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Personally I've never used a heat gun so it's just a LOT of nitro mors and a lot more patience. That undercoat is the toughest so the body usually requires a few revisits.

I like stripped basses and the tatty black finish was never going to stay. Nitro Mors here we come!

This was a second late 70s bass that I decided to put together. At the risk of upsetting the purists, I've done these basses to play & I'm not too fussed about non original parts. I could have started this 2 months ago but I've held off on posting as I've done it. The S9 serial numbers of course relate to anywhere between 1979 and 1981. The neck is a 1979 neck and the body which came with it is possibly late 80, early 81.

How minging is that fur going to be after a few gigs?

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The pic attached shows a 57RI. Impossible to tell if it's CIJ / MIJ or USA. The headstock is just a Fender logo with Precision bass underneath so you'd never tell from the pics you're attaching. I wouldn't have a clue on the body wood but Ash or Alder certainly. Having made a few basses from parts if I wanted to replicate this I'd simply buy the MIM 57 RI with the gold pickguard and strip the paint with nitro mors. Stick a badass bridge on it and you are done. Quite simple to do.

[quote name='JJTee' post='1026408' date='Nov 16 2010, 09:36 PM']It was just an excuse to post a very rare live clip of Chic playing live in the 70's to be honest.[/quote]

Clearly I know nothing about Sadowsky then!

I would sincerely hope nobody would say you can't do that on a Fender bass. Personally I can't play funk like that on a Fender P but certainly there are those that can and do

I was going to pipe up with the sunburst quip but I've been beaten to it! Canary yellow!

Good luck finding a job you hate less

[quote name='icastle' post='1026214' date='Nov 16 2010, 06:53 PM']They will - as long as you don't try and sell it until 2050... [/quote] True to a point but I think there will always be something about 20th Century instruments as it's the birth of rock 'n' roll etc

I LOVE my '78 Fender Precision & all I'd say is these two basses are very different animals. Ultimately it's your decision and you'll have to try both basses together. Really it's a question of retro thump vs modern active and everyone has their own opinion on what they prefer. I think it's fair to say I've nailed my colours to the mast long ago!

I think just failing to back stuff up is poor. When we did our last album over the summer the engineer was always backing up. We've lost whole tracks in the past and it is always annoying - especially as you then build up a picture in your mind that the lost take had some mystical quality that it almost certainly didn't really! Our engineer did "lose" a bass & drum track which he later found. We re-cut it but our singer preferred the original's feel so the engineer was made to find the tracks and line them up with what we'd recorded. I'd have been tempted to tell him to shove it but I guess he felt guilty that he'd mislaid the tracks in the first place. And good luck

Looks great. I suspect the seller has just had to state a price but factored insurance into the cost and is prepared to take a hit. Sellers are measured on postage cost so he isn't going to put it too high. I have to say if I had that bass for sale (aside the fact it wouldn't be for sale!) I've have taken it apart in photos to show more details. I assume they probably do all that on request.

Very cool, I've always wanted one

Could be a bitsa? The bridge is a badass and the logo / pickguard suggest a 57RI that has been stripped back to natural wood.

I think birth year is a factor for some players too and the people born in the 80s are going to have more income than they did in their teens. I predict a rise in the interest of 80s basses. And I say that whilst being in general agreement with most of the points above

I have to say that this thread makes me feel old and out of touch! Whenever I think of a new band they put their debut out in 1992 or something I do like a few modern bands but I wouldn't know the names of any of the members. Imelda May's bass player is a bit good but he's been around longer than me!

Don't see many of those which makes it that little bit cooler in my book

[quote name='charic' post='1025522' date='Nov 16 2010, 08:58 AM']Shh... you cant expect me to read entire posts! What do you think I am? Normal?! [/quote] Yep, we're all busy people!

[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='1025462' date='Nov 16 2010, 05:34 AM']However, in a couple of those photos, the strings look like they are from 1983 too - I'd change them before selling![/quote] If they are the original strings, keep them. Put them in the packet from the new strings and include with the sale. As you say if all original, then that's good but the condition is going to devalue a bit. The most I've seen early 80s Fender basses go for is £1095 but that was immaculate condition with original hard case and paperwork. There is no refinish or replacement parts. Early 80s aren't hitting the silly money yet so you could hold on to it for a bit and see how things are in a few years. In that condition I think you'd be looking at a top end figure of about £850 unless anyone cares to suggest otherwise. And that wouldn't be priced for a quick sale (but would sell). The interest would be there for people born in 1983 and they are at an age group where they have money to buy. Definitely more mojo'd then dog

[quote name='Clarky' post='1025500' date='Nov 16 2010, 08:33 AM']Hey Tim, thought you would be a fan of the Ampeg scroll bass, given its huge Rick Danko associations. See pic below [attachment=64065:rd_71.jpg][/quote] I am a huge fan but they rarely come up when I have the funds. I've seen the copies which are also fairly rare. It could happen for me one day

Playing with somebody else will really raise your game too. I think I had one or two books rather than load myself up and confuse things. If you get one with backing tracks just go from there.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1025485' date='Nov 16 2010, 08:05 AM']Nice but stupidly expensive.[/quote] I know nothing about Ampeg basses and their value but I must admit I had to double take when I saw how much it was listed for.