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Post subject: Fender body in question.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:02 pm
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I have an American p bass. I know the neck is original but on the back of the body it has a nickel sized metal stamp embedded in the center that says original fender body.Anyone have any idea if this is a replacement body or original?


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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:37 pm
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It may be a micro tilt adjustment which was used on some late 70's(I think)and many Japanese p-bass specials in the 80's,they put the metal disk in there so the microtilt screw can have a solid place to push against the gain room to tilt the neck,just the body(neck pocket)does'nt get toasted by the adjuster screw the micro tilt uses.its hard to answer without seeing the piece in question but I should be close. 8)


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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:32 am
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That sounds like a Fender produced replacement body. These were made for a limited time , along with replacement vintage style necks that only had a Fender logo with no bass model specified on the headstock.


These are no longer produced by Fender ,so your bass body is a collector's item in itself.

I don't think the neck tilt disk would appear on any Fender body with one of these certified Fender disks.

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