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I used to play in a covers band and had a dep stand in now and again The guitarist said he used to do all kind of fancy slap stuff whilst tuning up but it didn’t blend very well when the band started playing their rock covers stuff I think he’d of liked a slap bass solo in the middle of boys are back in town 😂😂😂😂

Entirely agree I gave up bass playing and devoted my time to raising a family, building a business and windsurfing as soon as I heard Mark King and Level 42 I returned to bass decades later when relative normality had returned to the bass playing world As a music listener during these non bass playing decades I bought and listened to three Level 42 albums in attempt to try and “get it” Ask me today if I can remember, whistle or hum any of those tracks and the answer is no Slap is like rap and grime - interesting but absolutely nothing to do with creative music making

Snapped neck?

I’d want to take the pick guard off to inspect the pot dates and to see how much of the original wiring is left Also take pickups out and inspect changes With pick off out check for body routes Actually 9.25 is a reasonable weight for a late 70’s p bass Bridge is non original

I don’t think that’s see thru I think it’s a solid white that has discoloured with age Fender issued a Mary Kaye version of the American vintage reissue series in the 1980’s which had a see thru ash body and had gold fittings - photos below

They are brilliant basses

I think it’s more ok on solid colours but in excusable on sunbursts I had a sunburst four bolt 74 jazz with the same problem

Good advice

Lozz As someone below has suggested the Fender Tony Franklin is a great pj - or also very good and half the money is the original (passive) MIM deluxe here

P bass

They do - it’s called a bullet bass https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Bullet_Bass

Are you on commission from Limelight?

I think they should get back to all chrome fittings - bridge, pups, covers, tuners Ban black fittings - blimey can I say that?!?

Issue them both

If I were running Gibson I’d just reissue the bicentennial t bird That simple

Look at the terrible matching of the body woods on this 1973 mustang - in earlier times Fender would have only used this body for solid colours