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Nice cheap MIJ P bass
£75


oldslapper
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Bought this CMI P bass as a stop gap as I don't currently own a bass (NBD today hopefully).

It's probably from the 1970's and (as far as I know) has all the original hardware. The body is ply, I'm pretty sure.
It was in a pretty bad state when I bought it, but I cleaned it as best I could, put a newer bridge on as I prefer individual saddle adjustment. But original Brass saddled bridge will come with it.

It's an old used bass, and has marks and scratches on it. But nothing structural.
Sounds like a P bass should, albeit a little lower in output than previous MIJ Fender Ps I've owned.
But its a sweet little bass, with a slim neck, not at all baseball bat chunky P profile.

When setting it up, I found the truss rod was really stiff, probably through age, so I didn't want to try moving it anymore. As a result the action is slightly higher than I would normally have, but I have a light touch, so its fine if you like to "dig in" as I hear some of you say.
I shimmed the neck with a business card to help lower the action.
I've used it at home as something to noodle on.

If I were to keep it and use it, I'd probably swap the machineheads out.

Anyway, might suit as a backup, or project, or parts, or first instrument, or something to leave at work, or as none of these things.

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Comes with nice clean gig bag.

Could ship for a bit more, say £80.

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