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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.

I feel duty-bound to point out that the 'A' tuner on that is a modern replacement. It's still lovely, though.

Don't be. I'm quite confident they all signed it off, and made a chunk of cash.

Yeah, let's stop the fish puns. I hate fish anyway, and if we carry on dorsal fin-ish me off.

I’d argue it’s a bit of a hook on the the JJC version.

I’m desperately, desperately hurt.

Are you suggesting you’re a professional musician because you don’t have string noise?

That’s commendable. I’m sure your audiences appreciate the lack of string noise.

I bet you iron your jeans, too.

I suspect your tolerance of string noise is significantly lower than most.