Old Horse Murphy Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) So this arrived today as an addition to my 80's/early 90's Pointy headstock collection. It's an all-original Charvel 1B (goodness, I think the strings were the original ones!) which is Charvel's take on a passive P Bass bit with a reverse P pickup. I've got another one in red that I'm hoping to be reunited with after lockdown and they really are super basses. This one is in a real state and looks like it's been used as an oar to row through a swamp at some stage: it's filthy. The knobs were spinning freely and the control cavity looked like it had someone's ashes in it when I opened it but both were quickly resolved (amen). The neck had taken a step to the right at some point and the G String was very close to the edge near the body , so needed a bit of a tap on the headstock. I'm still not sure it's 100% as I've not restrung it yet but it looks a lot better. Tomorrow I'm going to don my full HAZMAT suit and give it a good clean. Fingers crossed I'll survive. Edited February 12, 2021 by Old Horse Murphy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 How many lovely Charvels do you have now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I was admiring the logo until I realised it has six tuners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 23 minutes ago, Doctor J said: How many lovely Charvels do you have now? I've got two Charvel 1B's, two Charvel 2B's and a Jackson Eliminator. I had another Jackson PJ with shark fins, pointy headstock etc and foolishly got rid of it. D'oh! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Nice... I've got a Model #2 single pickup Gu!t@r in black. Looks sleek n simple - fuss free... Going Flats? Edited February 12, 2021 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Nice. I always fancied a black Jackson PJ like David Ellefson had in the early Megadeth days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: I was admiring the logo until I realised it has six tuners Ugh - you’re right - I’m going to poke my own eyes out right now filth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 it's funny isn't it. There was a time you couldn't give these away. They are really great instruments, perhaps it's time for me to find one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, police squad said: it's funny isn't it. There was a time you couldn't give these away. They are really great instruments, perhaps it's time for me to find one Completely agree, although there has been a slight increase in prices over the last year or so, although the same is true of most instruments. Each one of these has cost no more than £300 and unbelievably the Jackson I sadly moved on was £120. That's crazy money for a Japanese built Bass of quality IF you can live with the headstock shape which i personally love. Edited February 13, 2021 by Old Horse Murphy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 13 hours ago, fretmeister said: Nice. I always fancied a black Jackson PJ like David Ellefson had in the early Megadeth days. My first ever gig was Megadeth supported by Sanctuary in 1988. Up until he played an extended intro to These Boots... I had never even considered playing an instrument but, right then, I knew I need to be a bass player. The silver PJ with sharkfins and binding is the one for me, I still love that bass. The new ones with the EMG soapbars, oddly enough, do nothing for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Old Horse Murphy said: Completely agree, although there has been a slight increase in prices over the last year or so, although the same is true of most instruments. Each one of these has cost no more than £300 and unbelievably the Jackson I sadly moved on was £120. That's crazy money for a Japanese built Bass of quality IF you can live with the headstock shape which i personally love. I'd love to know where you're finding them, any ones I see are in the 600+ club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Doctor J said: I'd love to know where you're finding them, any ones I see are in the 600+ club. I hang around shops that sell plus-size leather trousers and ask the punters if they've got any basses to sell. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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