Okay, so this bass is sounding and playing amazingly good right now. However, I am selling it (which I'll probably regret afterwards).
The pickguard is a genuine 1963 tortoiseshell celluloid one - and has the usual buckling and shrinkage associated with such plates.
Price is £900 delivered in the UK
Anyone fancy a piece of uber-cool retrotastic P-Bass action?
Go on, treat yourself!
The swirly figuring of the original tortoiseshell plates just looked SOOOO good!!!
The bass playing great now, and the sound is wonderful - really retro - BIG, ROUND, and WOODY. Sounds just like a classic P-Bass should!