Chiliwailer

I think there’s bound to be some people who can’t make up new music in their head ( i.e. make up a tune and ‘hear’ it, similarly there are people who say they can’t visualise. I’d guess many can make up a melody in their head, but that only a few could compose multi-melody / multi-instrument style pieces in their heads. The wonders of neurodiversity eh?

Sad news. Was always envious when he had those 3 x Mike Lull basses; always great taste in gear, and a lovely man to chat to.

What you did came from a good place, seems off that you were admittedly not acknowledged or even get a quick ‘thanks and all the best’ email. I’m not a fan, they sent me out a bass with 2 significant issues that were not disclosed, and oddly can’t have been noticed by them prior to sale. There was a very weak apology (if you can call it that), and no recognition of wasting my time, especially when having to be in for a bass to be collected that should never have left the shop. I also had issues with their vague emails about delivery (though I got a phone call apology when I pointed out how confusing and ‘brief’ they had been). So yeah, I’m not surprised your email was ignored.

What a gent… Tony responded to my item wanted advert to let me know of one for sale (well it was until I bought it 😊). Cheers pal 🙏

Another cool example of Fender using up old stock lying around, such as those tuners. Perhaps in this case they used up parts before the P Bass revamp in ‘68.

Absolutely. The older I get the more SLO appeals, but my buying days are well over here for a new MM, a bit over £2k for an HH Special in 2018 was already pushing it for me personally.

Delano https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/delano-jmvc-4-fe-m2/

This is good in addition http://vintagebassworld.com/description.php?manufacturer=Fender&product=Jazz&year=0

Nice to see the CS doing a similar bass (and that seems to before the price hikes 😬) https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Fender-Custom-Shop-60-Precision-Bass-Relic-RW-3-Color-Sunburst/5GZ0?origin=product-ads&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2Jn2-fCegwMVQp2DBx13KAm2EAQYBSABEgIGcfD_BwE

Agree with you 100% Chris. If we’re getting into it, what winds me up here is that the photo clearly shows a solid colour. but the text only states neck refin. Ambiguous adverts are such a red flag.

It’s not, I’ve seen the bass in person. Shame can’t find a better photo, looked great. Was ordered to match the Strat.

From factory yes, but Fender did sell on that guard as an aftermarket option back then, like mentioned in my post above. Her bass started with tort, but very soon after she got a new guard to match his Strat, and gold hardware too I think. Classic family photo below… Or if it was red then resprayed ignore the above.

Love the burst with aged guard. Years ago I saw another like this, belonged to the wife of Chas McDevitt, they played in a duo and ordered the guard to match his Strat, think that was in ‘59 IIRC

They are designed to retrofit a Fender, so would be surprised if it didn’t.

The white one in 2018 wasn’t with black hardware, so I guess this has either been modded or is from the EB Vault shop. Looks great.