King Tut Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 With interest rates low I haven't bought an ISA this year. I managed to persuade Mrs Tut that a vintage bass would be a great investment and to my amazement she agreed. I'm not really a precision man but I reckon they're always going to be pretty good for resale. I've got little hands, so when this one came up reasonably local on here, with a 'B' width neck I decided to make further enquiries. Having asked the seller (from this site) the relevant questions, I put a lockdown deposit down a couple of weeks ago and drove over to Berkhamsted yesterday for a socially distanced collection. She's a 1974 model. All original with the only issues being some battle scars and a broken tip to the scratchplate. I got it home and gave it a thorough check over and I was immediately struck by how resonant it was. It was supplied with flats and had a bit more relief and a slightly higher action than I'd have preferred. I've already got a P with flats on so I set this one up with rounds. I've adjusted the relief, finding the truss rod to be working perfectly and pulled the action down to a more than acceptable 2mm at the 12th fret on the E string. A couple of the tuners are a bit stiff, which I can live with. There was a pretty serious crackle on the input jack but this soon disappeared with some switch cleaner. Pushed through my Peavey VB-2 and Big Baby 2 it gives a lovely classic rock tone. Although bought as an investment, it's inevitable that I'll gig it sooner or later, so I've equipped it with some Dunlop straplocks. Happy Tut! Some pics below - enjoy! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Awesome Col, I bet you’re chuffed silly with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 13 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Awesome Col, I bet you’re chuffed silly with that. Yeah she's a good un mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Stunning mate , my YOB too...ahh dreams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Lovely Col. I still hanker after the natural one I sold you all those years ago 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 36 minutes ago, Old Horse Murphy said: Lovely Col. I still hanker after the natural one I sold you all those years ago Well she's being well looked after and occasionally gigged. Do you know, it's still got the same strings on and I've hardly had to touch the set up at all - incredibly stable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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