V63 on ebay
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:11 am
this one looks like a v63 prototype very early v63 with to many dots on neck,early horseshoe,early bridge design.
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:20 am
Looks like its missing the nameplate.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:25 am
my mistake not to many dots,but very early v63 it might have a magnetic horsey?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:36 am
Sounds like it might have a magnetic horseshoe. The ad says that the pickup sounds weak compared to the high gain.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:41 am
That horsey is the early one, I'm nearly 100% sure. This is mine and they look pretty much the same. Also FWIW the output of mine is also weak, still sounds SO Chris Squire though...!
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:54 am
Once again Ebay is conspiring to hide this from me, anyone got a link for this please ?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:12 pm
There should be a law against posting about an auction and not posting a link to it! 
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 1:14 pm
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:03 pm
Never seen before a tailpiece with the two extra screws and a split.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:18 pm
Could the bassist who loaded this bass up with "character and charm" have put those in his/herself?
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:30 pm
The S/N decoder says May of 1988, I think that's after the magnatized shoe pickups. Gonna be tough to find a TRC. When they show up on the bay, the go for a lot! The horns (esp. the upper one) have a lot of meat on them. Not the most trim gal I've seen...
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:36 pm
Ive seen the two screws on early 4003s and early v63s which would be the early eighties.And jeff how do you post a link??
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:38 pm
It does look like magnetized shoes; the shape is correct for them.
The large gap between the shoes and the thinner cross section of them give it away.
The large gap between the shoes and the thinner cross section of them give it away.
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:46 pm
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:27 pm
I put it in the Ric decoder and it said it was an incorrect serial number, looks like an early 80's to me too with those two screws in the tailpiece.