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Can't tell my walnuts from my mahogany!

Bought some of the above to do a shielding in a Bass. Made sure I bought one with 'conductive adhesive' but when I put my continuity tester probes on it it does not show a circuit if I test front of foil to rear adhesive coating. However if I stick 2 pieces together and then check across the join there is continuity. Am I going mad? How can it be?

Interesting, but I was going to say I thought Scotsmen did not wear anything under their kilts, least of all a thong but thought the better of it....

Luthier built, but I'm thinking with a mahogany body and that body shape the headstock will be heading downwards...

Just play it left-handed?

Weirdly, if it was a genuine Fender it would have had a 4 bolt neck and you would see the 2 lower bolt holes exposed. So it must be a genuine 3 bolt neck which again disqualifies it being a Fender

Yes, it's a genuine Fender 3 hole neck plate, if you look closely there's a small hole below the single neck screw where an allen key goes in for the micro-tilt mechanism. And as others have said, never used on a Precision but I guess at £155 it's not puporting to be a 72 P Bass anyway, although the wording may have you believe otherwise....?

Lots of '?' from the seller regarding the Bass unless they are not a bassist themself.

Now you are being ridiculous....!

My mod cost less than that -£0, just disconnected the tweeter (but put the wires back onto the crossover-there's a post somewhere about it)

c'est exotique!

It may because of getting used to it but I bought a Ninja 250 combo in which I swapped out the amp so it had the LMIII head ( so virtually a CMD121H) and did not like it as much, but only because it was more bulky to move around, the CMD121P ( for me) is much easier.

There are Rocktile copies on the bay for £150, it must be the baaker bit unless its a 'lawsuit bass'....

Sod the Basses, what do you mean by 'groovier' knobs? Do you mean they are groovier in a 70's sense (Man) or groovier in the sense of deeper grooves? These are the little things that can sway a decision....

Yep, and if I was asking for £7k I'd be showing its originality too. Not suggesting it is fake or misrepresented but some neck pocket and serial numbers would be helpful rather than conjecture about the hardness of the wood...

I removed the extra pickup, not because of aesthetics but because it just sounded too 'full on' with those 2 massive 'buckers! If you look closer at the picture, it was a real 'Players' Bass too, with non OEM tuners and bridge, extra pickup, jack socket and knobs.

I'd not be buying it based on the description and 2 distant photos... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Fender-Precision-Bass/254771399361?hash=item3b518f0ac1:g:H9kAAOSwy11fpq8b

Tuners don't look as 'worn' as the rest of it?

Gratuitous photo of my 72 prior to returning to stock

True dat...

Is this not the same/similar? https://www.boobooguitars.co.uk/collections/bass-bodies/products/pb-body-514699

1st Boy: 'Why do they call them buttons?' 2nd boy: 'Because they look like buttons'

What did the box/packaging say?

Nice age-appropriate crack on the scratchplate too! As others have said, it is a common modification.

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