Fender Precision Bass 77-78 restoration project

[Cat Burrito]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Bass-77-78-restoration-project-/110656357269?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19c3a20395"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Bas...=item19c3a20395[/url]

It does make you wonder why he picked this up in the first place?

[gary mac]

I had a chuckle when I spotted this during my daily trawl through ebay.

I'm looking for another project, but feel a touch wary of this one.

[Bassassin]

It occurs to me that the tuners he's sneering at, plus the pickup - a PAF-stickered 70s DiMarzio - might well be the only decent/genuine parts. Is that cheap-looking open body route consistent with a 70s P? And the fingerboard's strangely a different colour to the rest of the neck, almost as though it was glued-on - just like they aren't on maple-neck Fenders.

I dunno, I might be wrong - hard to tell as the pics are so half-arsed & shoddy.

Jon.

[Musky]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1147855' date='Mar 2 2011, 11:14 PM']It occurs to me that the tuners he's sneering at, plus the pickup - a PAF-stickered 70s DiMarzio - might well be the only decent/genuine parts. Is that cheap-looking open body route consistent with a 70s P? And the fingerboard's strangely a different colour to the rest of the neck, almost as though it was glued-on - just like they aren't on maple-neck Fenders.

I dunno, I might be wrong - hard to tell as the pics are so half-arsed & shoddy.

Jon.[/quote]
The body routing is consistent with a late '73 to early/mid '76 Precision. I suppose it's entirely feasible it could have mated with a '77/'78 neck though - I'm guessing it's got an S7***** serial number, hence the dates he's given in the listing.

[Happy Jack]

[i][color="#0000FF"]I have no provenance but this guitar was once owned by one of the bass players from a 70s punk band[/color].[/i]

I've been racking my brains, trying to remember a 70s punk band with more than one bass player ...

[Low End Bee]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1147989' date='Mar 3 2011, 08:31 AM'][i][color="#0000FF"]I have no provenance but this guitar was once owned by one of the bass players from a 70s punk band[/color].[/i]

I've been racking my brains, trying to remember a 70s punk band with more than one bass player ...[/quote]

Delta 5

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1147989' date='Mar 3 2011, 08:31 AM'][i][color="#0000FF"]I have no provenance but this guitar was once owned by one of the bass players from a 70s punk band[/color].[/i]

I've been racking my brains, trying to remember a 70s punk band with more than one bass player ...[/quote]

Sex Pistols, oh hang on, that was less than one, eventually.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Musky' post='1147979' date='Mar 3 2011, 08:08 AM']The body routing is consistent with a late '73 to early/mid '76 Precision. I suppose it's entirely feasible it could have mated with a '77/'78 neck though - I'm guessing it's got an S7***** serial number, hence the dates he's given in the listing.[/quote]
Cheers - didn't know that regarding early/mid 70s Ps.

Anyway if anyone goes for this I'll be happy to take the pup & tuners off your hands, these being as he quite rightly points out, trash & a travesty fitted to such an exceptional bass.

J.

[Soloshchenko]

Regardless of whether it is 100% genuine or not, whoever gets it MUST re finish it again, that colour is absolutely minging.