We've been together for 22 years!! (pics included)

[police squad]

This is my number 1. Bought in London in 1990.
Needed a set up and since then all that's been done is new pots and half the pickup isn't original (it's from a '79) after it went open circuit.
It was (badly) refinished well before I got it but it's aged beautifully after the (literally) thousands of gigs.
Badass bridge and gold mirror guard.

[MarkG3]

Amazing! Nothing better than a beaten up Precision!

Nice cat lol

Good socks as well

[deepbass5]

looks like a cowboys billycan. Lots of love there i guess. do you have to intercept flying bottles on a regular bassis with the headstock.

Nice one. are you sure the neck isn't older, I thought we were well into the numbers under the logo by then or did they stop a while.

[Gust0o]

Given that GAS seems to churn my collection every six months or so, it's good to see an example of someone finding a bass they love and then sticking by it

[police squad]

the headstock has seen a lot of cymbals!!
The worn parch under the g string ( on the body) is where my fingers dig in when I play with a pick.

The numbers on the bottom on the neck are too knackered to get the exact date but going by the serial number and date on the p/up I've always seen it as a '75.

I had already discovered that P basses were my thing but this one is just perfect. The frets are really low but it still intonates ok.
When it gets re-fretted it'll never feel the same, so hopefully it's got a few years left in it before It needs it.

[Lozz196]

That`s a great bass, plenty of character.

[thisnameistaken]

Looks knackered mate. I think they still sell that model so you should be able to replace it no worries.

[pst62]

That's a lovely bass mate! Not wanting to piss on your pyro's here, but that 'Badass' bridge is a Schaller 3D.

[police squad]

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That's a lovely bass mate! Not wanting to piss on your pyro's here, but that 'Badass' bridge is a Schaller 3D.
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It is yes, I'd forgotten that
I had it lying around and stuck it on in about 1991.

One 'other' little quirk.
When I took the neck off I found a piece of paper acting as a shim. It read, 'phone Jimmy Page' with a phone number. So my guitar tech phoned the number and got a very pi**ed off Jimmy Page on the phone. The piece of paper is still there!!

[gary mac]

Properly road worn and not a pretender, love it.

I have a 75 P bass but it has lead a much more sheltered life and hardly has a mark on it. Thing is I can't actually bring myself to take it out and gig it

[police squad]

I had a '62 when I bought this bass, but sold the '62 because this was better.
Wish I'd kept it but I couldn't afford to at the time ( I was only 22 at the time)

[Dingus]

Now that looks like a bass with a story to tell! I would love to hear this bass in action , and I can think of few other basses that I have seen on on Basschat that I would rather have a go on than this one.

[hatori]

Thats a beauty..love it

[M@23]

Love this. Headstock looks fantastic. No bass looks better with wear and tear than a P.

[gub]

Perfec

[xgsjx]

I like that. Very nice bass with proper wear & tear & not one of those "Roadworn" wannabe's!

It's good when you find "Your" bass & stick with it. Me & my Ibby have been together for 22 years as well (though it's been stripped of it's paint & had a change of guts).

[Chris Horton]

now THAT is mojo !!

[grunge666]

Thats a 'Bury it with me' bass.

Love it!