NBD - Vintage Fender Jazz Bass

Greg · 2013-03-19T14:29:57+00:00

Hi all! So I bought a bass today and I'm simultaneously super excited and a little disappointed. In my haste, I neglected (for some stupid reason) to check all the strings all the way down the next and I have now realised that the frets beyond the 12th fret are all going to need to be redone and it's probably a good idea to get the WHOLE guitar refretted.... Does anyone know what this would cost me and where I could find someone reliable to do it in Cape Town (Southern Suburbs)? Could anyone also possibly help me identify exactly where it was made (MIM, US, Japan) and how old it is? The guy said it was a 1969 US made, but I'm not sure about it... Heres some pics:

Greg

The guitar is in for a (free) setup. The person I bought it from suggested I used Steve Murdoch (his own guitar tech man) and told him not to charge me, so I'll drop it off there to get assessed and I'll move forward from there once I know exactly whats cracking!

As for a refinish... I'm thinking Olympic White with a tortoise shell scratch plate.

kapepper

any more info?

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