Lovely 70s P bass........until....

[neilb]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-VINTAGE-USA-FENDER-PRECISION-P-BASS-HARD-CASE-/130438783304?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e5ec1e148"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-VINTAGE-USA-FEN...=item1e5ec1e148[/url]

[Clarky]

Thats standard - the non-aligned edge. My '72 Precision has that and is still the nicest bass I've ever played. Not an issue for me!

[Happy Jack]

But there's no way I can forgive that uber-cheesy advert.

[i]I am just a girl selling some of my my husbands beautiful guitars to pay the mortgage.[/i]

Yeh, right.

[neilb]

[quote name='Clarky' post='976821' date='Oct 4 2010, 10:54 AM']Thats standard - the non-aligned edge. My '72 Precision has that and is still the nicest bass I've ever played. Not an issue for me![/quote]


Ah,thanks for that Clarky. Learn something new every day. Cheers.

Restored my faith in the bass now!

[Clarky]

Here's my bass. You can just about see the 'overhang' of the neck pocket on the lower side here

[attachment=60513:fender_72P_front.jpg]

[neilb]

Ah yes, was that just sloppy QC at the time ?

[Clarky]

No idea, to be honest but it seems to be standard. Doesn't affect how the bass plays IMHO (maybe it would if you played up at the highest frets a lot but I never venture up to that dark, murky other world!)

[Bassassin]

Can't tell with this one but this is probably why so many 70s Fenders have such dreadful string & bridge alignment.

J.

[RhysP]

That scratchplate isn't original is it?
Never seen a 70s precision with anything other than a plastic one.

I wonder if the husband knows his collection is being sold on Ebay?

[chris_b]

[quote name='neilb' post='976883' date='Oct 4 2010, 11:39 AM']....Ah yes, was that just sloppy QC at the time ?....[/quote]
QC and Fender are two (ok 3!) words that have rarely coincided!

If you are worried about QC then don't buy Fender, but as Clarky says, bad QC never stopped Fenders sounding good.

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='RhysP' post='977096' date='Oct 4 2010, 01:54 PM']That scratchplate isn't original is it?
Never seen a 70s precision with anything other than a plastic one.[/quote]
The seller points this out in the text.

[Musicman20]

[quote name='Clarky' post='976821' date='Oct 4 2010, 10:54 AM']Thats standard - the non-aligned edge. My '72 Precision has that and is still the nicest bass I've ever played. Not an issue for me![/quote]

That non-aligned edge turned up on a Stingray Classic I bought...is there a reason for it?

[RhysP]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='977126' date='Oct 4 2010, 02:19 PM']The seller points this out in the text.[/quote]
I probably should have read it but I couldn't really be bothered.

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='Clarky' post='976890' date='Oct 4 2010, 11:42 AM'](maybe it would if you played up at the highest frets a lot but I never venture up to that dark, murky other world!)[/quote]
I'm not allowed up there anyway

[AndyTravis]

Looks cool,

Still the second someone refers to a guitar as 'She' or 'her' i feel like i need to throw up and close the page.

[Marky L]

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='977205' date='Oct 4 2010, 03:11 PM']Looks cool,

Still the second someone refers to a guitar as 'She' or 'her' i feel like i need to throw up and close the page.[/quote]

Agreed, it's just wrong.

The seller certainly knows a lot about the bass in the write up details, makes me wonder why her husband isn't selling it though.

Finally, being a pedant, I wonder which of her "[b]husbands[/b]" she is selling this for.

[lanark]

Just out of interest - why on earth were there no bids for this at £50?

[alexisonfire]

I need to get her to write up my appraisal!

Uber cheese.

[JMT3781]

[quote name='lanark' post='984964' date='Oct 11 2010, 10:11 PM']Just out of interest - why on earth were there no bids for this at £50?[/quote]


perhaps it got ended early when he came hom from work and spotted pictures of his own bass online

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='JMT3781' post='987074' date='Oct 13 2010, 03:54 PM']perhaps it got ended early when he came hom from work and spotted pictures of his own bass online [/quote]

... or someone reading this thread made a sly 'off-eBay' offer. NOT me I hasten to add!