john fox said:
I recently bought a what I was told an early 60's Starefire II black bass serial number 151334 Anyone abl;e to confirm the year this was made????
Thanks,
John Fox
Welcome. My darn browser just ate a nice long overly detailed answer. So you get the trimmed one.
The dating info at
here is reasonably accurate for Starfire basses. Your serial number dates near the end of production in 1977. Since I don't know the serials for the 1990's reissues there is a slight chance it could be a 90's reissue. A 60's bass would either have a 5 digit serial number (which is fairly early and rare) or something beginning with BA as in BA-xxx or BA-xxxx.
If you have pics we can confirm the date. While waiting...
If your PUs look like the one below then you either have an anomaly or a bass made after 1970.
If your PUs look like the one below then there is definitely something interesting going on and we'd need more information to figure out what.
Note also the bridge and saddles in the above. If your bridge has metal saddles (unlike the picture) that travel on screws then you almost certainly have a replaced bridge or a 90's reissue.