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Bravewood '63 Style P-bass With Genuine 1963 Plate - £900. Sold!


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Okay, so this bass is sounding and playing amazingly good right now. However, I am selling it (which I'll probably regret afterwards).

The pickguard is a genuine 1963 tortoiseshell celluloid one - and has the usual buckling and shrinkage associated with such plates.

Price is £900 delivered in the UK

Anyone fancy a piece of uber-cool retrotastic P-Bass action?

Go on, treat yourself!







The swirly figuring of the original tortoiseshell plates just looked SOOOO good!!!





The bass playing great now, and the sound is wonderful - really retro - BIG, ROUND, and WOODY. Sounds just like a classic P-Bass should!

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Noooo!!! I can't do it this time only have part exchange fodder. Kevin's a fantastic guy to deal with and these Bravewood basses are flawless, really miss mine I'd buy this in a heartbeat. Gutted!!

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PM's replied to. Anyone else out there who's interested, feel free to drop me a line.

Nice to hear from you all again - it's been far too long since I've been on the site!

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Hi there, I don't have any scales at home at present (too frightened in case I find out how much my belly actually weighs you see! hahaha). Saying that, the body is light - not overly so, but the instrument is lighter in weight than my other USA P-Basses and is lighter than the USA Vintage Reissue Jazz I have at home right now.

Kinda vague answer I know, but it's the best I can offer at present.

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Just writing to say that is a wonderful bass and an absolute bargain (less than a new 2010 American Standard Precision and a Mexican Road Worn Jazz!)

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Good to see you back here, especially as you always come armed with exotic basses!
The VJ5 is still getting lots of favourable comments on here.


[quote name='kevin_lindsay' post='1096889' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:01 PM']Nice to hear from you all again - it's been far too long since I've been on the site![/quote]

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL..............................RRRRRRIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!

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[quote name='owen' post='1097536' date='Jan 21 2011, 02:04 PM']AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL..............................RRRRRRIIIIIIIGHT!!!!![/quote]
Lucky sod.

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Sorry, I'm not familiar with Bravewood. From what I can gather, this is a later Fender P which has been 'restored' to look like it's a '63?
It looks lovely. Do Bravewood just distress the body, or overhaul the entire thing? - what is the actual year?

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[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1097588' date='Jan 21 2011, 02:34 PM']Sorry, I'm not familiar with Bravewood. From what I can gather, this is a later Fender P which has been 'restored' to look like it's a '63?
It looks lovely. Do Bravewood just distress the body, or overhaul the entire thing? - what is the actual year?[/quote]

[url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/[/url]

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[quote name='owen' post='1097656' date='Jan 21 2011, 03:30 PM'][url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/[/url][/quote]


I gathered incorrectly! I wasn't being lazy - somehow my original search (pre posting) brought up a page where an existing bass was refinished in distressed Olympic White. Must have gotten confused. Thanks for the clarification.

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[quote name='Clarky' post='1097664' date='Jan 21 2011, 03:33 PM']Hey Owen, swap you the Bravewood for a caps lock key?[/quote]

If I was younger I would jump, but I have to consider weight issues by now so I'm afraid I will have to pass.

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[quote name='owen' post='1097826' date='Jan 21 2011, 05:18 PM']If I was younger I would jump, but I have to consider weight issues by now so I'm afraid I will have to pass.[/quote]
I know your game - you're really after the Noddy Holder-signed cuppasoup

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As I suspect you know, Owen, I bought Schnozzalee's Bravewood ( [url="http://tinypic.com/a/20gg7/3"]http://tinypic.com/a/20gg7/3[/url] ) and I've never yet regretted it ... excellent build quality and superb tone.

I did find a way to improve it though. I fitted a John East P-Retro. :)

Enjoy.

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