He may end up wishing he'd put a reserve price on this.

[Beedster]

They only get stung if they don’t know what they’re doing and don’t use PayPal, you’d hope that with a bid at that level that that they do and will

[warwickhunt]

Daft thing is that there are lots of good clues that this may well be (or at least have parts) a 70's P bass.  However, it just 'feels' a bit off and I'd have bells ringing.  Saying that I'm sceptical because I've heard/seen how easy it is to paint/stamp/code Fender parts to look authentic. 

 

[Beedster]

Every single pre 1980 Fender I’ve owned has smelled pretty funky, open the case and there’s a mix of lacquer, fags, beer, sweat and, well other stuff. First sign I would have of fake is absence of funk  

[ash]

I shouldn’t  be surprised if this turns up again. I watched the bidding closely and exactly the same thing occurred as before. A bid going £10 above the last bid and then a big leap in the last seconds.

Also I didn’t think they started putting stickers under the scratchplate until later when the serial numbers had migrated to the headstock.

I left well alone this time. If someone did buy it and it’s a legit auction fair play. I don’t think the bass is a knock off but there’s something odd about the listing. 

[Beedster]

Bass is probably fine, seller probably not. You need both to be good to press the button 

[Nibody]

The case is identical to what was (before knowledge and the internet) sold to me as a refinished 76 P Bass. In some wys it looks right, but in others (in the words of Han Solo) "I have a bad feeling about this"

 

[Burns-bass]

Given both occasion the Bass has hit £1200 I expect shill bidding to be at play here.