AndyTravis

Gods sake that’s perfect and I’m not ready to buy. Swine.

Agree with all of that. I don’t comment on threads about Ibanez basses spouting how they’re not for me... I was about to comment boot polish or leather stains are the free used In relic work. but someone’s already said they’ve done it x

I always thought they were these. Not that I know much 😉

https://tsptr.com/products/peanuts-comic-strip-shirt https://m.shop.nordstrom.com/s/gitman-peanuts-print-short-sleeve-sport-shirt-limited-edition-nordstrom-exclusive/4931569

https://www.farfetch.com/uk/shopping/men/jc-de-castelbajac-vintage-mafalda-comic-strip-shirt-item-11256296.aspx something like this. Then get a pink and turquoise pen and highlight appropriately

Schaller

Well, since I last posted in February - I went back to PMT today and the sunburst JB was still there (assume it’s the same one). I tried it out, was really well put together, felt ok - needed a setup really badly (I used to check basses when I worked in a shop, maybe that’s not a thing anymore). Did it feel like a £1500 bass, well...no. I’d probably spend some time trying Fender 60’s Classic lacquer or Roadworn basses and chuck some CS pickups in. the thing that bothered me was the saddles didn’t look like they had much travel left in them, and the action up at the top frets was higher than I would’ve liked, and from frets 1-7 Felt “ok” - a tweak of the truss rod might introduce buzzing down near the nut, and then there wouldn’t be much to go at for the body end. i didn’t ask if I could set it up. I then tried a CS precision which was more expensive but felt a lot more special. But also in dire need of a tweak. The PA lad was nice and helpful, although he did that plug in and slap thing...🙄

Where do you keep finding these crazy old rustic basses?!

Now that would work. Needs that nicer brown shell pickguard, but it’s lovely. ¥135k isn’t cheap though, then factor another 25% ish for shipping and duty 🤔

If it’s any use at all, I’m 99% sure Barnes and Mullins was the UK distributor in the early 2000’s.

Ebony can be quite streaky. There’s an interesting yet tragic video interview with Bob Taylor explaining that people only want “black” ebony, so the lumberjacks would chop down 10,000s of trees and use only a third of the actual wood. He states towards the end of the video that people are just going to have to accept that it will take years of regrowth and sustainable management to see a regular return of all black ebony. He bought the mill and area of Forrest in Cameroon to start this process. One of the first jobs was retrieving the felled logs which were left when deemed to be not black enough, 1000’s of full trees. There are also 1000’s of 1m/2m stumps just left in the ground, he was also setting about digging those out. I know Breedlove used to list “Brazilian Rosewood - Stumpwood” from rainforests where they chopped trees at 6ft, meaning thousands of tonnes of lumber was just sat unused and the ground space left unusable for new growth as the old roots prevented the new trees from spreading and growing. Bloody humans.

I do try. now. find a 2nd gen highway 1 pbass. Sand it down, shell pickguard and a reissue bridge...sod it, limelight will be cheaper

And the 70’s reissue bridge would do it

It was the 68, big tv logo

You’re looking at minutiae... if it’s a Fender logo in the centre of the headstock and the precision bass is small and underneath, it’s the 65 and will have spiral/threaded saddles and you’d want the 62/63 American vintage bridge. if it’s the big “tv” logo where the Fender is under the e&a and the precision bass logo is big and goes across the remainder of the headstock, that’s the 68 and will have pre grooved saddles (I think) you’d get away with the Mexican standard bridge or 75 American vintage reissue bridge. i will have a look and report back.

John was, for most of his professional career, a Fender Precision bassist. He was given a 1965 sunburst model by the record company in 1972, and by late 1974 he had another one, which was made in 1968. The two basses are almost identical and they sound 99.99% alike. The only slight difference is on their logos: the 1965 model has a grey logo, the 1968 model has a black logo. John used both of them interchangeably for most of the 1970s, and then mostly the 1968 model from then on. Those basses underwent several changes on their finish: in summer 1975, John stripped off his 1965 model and left it natural, one year later he did the same with the 1968 model, and by the time the Magic tour began in June 1986 he had his 1968 bass refurbished and painted black.

Now... I’m no expert but my brain recalls. It started as a 1962/63 Sunburst was stripped to natural was refinished to black, had gold hardware fitted and a black pickguard thats how it finished its life I think there might have been 2 Sunburst ones and the one he preferred was the one which went through changes