Quality Bitsa P Bass. Am. Pro neck/'63 Pure Vintage Pickups. Hello Pino! Now £650 shipped. - *SOLD* £850 Lymington or West London

[Studio GC]

Built this up when I was on my P bass quest and it barely missed out on my number one spot for my go to P bass. I've gone with my Am. Perf. PJ as a slightly more versatile bass, but this P bass oozes vintage yet with a modern flair with the 2021 American Pro (Version I) neck that gets you carbon reinforcement rods, rolled fretboard edges and the new tapered shaft tuners. It's got that Pino Palladino vibe in loads....at a fraction of the price.

 

The body is form NW guitars (American Alder) and is painted with 2 light coats of NW guitar fiesta red nitro over a nitro white primer. Although currently pristine, this bass will certainly "mojify" with use as the instruments of old have since it's done with a light nitro spray. The neck also received a vintage amber nitro coat. 

 

One thing to mention is that when I used the dremel to notch out the body and scratch plate for the truss rod tool access, I slightly missed the alignment, so it's slightly off center, only noticable if you really look closely and does not affect using a truss rod tool. And, by the way, I can include an original Fender truss rod tool with the bass.

 

Weighs in at 4.02 kg (8.86ibs.)

 

It's wired with a custom harness to these specs:

Matched CTS USA Custom Audio Taper 250K Split Shaft Volume & Tone Potentiometers - smooth linear volume and tone change (no bunching or on/off effect)

0.022uF Sprague "Orange Drop" Tone Capacitor - removes the thinness and harshness inherent with budget capacitors

Quality Jack Socket

 

And the pick ups are '63 Fender Pure Vintage. The bridge is from an American Performer and the cavities are shielded.

 

Strung with d'Addario Chrome flats. I use a spacer usually with Chromes as the silks are longer than other strings, hence why on the E string you see a spacer....it's to keep the silk off the saddle. All my d'Addario equipped basses have these spacers.

 

Happy to meet near the coast (Lymington) or London area. Happy to ship within the UK as well.

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2022 by Studio GC

[wintoid]

Nice looking bass!  What's going on with the E string at the bridge?

 

Is the neck therefore a Professional II neck?

[prowla]

11 minutes ago, wintoid said:

Nice looking bass!  What's going on with the E string at the bridge?

 

Is the neck therefore a Professional II neck?

Looks like a grommet so that the silk winding doesn't run over the bridge saddle?

Edited February 7, 2022 by prowla

[Studio GC]

1 hour ago, wintoid said:

Nice looking bass!  What's going on with the E string at the bridge?

 

Is the neck therefore a Professional II neck?

Neck is American Pro I. I'll adjust that in the listing....thanks for the heads up. It's strung with d'Addario Chrome flats and the silks are always really long on them so I spaced the E string out with a spacer to keep the silks off the saddle. 

[Studio GC]

1 hour ago, prowla said:

Looks like a grommet so that the silk winding doesn't run over the bridge saddle?

Correct!

[EJWW]

That is a really handsome bass.

 

 

[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

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[tredders]

What’s the neck profile like with these American Performer necks?  Lovely looking bass…

 

[Studio GC]

2 hours ago, tredders said:

What’s the neck profile like with these American Performer necks?  Lovely looking bass…

 

American Pro....not American Performer

 

Specifications

Neck: Maple, Modern “C”

Neck Finish: Satin Polyurethane.

Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5” (241 mm)

Frets: 20, Jumbo.

Position Inlays: Black Dots.

Nut (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.625” (41.3 mm)

Tuning Machines: Fender® “F” Light-Weight Vintage-Paddle Keys with Tapered Shafts.

Scale Length: 34” (864 mm)

 

Pretty much the best thing about the American Pro P bass in my opinion, hence why I built a bass around it. Lovely neck to play and vet stable.

[Studio GC]

Temporary insanity price drop to £650. New bass inbound, so need to move one out.