72 Jazz Bass ...

[Creeper]

26 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Slightly confused: a 72 would be a poly finish so was it stripped and re-done with a nitro refinish?

The wear is definitely different to the wear on nitro, the wear is less smooth and a little more chipped but certainly looks very good, this is what’s under the pickguard 

[Bridgehouse]

Definitely looks like the wear you'd get on an early 70's 'poly' finish that's been abused and exposed to a lot of UV!

[Burns-bass]

Looks like a beautiful bass, congratulations. 

I don’t really get the whole YOB thing, but these early 70s basses can be great instruments (well done for being born in a good year!)

[paul_5]

Mon dieu! C’est belle. 

 

My yob is ‘75. I already sold my soul in the early 90s, but I can’t remember what for. 

In lieu of standard supernatural currency I’ll trade a kidney and/or lung. Any takers?

[uk_lefty]

I sold my soul aged seventeen. I think I got a warm pint in return. 

Great bass. I guess I'll be trading a kidney if I go for a YOB.

[gary mac]

18 hours ago, Creeper said:

Only thing which comes close is spitfire, but for the cost of one of those yo may as well seek out a vintage one.

Which is exactly what I did a couple of years back, seek out an original that is. Took a while but a contact came up with one. My wife thought I had lost the plot, "paying all that for a bit of old plastic" 

Since sold the bass but now have another slightly older model and once again, with the most lovely tort guard.

[Creeper]

56 minutes ago, gary mac said:

Which is exactly what I did a couple of years back, seek out an original that is. Took a while but a contact came up with one. My wife thought I had lost the plot, "paying all that for a bit of old plastic" 

Since sold the bass but now have another slightly older model and once again, with the most lovely tort guard.

And as good as spitfire are compared to all other modern tort, it’s still not a patch on the old stuff.

is the tort pickguard an art form lost to time or can no one be bothered to put the effort in?

If a guitar manufacturer was to start producing guitars with real quality tort like the 60s and 70s as it should be done it would certainly set them apart!!!

[Creeper]

I’m playing at two festivals today so she’s go If tonhave a good run out 😁

[geoffbassist]

That’s one of the best looking basses I’ve ever seen. Great buy and I love the idea of the YOB bass. 

[ezbass]

22 hours ago, ead said:

Nice, just be thankful you weren't born in 1960!

How very true. Pre CBS baby = ££££££

 

Cracking bass BTW, enjoy.

Edited July 14, 2018 by ezbass

[wateroftyne]

Here's a cut-out-and-keep guide to tort wot I made.

[Paddy515]

Anyone care to estimate how many hours playing it must have taken to get the buckle-rash result that this beauty has - and all natural. No botox used here!!!

 

Love the black blocks and binding too!!

[Bridgehouse]

16 minutes ago, Paddy515 said:

Anyone care to estimate how many hours playing it must have taken to get the buckle-rash result that this beauty has - and all natural. No botox used here!!!

 

Love the black blocks and binding too!!

Might have been an owner who had a massive spikey belt buckle...

[bassbiscuits]

Looks very cool. Love her tanlines too. 

[bassbiscuits]

On 13/07/2018 at 16:28, Bridgehouse said:

There's poly and then there's poly. And strictly speaking there's no such thing as a poly finish really..

The Urethane coatings fender started using in the mid to late 60's and into the early 70's are very very different to the finishes you get nowadays, and especially on the classic thick Japanese 'poly' finish from the 80's and 90's.

Fender wouldn't have used the finish used on this one after the Fullerton plant closed in the early 80's - but I've seen plenty for which the wear, checking, shrinking, chipping and scraping can be just like this one.

That's interesting - mine is a 1970 and so technically the era of the poly 'thick skin' finish. But it's thin and with lots of chips on it and a patch of wear just like that one on the back. 

You can pick it off with your thumbnail and it seems to have come off where the rubber of a guitar stand cradle rests on it too. 

Its not nitro but nowt like modern poly finishes either. 

Importantly it looks cool ha ha 

[TrevorR]

On 13/07/2018 at 12:31, ead said:

Nice, just be thankful you weren't born in 1960!

Yes, some of us are pre-CBS and would need several souls to sell!

[ead]

8 hours ago, TrevorR said:

Yes, some of us are pre-CBS and would need several souls to sell!

Plus a kidney or two.

[Creeper]

Since I’m trying a few tapewound strings out I thought I’d shield the cavities since I will be losing out on the grounding, once she’s in pieces there some interesting photos of the wear.

Edited December 24, 2018 by Creeper

[Creeper]

Since I just took the pickguard off to give it a good clean and get some gunk off, thought I’d provide a little more pornographic material....

[Reggaebass]

2 hours ago, Creeper said:

Since I just took the pickguard off to give it a good clean and get some gunk off, thought I’d provide a little more pornographic material....

So nice 👍 

[Chewie]

Mate, that is my favourite config.

At first, I thought it was for sale.

i nearly soiled myself and offered you a 1972 p bass swap!!!!!!!

Dead jealous in Swindon!!!!!

[Creeper]

On 02/03/2019 at 09:58, Chewie said:

Mate, that is my favourite config.

At first, I thought it was for sale.

i nearly soiled myself and offered you a 1972 p bass swap!!!!!!!

Dead jealous in Swindon!!!!!

She is a beauty, here she is with her nicely cleaned pickguard back in place, I don’t think it had been wiped down for 46 years 😳

 

Edited April 2, 2019 by Creeper

[Reggaebass]

2 minutes ago, Creeper said:

She is a beauty, here she is with her nicely cleaned pickguard back in place, I don’t think it had been wiped down for 46 years 😳

Very nice, that looks like natural wear too 👍

[Creeper]

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Very nice, that looks like natural wear too 👍

46 years worth of dink’s, a very big belt buckle....sweat..... and fag smoke.... 

Edited March 2, 2019 by Creeper

[Dan Dare]

Nice. My 72 was originally a very battered sunburst, but I stripped and oiled it in the 80s well before 'relic' was the thing to have. Wish I hadn't now, but there it is. Fortunately, the body has a reasonable grain, so it doesn't look too bad. Plays wonderfully, as I've no doubt yours does.