OliverBlackman

Not sure I’d trust anything made on Christmas Day 😄 if it is a 74, at least that would make the black scratch plate correct.

Would his fans have had $7500 available when they were young? Doubt it for most. It’s Ltd to very small numbers which makes it collectible and for only 13 rich collectors who also like the nostalgia it’s a slam dunk.

‘77 and advertised at £2750. I think you’re right that the colours were an option but the 60s colours were considered unfashionable in this era so haven’t seen any others before.

Managed to screenshot them. The first photo made me think definitely a refinish but the cavities are in keeping with Fender and the body colour under the pickguard has yellowed correctly.

Ah dam. It won’t let me copy the photos, so hopefully someone more tech savvy than me will know another way to share. Don’t think it’s listed anywhere else but it’s only just been listed so might end up on eBay at some point.

I didn’t think the bold colours of the 60s were available on 70s Fenders but this P bass has the telling signs of an original finish from what I can tell. It’d be rarer than the price suggests if it is. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MJqB5vRSTVkCzvgz/?

You should ask this in site news and questions rather than general bass

I find the Strat easiest to play. Yet to try a Gibson of any kind though

Don’t need this crap on basschat. Keep it on TB

I hope not, Andy Baxter has one for only £2.5k! It looks legit but for that price I’d want to be 100% guaranteed of it providence and originality.

Surely no one is spending that much there.

It’d be interesting to find out what percentage of recordings have been made on a P bass. I guess artists, producers and bassists all recognise it as the ‘bass sound’ that’s been on millions of records since the fifties. Having said that I think it’s the ultimate gigging bass.

I should be back living in Manchester by then, what’s your band called? I played a sold out show at the Barfly in Camden in my early twenties which was really good fun but I gave up on playing long before I got to experience anywhere decent. I had previously dreamt of Hyde Park or Pyramid stage at Glastonbury, or royal Albert hall. Typical unachievable bucket list!

Come, time will.

What a beauty. If only it was a 5!

You’ve got it all wrong. P basses are very popular on BC but everyone needs one so they don’t tend to sell them. I’ve had mine since 2006!

Security questions have worked for me

Early thumbs had the thin necks, from ‘88 to early nineties I believe

A pound for pick n mix??? I’m there

Have you looked it up in your “content started”? I find that’s the easiest way to find my topics

I thought you were done with electrics? Looks like a great reason to rejoin the fold. thank you for correcting me

I think it will come under the same ruling as unexpected gifting, even though the suspect fancies their chances are high.

How else am I going to buy a Porsche?

I thought I’d be a slam dunk for bass abstinence this year. But there’s a slim chance that at the end of the year I might have some funding for something nice…..