Ander87 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Hi Team, Belated (and double) NBD to myself! It's been a week that I've received my fancy custom Limelight P bass in light relic with purple metallic. Specs below: 1968 Precision Bass Specs Metallic Purple over white - colour guide as per picture sent Matching headstock Alder body ultra light relic as per Limelight 00218 Hand rolled finger board edges Tusq nut Black dots Maple P width neck Anodised gold scratchplate All metal work just lightly tarnished Gotoh Vintage Reverse Resolite tuners Vintage wiring Switchcraft Jack Big TV Fender Precision Bass logo Thumb rest below strings Cover Ashtrays Reference starting point: I ordered this on the 9th of July after some emails with Mark - I wanted my own P bass, letting go of my first Limelight experience below, my reason to let this guy go being that I just don't gel with Jazz pickups! Beautiful, and now that I know the vintage hum noise could've been fixed with some good shielding it may be a regret to having let go of it! I wanted the bass to be as light as possible and Mark did his best to select the parts that were lightest - he also recommended getting Gotoh Resolites, a great upgrade. This bass came in at a super manageable 8.2lbs/3.7kg! One thing to discuss was how Mark at Limelight managed to reproduce the purple metalic colour that he hadn't done before (closest thing being a pastel purple); he had a chat with suppliers and resolved with a white undercoat that looks stunning. I was also particular that I wanted that orangey aged maple look and I think it came out perfect! It took Mark 100 emails for updates checks etc etc to deliver this beauty - I commend his patience and his good work! Installed a Nordy P Blade I had laying around: It is quite difficult to capture the colour, but the next picture shows the contrast depending on the light compared to the previous one: It plays beautiful, great adjustment and spot on with the 'wear and tear' I wanted - not a lot, little to no 'face damage' and weather checking on the nitro finish that is definitely there and everywhere although hard to capture: And even on the headstock! also the level of detail is surreal, please check this out: Still, I remember hearing in this chat that 'Limelight basses are like buses; you may be waiting a long while for one but then two of them turn up at the same time'.... and that was the case! I needed a backup as I'm now in 2 bands, and jazz neck'd P basses are the perfect tool for my punk rock band.... I seduced a member into letting go of his backup, and here it is! The following spec came home barely three days later: 1963 Precision Olympic White medium relic Jazz width neck Tortoiseshell guard Period correct Fender logo plus the usual Limelight specs such as CTS pots, switchcraft jack etc This one coming at 8.0lbs/3.6kg They would sound similar and still different, you can definitely tell the warmer rosewood board vs the snappier/punchier maple board, even unplugged. This one has been modified to a Bare Knuckle '58 pickup, both basses will have KiOgon looms for different cap values, bypass/kill etc. I may reverse the pickups to make the purple more '57/'58 spec as if it was resprayed in purple at some point or something, but that's not a problem when you have such cool solderless electronics! I'm a very happy man - oh, and of course, full family picture! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I've seen some very nice purple basses recently - yours is a corker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ander87 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Ah thank you buddy I’m well chuffed!!! I guess more unorthodox for a vintage bass but congruent with the white undercoat, gives it a ‘refinished’ edge to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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