Old Horse Murphy Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Due to unforeseen circumstances (nothing onerous, just a new opportunity ) I am putting up my 1974 Fender P bass up for sale/trade. It is in wonderful condition and there is very little wear at all on the body (hardly any on the body whatsoever) or the neck (other than the marks down the treble side of the neck as is common on maple fingerboards of this era). It also weighs in at 8lbs 8, so is incredibly comfortable. The bass is a 74 P bass, but the body and the electrics actually date back to 1973, so it's a turn of the year bass (either a Sagittarius or a Capricorn). Everything is in fully working order and I was told by a reputable source who supplied this bass that it is all-original apart from the pickguard screws. It also comes with a WD Music black 70's P Bass pickguard. It's really clean and I think you would struggle to find one is such good condition easily. THe neck and frets are again in great condition and the Trussrod works perfectly with no issues. The Bass is strung with D'Addario Chromes and plays superbly and sounds absolutely ace There are more detailed pictures here: [url="http://s945.photobucket.com/albums/ad298/nwmurphy/P%20Bass/"]http://s945.photobuc...urphy/P%20Bass/[/url] I had the bass taken apart before I bought it to check for the usual marks etc. and can supply pics of all the guts and neck etc. if required and would welcome inspection of the Bass. Due to the condition of this Bass (it really is that good), I'm looking for £1,450 or would accept trades with: 2 EQ Stingray, Rickenbacker 4003 plus a bit of cash my way, Fender USA 5 String Jazz bass (new series), Status S2 Markbass CMD121P plus cash my way. Edited January 6, 2012 by Old Horse Murphy
Clarky Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Beautiful, Nick. Good luck with the sale mate. I take it the opportunity is large and DB-shaped?
martthebass Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Wish I had something in your wish list in my sig Nick. Don't care that it's not a year of birth bass for me (I was at school discos trying to dance to Slade when this was built) id still love it.
Chris Horton Posted December 7, 2011 Posted December 7, 2011 Very Very Very tasty Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Lowfrequency90 Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 This is absolutely stunning, I'm heartbroken I can't afford it.... Have an, 'Im-stupidly-jealous-of-whoever-gets-this-bump'
Bobby K Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 I was born in Jan 1973, so almost my year of birth bass. Lovely bit of wood! Assuming this was always a natural? (ie not stripped of its paint) Love it with the black pickguard particularly, just wish I had the dough! Bump for a beauty!
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 Thanks very much for the kind words. It was natural right from the very beginning
Bobby K Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Oh for the dough!! As good as it's gonna get for a birth year bass for me. Alas it will end up in somebody else's hands I'm afraid. All the best with it mate
loweringthetone Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Hi Nick, Wondering if this could be a natural match for my 1975 which seems to have a jazz type rosewood neck What is the width at the nut please ? Is it a A,B,C neck ?
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 [quote name='loweringthetone' timestamp='1323366344' post='1462588'] Hi Nick, Wondering if this could be a natural match for my 1975 which seems to have a jazz type rosewood neck What is the width at the nut please ? Is it a A,B,C neck ? [/quote] HI mate It's a B width neck. Cheers
loweringthetone Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Thanks Nick, Errrm, ... showing my total ignorance of Fender neck widths I had to look this up. B is 1 5/8th inches at the nut Im told
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 [quote name='loweringthetone' timestamp='1323378745' post='1462821'] Thanks Nick, Errrm, ... showing my total ignorance of Fender neck widths I had to look this up. B is 1 5/8th inches at the nut Im told [/quote] Yes, just measured it and got rather disapproving looks from my wife when I ran upstairs with a ruler to measure my nuts...
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 More pics attached as requested
martthebass Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Oh Nick, don't do this to me.....my 2EQ Ray has no frets and my Jazz has but 4 strings pah.
Old Horse Murphy Posted January 5, 2012 Author Posted January 5, 2012 Lots of interest but still here
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