Pow_22 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) My completed project was a pleasure but its really just being an ornament at the moment so im offering it up for sale here. After much research I believe it is an early 90’s encore. There is a thread on the Bass Guitar section of this site that discusses them. I got it off the bay where it was advertised as a Squire with a fender decal. The bass was filthy when I got it and so after a good clean up I decided I wanted to get the Pino/Classic Vibe Squier look with tort plate. I whipped the useless stock pups out and the corroded wiring. Fitted a custom built (mini pots) Kiogon harness and some Axesrus pickups (very impressive set with same specs as wizard thumpers but potted) and straight away the bass sounded miles better. I got Howard (Bass Doc ) to knock me up a custom tort pickguard from the original white one (very retro, naturally yellowed which ill chuck in with the sale). New pickguard screws from axesrus (the old ones were severely corroded) and a thumb rest/tug bar. Swapped out the weird string tree for a more ‘fendery’ one I had in my parts box All cleaned up and fitted I did a full set-up and got the action comfortable for me. Being a pick player it is still slightly high but there is plenty of ‘go’ left in the truss and saddles to lower it. Id say at a push it may need a new nut, either that or just re-grooving a little. Previous owner applied some sort of Fender decal (dosent appear to be waterslide) and this is under a few layers of laquer and what looks like light wood stain. The tuners are VERY good and resemble the early Reverse tuners very well. The neck is rather chunky. Not that wide exactly but certainly more C shaped than D (if that makes any sense!). So in total:- Bass - £65 Pups - £25 Wiring - £25 P/Guard - £20 (I think) Screws - £3 TugBar - £5ish Picato Flats - £15 + set up and damn good clean by me[list] [*] £158.00 [/list] Welcome to come and try it out through my rig (or yours if you want to cart it J. Price wise ill accept [b][i][u]£130[/u][/i][/b] with no trades at the mo and not really desperate to get rid so no offers (yet haha). Pics to follow although there are some on the most recent page of the Precisions thread of the gear porn section. Any questions let me know EDIT: Further investigation seems to suggest it could also be a Sunn Mustang - sorry for the vagueness! Edited October 23, 2011 by Pow_22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 [IMG]http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2966/cimg2797e.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/743/cimg2793h.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1601/cimg2794w.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9766/cimg2796v.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5205/cimg2795uf.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 quick note, the strings shown are shot and ill replace them with Picatto flats off my other p bass for any sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 MB1. Local BUMP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 I know theres a stigma attached to the name Encore. However, these early 90's one really are decent bits of kit as opposed to the ones you see in argos today. See this old BC discussion on them... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/152704-encore-ltd-edition-p-bass-how-much-is-it-worth/page__hl__encore__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/152704-encore-ltd-edition-p-bass-how-much-is-it-worth/page__hl__encore__fromsearch__1[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 BUMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 One n only pricedrop to £110 collected from manchester or delivered within reasonable distance for petrol/beer tokens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Would consider trading this plus cash for a Squier Vintage Modified Precision TB in sunburst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I just finished a Sunn Mustang project and I'm knocked out at how it turned out. Have a bump on me. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Tempted. reds not my thang but it looks quite fetching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Monckyman, you're pretty local i believe from speaking to Si (wooks). Your welcome to try it out thru either yours or my rig, no obligation of course. Really gassing for one of them there Vintage Modified Precision TB's now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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