Vintage vs Reissue

[lais817]

Okay, so I'm pretty seriously considering building my own P-bass, and I just love the "old" tone that it seems you can only get from vintage instruments. Unfortunatley, being an apprentice, I'm on a pretty tight budget, so real vinatge pots and pickups might be out of the question, unless I cen get a good deal on ebay.

So I'm left wondering how much difference is there between "real vintage" and "reissue vintage"? Other than price-wise I mean.

~edit~ Also, what difference does the hardware make? I mean, a new bridge should sound the same as an old one, right?

[Az_Holl]

The new fender bridges are alot better than the old vintage ones (which is why replacements like the Badass came onto the market)

You could get a bass then put some Lindy Fralins in them:

http://www.fralinpickups.com/bass.asp

There meant to sound vintage. You could ask JP about them, i think he used to have some in one of his basses.