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Post subject: Reissuing a period-correct 1960-61 Jazz Bass
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:41 pm
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Why hasn't Fender done this?

We have the (incorrectly titled) '62 Jazz reissue, but even that bass isn't correct, as far as I understand it. And I'm not talking about the oddball prototype with the soapbar pups or the original VVT set-up but the '60-'61 stack-pot Jazz, complete with mutes and the lower-valued pots (which I think were rated at 250K) and the .05mfd caps and 220k half-Watt resistors.

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Post subject: Re: Reissuing a period-correct 1960-61 Jazz Bass
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:54 pm
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I don't think you can get an exact to the bone reissue of any Fender unless you go custom shop. That's just what I'm thinking right now.


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Post subject: Re: Reissuing a period-correct 1960-61 Jazz Bass
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:57 pm
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Fender calls them Reissue or Classic Series, but they are more cosmetic reproductions than true reissues. Even the Custom Shop can't do it exactly like 1957 for example, but they get closer than a mass production instrument can.


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Post subject: Re: Reissuing a period-correct 1960-61 Jazz Bass
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:34 am
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The problems in doing a true 60-61 reissue or 59 or any pre-CBS are almost too numerous to explain and I don't have all day to list all of them but I'll list a few of the most obvious without going into too much detail.

1. Production methods now are far more automated. Back then you could get a REALLY exceptional guitar body, or a fantastic neck and when the two came together it was magical. Such instruments are hardly ever seen today no matter who makes them, even in the Custom Shop. They were made by hand using jigs as an outline. There actually was some craftsmanship involved then, unlike today's CNC bodies and necks.

2. The wood was BETTER. Which is more desirable to own of the following? A solid wood table from 1960 or one in a new furniture store today. You only have to visit an antique store and then a new furniture store and compare the wood. 1960 wins.

3. Unless you get a pickup hand-wound by C.S. winders under the direct supervision of Abigail Yberra then you are getting a machine wound pickup. They are NOT the same as a hand wound pickup that features the "scatter-winding" pattern Abigail perfected. No machine will ever duplicate that. She is a national treasure.

4. The finishes are different. They were Nitro and very few instruments are produced in nitro now. Even the ones that claim "Nitro" have a poly primer coat, so the Nitro top layer is moot point and little more than sizzle, not steak.

5. Pickguard materials used then are banned by the EPA. Won't be anymore of those. This is why you can't find a decent looking tortoise pickguard with the big yellow chunks. There won't be anymore and nobody can duplicate the look.

6. Clay dot position markers replaced by plastic.

7. Fender doesn't have the original jigs. They were not included in the sale to the present owners, FMIC.

There are more reasons. That is all I have time for right now.


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