Chiliwailer

Now only £1500!!!

These covers have been aged to appear old and reliced. The pickup cover has a screw hole spacing of approx 115-117mm. Please check the spacing on your bass! The bridge cover requires two non standard screws, which are included. These screws are slightly fatter then the regular ones and have a flat head screwdriver head. Sent 'signed for' 1st class delivery. Cheers! LINK TO PICTURES - [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ovlk1twlmk4ouej/QY0EkhgBrv"]https://www.dropbox....ouej/QY0EkhgBrv[/url]

[quote name='louseskaman' timestamp='1396053681' post='2409593'] oh my ..........absolutely stunning!!!!! GLWTS [/quote] Cheers Paul, even better in the 'flesh'! [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1396055996' post='2409603'] WOW. i remember Marcus Mlller playing a 57 live on a vid, and it sounded so cool. [/quote] Thanks, sure sounds cool when I play it too, though that's more down to the bass than my playing!

Very cool bass, slab board too!

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1395907634' post='2407715'] My YOB bass, right there! [/quote] This one was born in May [size=4] [/size] [size=4] [/size][size=4]I once had a lovely Autumnglo 4001 that was my month and year of birth, shame I got rid of it all those years back. [/size]

[quote name='paulflan0151' timestamp='1395490755' post='2402976'] Awesome bass. Does this Clive Brown have a web site? [/quote] Not that I've ever been aware of. You can PM me for his email.

[quote name='JonnyM' timestamp='1395483021' post='2402883'] Just to chime in here, I had an Oly white '61 Jazz bass with the body refinished by Clive Brown and it fooled a guy who is a vintage Jazz expert! GLWTS! [/quote] Haha, great story! Sadly, it won't be the first or last story like this. But Clive really is that good and makes them look absolutely spot on. For example, Clive was telling me that due to the way Fender stained the wood differently in the 50's and 60's the 50's Fender's don't fade as much under the pickguard as the 60's ones so he makes the colour less faded on 50's ones, like this bass. Every detail is accounted for, what a legend and a genius!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1395421242' post='2402319'] Aren't they capped at £75 ? [/quote] I think the eBay seller fee is capped, but the PayPal is 3.4% (+20p!) I think. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='davedave' timestamp='1395415410' post='2402228'] Oof! That's a stunning bass mate. Back to the top for you. How deep is the neck out of interest? [/quote] Cheers pal. It's a deep neck, nice and chunky and it sits in the hand absolutely perfectly. From others I've played, it appears that the necks on these got thinner a few months after this one was made. These are like the ones on the 1955 Custom Shop models if you've ever played one.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1395387732' post='2401797'] Yep avoid that like the plague with a bass costing this much the ebay fees will be a killer ....but on a positive note wow really stunning bass GLWTS [/quote] Absolutely, and as they make you link Paypal too those fee's alone would be £170! More than happy to discount those fee's to a Basschatter instead. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Brams77' timestamp='1395382594' post='2401769'] Wow I'm really sorry to hear that, I'm sure you put this on ebay aswell?... [/quote] No, this one hasn't been on there yet, trying to avoid that one!

[quote name='Brams77' timestamp='1395350666' post='2401552'] Holy crapppp!!!! you have some gear my boy! [/quote] Haha!!!! If only I did my friend, this one is just well needed cash to me right now!!! The irony eh? I've always wanted one yet need to pull in some cash. Selling the Strat was easy, selling this is a bummer. [size=4] [/size]

Stunning, I've never seen a Jazz Bass this light before. If only i could..... Thumbs up to the lucky guy who buys this one [size=4] [/size]

If you haven't heard of Clive Brown, you really should check out the link below for pictures of this bass. He is without a doubt the UK's best relic artist, and works on the guitars of the stars. He is world renowned and known as an authority on vintage guitars. His work is so good that it continues to fool dealers and collectors alike. Clive has indicated he refinished the paint job on the bass via a stamp impressed into the wood in the control cavity. Clive uses the word 'restore' instead of 'refinish', if you see his work up close that makes sense. Anyway, the bass..... It's a gorgeous early 1957 Precision, made just before they changed the shape. I've spoken to Clive, he said that he refinished the bass and made a new pickguard for it. The rest appears original apart from a capacitor and couple of wires in the harness. The neck is simply amazing, the tone is clean, crisp and full and the bass is seriously light, weighing under 8lbs, which is rare for ash nowadays but typical for this period. I took this on a part exchange from a friend who took a pre CBS Stratocaster from me. He's a vintage collector and had no idea it was a Clive Brown refinish until I spotted the stamp, it really is that good! I'd love to keep this bass, players 50's basses rarely come up for sale but I need to recoup the money from the Strat, which is [size=4]why I sold it in the first place. Sadly, I've got to let this one go.[/size] Comes with covers and a Gator hard case. Any questions, please feel free to PM me. LINK TO PICTURES [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wu6u805fvbnpipx/DL1NLvKyJT"]https://www.dropbox....pipx/DL1NLvKyJT[/url] [attachment=158195:P57 (2).JPG]

[quote name='lownote12' timestamp='1395306302' post='2400830'] is this still for sale and will you post it? [/quote] Hi, A friend just borrowed it! Where are you and when do you need it by? Thanks, Daniel p.s. please reply via PM, thanks.

Bump!

[quote name='Andy O'Neil' timestamp='1394734034' post='2394615'] Hey guys, Well I finally got around to putting some flats on my old '75 P Bass! After playing around for a bit I've discovered that although i LOVE the tone from these things, i feel like the slightly extra bit of tension is going to make my RSI flare up again.. Originally I was tossing up between the Thomastic-Infeld flats (JF-344's i think where the ones) and the La Bella's.. I ended up not going for the TI's as i kept reading the tension was "weird".. BUT now i'm thinking that may suit me better! So, to the point, just putting it out there if anyone has a new-ish set of the TI JF344 jazz flats that they'd be interested in swapping for an essentialy brand new set of La bella deep talking flats? With extra cash/whatever, happy to discuss! Cheers Andy. [/quote] Hi, are these still up for a swap for TI's?