets its heavy reputation because it's cheap on a per pound basis, so it got the nod (until that nasty reputation of being toxic got out) for places where people wanted to add weight to things.
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Not all 70’s basses are bad. I have a ‘75 Jazz that I bought new. It has somewhere between 1,000 & 1,500 gigs on it and it has been a joy to play since the day I bought it. I do have to admit that it is just a tad on the heavy side.

If Fender wants to make an authentic reissue of a ‘75 Jazz, it needs to be HEAVILY chambered. Then the empty space would be filled with material from a neutron star - slightly denser than platinum.
 
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It seems gratuitous or just profit hunting from the perspective of musicians and particularly collectors.

I think that too. Why keep releasing the same things in different colors? But the cool thing is if they are matching specs with the age.

As a lone musician I wanted a Telebass to replace my 1970 Tele single coil with lollipops. I found decades ago a MIJ ‘51 P ri. Better than that ‘70 was. I owned a real ‘57 P back when they were just used basses. Traded it for a Traynor YBA-1A back when that was a used bass head. :)
I was able to purchase a Fullerton ‘57 ri whose neck is stable compared to the original.

So I’m happy that these similar versions have been available. Also not at these prices. Of course I’d have to figure todays dollars. :)

Yet on the face of it Fender seems ridiculous.

One more thing. Playing a ri for twenty or thirty years is like finding a vintage bass. They age and get broken in and just get musical.
 
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klejst said:
Another new bass spec'd as an/the old bass for the priced higher than some other nice basses...got to love marketing.
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just like movies, everyone’s running out of ideas… just gotta keep redoing the originals :whistle::bag:

Apple is another king of that same marketing technique, yet I own a iPhone, iPad and Mac desktop :roflmao:

But what do I care? I only play 5 strings. I’m sure people will buy these up!
 
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