wateroftyne

Every bass is the result of an infinitely variable combination of wood and wire, so the fact it's expensive and / or vintage doesn't really bring any guarantees as to the suitability for you, other than look and feel. What I do know is that if you buy a new one, and choose to sell it, you're going to lose a chunk of cash. If you buy an early 70s bass for a sensible price, that's less likely to be an issue.

Umm... you know that swear word isn't actually French, right?

Someone thought the title could be viewed as racist. Hence my post.

It's an odd one, this. Purely with reference to the title of this thread, I often hear our American cousins take the mick* out of the British for having shonky teeth. Should we be outraged at that, and create tension and angst that wasn't there before, or just smile knowingly and move on, or get right back at them with a light-hearted reference to their mad** gun laws? My point is, it's nuanced, and I'm worried that we're judging all instances with the same criteria. *Apologies to all Micks who may be offended by this lazy reference.*** **Apologies to all genuinely mad people who may be offended by this lazy reference. ***Just remembered - I'm a mick. I'm outraged at myself.

FWIW, the 15s are fine for BVs.

Another point re: the ACS plugs - since I started using them I've become incredibly unfussy about monitor mixes. All those reflections and nasty frequencies just seem to disappear, and vocally it's so easy to hear yourself.

Hmm... I was looking at this, but then it looks like the content might be a bit mixed up with someone else's... https://www.daddario.com/artists/guitar/Robert_DeLeo/

Starter for ten: Pino - NiN, John Mayer Early Geezer John Paul Jones back in't early days Robert De Leo - STP Your man from Greta Van Fleet

I use nowt, but then - according to the lady who did my moulds - I have freakishly spacious ear canals.

Nope - that's how they are from the factory.

You'll see that on non-capped maple necks, 'cos there's no board to lift off. Hence the plug & skunk-stripe.

I had a '72. Almost uniquely it was as light as a feather, but that pickup is a big hot beast which will smash the preamp in any head, and is tonally 'challenging'. Tip: If you have a look at the photo of the pickup in the eBay auction, you'll see there are a couple of flat-headed screws at opposite corners. Take those out to make the pickup a little more manageable. (I sold mine to the bass player out of It Bites, IIRC).

Bridge placement varied a bit over the years, hence the long G bridge screw in the early 70s.

Because AI says otherwise, so the people who've actually seen it must be wrong 😄

But… we don’t know for a fact what colour they were.

TBH at this point I’m going to go with what the family say as opposed to AI colourisation algorithm 😄

The plot thickens! Is that colourised, or original colours…?

Selmer did indeed do fiesta red resprays. It's worth pointing out at that this one was a 'pastel turquoise pale blue finish'. ..and not a refin.

Aye. Merry Chrissssmiiiiis x

Because it's not 'burst.

...'cos it sure as hell depressed me. Someone posted this photo on my home village's FB group of a local band from back in the day. 'Hellooooooo' says I - there can't have been many custom colour P's in the UK - never mind our little part of the North East - back then. Intrigued, I went on the hunt and tracked down the bass player's step-son, who still lives in the area along with the man himself. I asked the step-son what happened to the bass. "Yeah, it was a sort of pastel turquoise pale blue finish. He sold it about ten years ago for pennies (£150 if my memory serves me well)." *sigh*

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest they might be available from other vendors.

FWIW I bought a bass off them a while ago, and they were spot-on.