Creeper Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 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!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 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!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 I’m playing at two festivals today so she’s go If tonhave a good run out 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbassist Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 That’s one of the best looking basses I’ve ever seen. Great buy and I love the idea of the YOB bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Here's a cut-out-and-keep guide to tort wot I made. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy515 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgehouse Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Looks very cool. Love her tanlines too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 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! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 8 hours ago, TrevorR said: Yes, some of us are pre-CBS and would need several souls to sell! Plus a kidney or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 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.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 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 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 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!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 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 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeper Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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