Burns-bass Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 54 minutes ago, Velarian said: A nice story from Rick Beato about his uncle’s ‘52 P-Bass It’s a lovely story. (But he really takes his time getting to the point…) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: It’s a lovely story. (But he really takes his time getting to the point…) That's web content mate, everything's either too short or too long 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Beedster said: That's web content mate, everything's either too short or too long 🤔 I love my dad dearly but it reminds me of one of his stories. I also thought the punchline was going to be “super rich Joe Bonamassa sent it back as a present” - but no. Business first I guess. Edited July 12 by Burns-bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 6 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: I love my dad dearly but it reminds me of one of his stories. I also thought the punchline was going to be “super rich Joe Bonamassa sent it back as a present” - but no. Business first I guess. Ha, yes. That’s what I thought too. Also, there’s no definitive confirmation that it actually was his uncle’s bass. Whilst they seem sure it was, they don’t say how they verified it other than it went missing in the 70s and this instrument turned up a couple of blocks away. 🤷🏻♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Just now, Velarian said: Ha, yes. That’s what I thought too. Also, there’s no definitive confirmation that it actually was his uncle’s bass. Whilst they seem sure it was, they don’t say how they verified it other than it went missing in the 70s and this instrument turned up a couple of blocks away. 🤷🏻♂️ Must be, I lost a fiver in the late 80's, a mate of mine found a fiver in 2002 a few streets away, I made him give it back to me 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Random 1975 P bass has rocked up at Crack Converters https://www.cashconverters.co.uk/shop/music-tv--video/musical-instruments/guitars--string-instruments/bass-guitar/046000112631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 43 minutes ago, Pow_22 said: Random 1975 P bass has rocked up at Crack Converters https://www.cashconverters.co.uk/shop/music-tv--video/musical-instruments/guitars--string-instruments/bass-guitar/046000112631 Surely no one is spending that much there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Somebody may think that they have a bargain. Without a whole load more photos, I don;t think anybody here will drop that some of money on it. I'm absolutely no expert so will leave it to others to comment on the tiny minutae that makes this a genuine bargain or a bitsa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 14 minutes ago, rwillett said: Somebody may think that they have a bargain. I hope not, Andy Baxter has one for only £2.5k! It looks legit but for that price I’d want to be 100% guaranteed of it providence and originality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Let me think, Andy Baxter vs Trash Convertors? Tough call 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 I got my 76 Precision for $1100 NZ from a second hand shop that was 20 years ago it’s been a great instrument 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 I traded a Nikon F2 with an 85/1.8 lens for my 72. It was the mid 70’s and it was a relatively new bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 The F2 was a proper camera. Many of the newspaper photographers used the F2, Canon started eating into that market with the Canon F1. A bloke tried to mug one of the photographers I knew for his F2. The snapper slugged him round the head with the F2 knocked him out and then took pictures for the newspaper and the police. Old school camera and one of the finest cameras ever made. Suspect your 72 has appreciated more as a mint F2 even with the 85mm f1.8 is around £600 now. Mind you that F2 will still be working long after termites and cockroaches have taken over the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowf Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 https://reverb.com/uk/item/83363525-fender-jazz-bass-1965-all-original-w-a-beautiful-sonic-blue-refinish-ready-for-its-next-gig Another one of Schrödinger's basses... simultaneously all original AND refinished. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belka Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 17 minutes ago, mowf said: https://reverb.com/uk/item/83363525-fender-jazz-bass-1965-all-original-w-a-beautiful-sonic-blue-refinish-ready-for-its-next-gig Another one of Schrödinger's basses... simultaneously all original AND refinished. Its 'original' white pickguard is also clearly not original - from the neck pocket it looks like sunburst so would have been tort on there originally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, mowf said: https://reverb.com/uk/item/83363525-fender-jazz-bass-1965-all-original-w-a-beautiful-sonic-blue-refinish-ready-for-its-next-gig Another one of Schrödinger's basses... simultaneously all original AND refinished. Possibly the worst soldering I've ever seen, plus this pot is clearly dated 67. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 41 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said: Possibly the worst soldering I've ever seen, plus this pot is clearly dated 67. You’ve never seen my soldering, but it’s really is bad. Wouldn’t have been a red coloured wire either. Its just all shades of wrong this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Wouldn’t it be cloth wire on a 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 14 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Wouldn’t it be cloth wire on a 65 Maybe, but if the pots are original, it's a 1967 bass at the earliest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurroundedByManatees Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 22 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said: Maybe, but if the pots are original, it's a 1967 bass at the earliest. 032367 is the Fender partnumber, the week/year number is covered in solder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Mark Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 11 minutes ago, SurroundedByManatees said: 032367 is the Fender partnumber, the week/year number is covered in solder. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwillett Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 hour ago, Sparky Mark said: Possibly the worst soldering I've ever seen, plus this pot is clearly dated 67. Wow. That looks like it was soldered by a TIG welder who had no idea how to use TIG welder or how to solder. That can be cleaned up though, with some care and attention, two qualities apparently lacking to date. That assumes they haven't used a club hammer to put the nuts on the other side of the pot. Judging by this, I wouldn't make any assumptions at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sparky Mark said: Possibly the worst soldering I've ever seen, plus this pot is clearly dated 67. Jesus! That looks like something from the Titanic. Edited July 16 by paul_5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 On 15/07/2024 at 13:41, Pow_22 said: Random 1975 P bass has rocked up at Crack Converters https://www.cashconverters.co.uk/shop/music-tv--video/musical-instruments/guitars--string-instruments/bass-guitar/046000112631 Good grief. Ive had a few over the years and there's nout any of them can do that for 250 quid my CV 70 cant do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 6 hours ago, Sparky Mark said: Possibly the worst soldering I've ever seen, plus this pot is clearly dated 67. That's bad, but mine is worse. This is 1960's Connery-era James Bond quality compared to my horrible soldering which is not even Steptoe & Son quality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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