phsycoandy

Yeah it took me a while and several thousand pounds on exotic basses only to come to the same conclusion, that you cant beat a damn good PBass.[quote name='cetera' post='72237' date='Oct 10 2007, 03:58 PM']Lovely bass! After all these years I'm finally coming around to the charms of a simple 70's Fender P or J.... [/quote]

As you know Ive been longing for an early 70s Pbass for a while now, and kulled one a month or so back. Shes a 75 body and neck and all that was missing were some knobs and the pup and guard and pup and bridge covers (winging there way from the states as i speak) Knobs were missing so sorted that, pup was not original so sourced an original 1975 pup and pic guard and controls complete from the states and she is re born, if not as born, at least from the right era. She has some wear to the usual places and some varnish checking to the rear. The grain of the wood actually follows the contours of the pic guard which is cool, and above all she sounds fab and vintage, or as the guitarist in the band said on Sunday. "it looks like crap but sounds as it says on the tin" complement indeed. Andy

My not so mini rig of doom waiting to be let loose when i can afford another cab!

We need better pics of these. Pretty please,we all need a dream!

I text him, last week but didnt receive a reply!

Very Nice, love the blocks and binding on the Jazz/maple neck. Superb.

Did u have to drill the 5502 to fit the guard?

I miss mine already.Sob, why are there so many basses id like to own again and so little money and so non understanding wives. For hells sake she has 22 pairs of shoes so................

Man Thats sweet, are the Barts or the new Lakland pups?

Been wanting to sound one of these out ...........any samples available of the 51

Bloody hell Mike, im not a multi string fan but that looks damn sweet and a Smith to boot, I too like a bass thats seen some time as it were, pray tell us how much of a steal?

Thanks she is a babe, has a few wear marks as you can see but no real knocks, the neck doesnt have a mark on it and is great to play tho I confess to liking the narrow jazz type neck on the Lakland a tad better. But I just love the almost lazy way she sounds if u know what i mean nothing fancy just lots of pure smooth low down tone that only an ageing PB can make. If the Telecaster is the ultimate guitar designed to be what it is with nothing fancy, just plain and functional and get the job done superbly then the PB is the same for us Bass heads.

That would be most kind ped, that would finish her off nicely. I bought a pair off ebay but the spindle size in the knobs was too small, I guess off a tele as mentioned earlir, plus some genuine ones would be best. Ta

Im short of a couple of knobs as u can see! Thanks for pointing that out, so if anyone can give me a knob I would be greatfull!!

How many times have I said that: Im happy with these at the moment. A 1975 PBass for that simple passive lump, and a Lakland Osborne DPLE1 for that active Jazz feel.