Messed with 64 Fender Jazz -- worth it?

magnaton

magnaton

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So I'm totally ok with vintage guitars that have had certain specific changes to them (refrets, refins...). Especially refins. I think, if done right, they're a really great way to get into an instrument I wouldn't be able to afford/ justify spending that amount of money on.

Was hoping for a quick gut check for price on a completely stripped 64 Jazz. No body alterations, with ohsc, rewound og pickups, changed guard, no covers. 9.2lbs

They're asking $3700.

Thoughts on the price for what I'd be getting? I'll get it refinned so I guess add $500 or so

(Respectfully, if you're someone who thinks $4k would be better spent on new bass x,y,z... please consider you're opinion already accounted for :))

Thanks for the help!
 
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IMO one of the main benefits of a vintage Fender is the sound (if it is a good one). As that is lost on this bass it wouldn't be worth it for me.

I don't know what vintage prices are these days but there are too many non original things to make this interesting to me.

I'd buy a good used Sadowsky or Mike Lull instead.
 
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chris_b said:
IMO one of the main benefits of a vintage Fender is the sound (if it is a good one). As that is lost on this bass it wouldn't be worth it for me.

I don't know what vintage prices are these days but there are too many non original things to make this interesting to me.

I'd buy a good used Sadowsky or Mike Lull instead.
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Disagree with vintage instruments sounding better, but even if I suppose you're correct, why is the sound lost on his bass? It has the original pickups re-wounded, the original body and neck!
 
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If the pups are rewound the same way as the originals, with the same type and guage wire
and the same number of turns, they should sound the same.
If you don't know if those conditions were met, they may sound different.
How much and wheather you like the change better is not something we
could tell you.
I think you might be able to beat that price, but if you want to be able to
have a vintage Fender AND pick the finish it could surely get you there.
 
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For Me (ymmv) it really depends on how it plays and sounds. Single best bass I ever laid my hands on was a 63-64 refin but I think otherwise all original. Shop was asking 6500 (this was in about 2006).

. I wouldnt worry too much about the rewound pickups either. I’m assuming if they cared enough to rewind then, they probably cared enough to send them to somebody who knew what they were doing. If not, you could always have somebody good rewind them again.

I’d be a little hesitant without playing. I’m inclined to think, even with the changes, 3700 is a pretty good price for a GOOD 64. Rub is, not all of them were good ones. I haven’t played enough pre cbs basses to encounter a dog, but they are out there.
 
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Yeah seemed like a fair deal, and they're willing to take in a vintage gibson guitar I don't really use as much anymore for partial trade so that makes it a little more attractive. Thanks for the thoughts.

This is what I'm looking to refinish to -- I think it's buuutiful

FENDERJAZZ_01_BASS.jpg
 
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magnaton said:
Yeah seemed like a fair deal, and they're willing to take in a vintage gibson guitar I don't really use as much anymore for partial trade so that makes it a little more attractive. Thanks for the thoughts.

This is what I'm looking to refinish to -- I think it's buuutiful

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That is exactly how I would refinish it. Aged oly white with a matching headstock is one of my favorite J finishes
 
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