My bass

Tsm_Crow

I just found my old bass and am looking to sell it but i have no idea what the worth is. The body is a 62 reissue tobaco burst. And the neck is mexican. Though i cant find the serial number on the web anywhere. Helpppp

bloodandtears

Tsm_Crow

sorry im new how do you post a picture  

MattBanshee

If it's the Mexican-made 60s reissue, £400 on a good day.

Tsm_Crow

http://imgur.com/a/GzqZlUO

bloodandtears

Mark1960

Are pickups included or are they extra?

Tsm_Crow

They are in the case haha 

bloodandtears

Funkfingers

Neck looks genuine Standard series. 

The body could be from various models. Black/white/black pickguard suggests Standard series rather than anything vintage.

The bridge is either a Gotoh or a clone. Very wise of you not to drill the two additional screw holes.

The clinching factor is the length of the pickup cavities. On older Standard series J Basses, they are of equal length.
 

mart

Tsm_Crow said:

They are in the case haha 

So it’s good for playing unplugged sets then?

Tsm_Crow

Absolutely mate. You want it 

Winny_Pooh

If the body is MIM too then I'd say £250-£300 assembled

Funkfingers

Tsm_Crow said:

The body is a 62 reissue tobaco burst.

Some part of this assertion MUST be incorrect. Your bass body cannot simultaneously be a '62 reissue AND Tobacco Sunburst.

The body in the photograph is clearly finished in a yellow > red > black sunburst. (This would be correct for 1962.)

Fender tobacco sunburst is yellow > orangey brown > extremely dark brown. It was a CBS creation, used between 1977 and 1981.

https://i.imgur.com/CB5Bmjb.jpg

The finish on both your bass and my musical collaborator's 1977 Stratocaster exhibit the telltale sheen of urethane. 

Winny_Pooh said:

If the body is MIM too then I'd say £250-£300 assembled

Probably wiser to sell or trade the thing *as seen* to a project fiend. 

ICBM

Can we see the body with the pickguard off, and from the back?

These could help identify it.

Funkfingers

Tsm_Crow said:

I cant find the serial number on the web anywhere

M = Mexico
N = Nineteen Nineties
1 = 1991 or, possibly, 1992

There may be stickers or rubber stamps in the neck pocket and pickup cavities.

ICBM said:

Can we see the body with the pickguard off, and from the back?

These could help identify it.

Indeed. 

I would expect one of those gratuitous circular holes routed under the pickguard.

A vintage style body should have its drilled holes laid out slightly differently to the Standard model. 

A vintage style pickguard should have holes for the finger rest screws and a dip in its edge to improve access to the truss rod adjuster.

Tsm_Crow

It says 8-25 inside one of the pickup cavities 

ICBM

Tsm_Crow said:

It says 8-25 inside one of the pickup cavities 

Does it have any other screw or routed holes under the pickguard? Like this:



On the back, does the black part of the sunburst follow the edge of the body as on the front, or does it follow the inside edge of the belly contour so the whole of the slope is black, like this?

Tsm_Crow

http://imgur.com/gallery/t9Cy2KB   the only other picture i have rn

ICBM

Tsm_Crow said:

http://imgur.com/gallery/t9Cy2KB   the only other picture i have rn

I can see enough of the back there to be sure it doesn't have the sunburst shading in the pic above - that's a characteristic of bodies with a thin veneer over multiple blocks, and is used on many Mexican Fenders, and previously on some USA Standards.

In that pic the finish looks 'Japanese Fender' to me, but is very hard to be sure.

Any routs or extra screw holes under the guard?

Tsm_Crow

I dont think it has any holes like that no. Japanese huh thanks man