NBD. Mex P Bass

[DaleASmith]

Bargain at £350 including case 

 

 

[Lozz196]

Nice

 

I’ll get in first - tort plate to finish it off.

[DaleASmith]

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

Nice

 

I’ll get in first - tort plate to finish it off.

yeah I was thinking that. And an EMG Geezer to match my Jag. 

[DaleASmith]

Would anyone care to tell me which colour this is please. I’m stuck between Tidepool and Dephne blue. 

[cocco]

That's a lovely looking bass and a bargain! I agree with Loz about the tort plate though. 

[cocco]

21 minutes ago, DaleASmith said:

Would anyone care to tell me which colour this is please. I’m stuck between Tidepool and Dephne blue. 

I think it's Lake Placid Blue but I could be wrong. 

[Reggaebass]

Very nice and a great bass , looks more like Lake Placid Blue to me, but I’ve seen many different shades 

[MichaelDean]

The serial lookup on the Fender site says Lake Placid Blue. Lovely looking bass!

[Jackroadkill]

Yeah, definitely LPB.  I had a Strat in LPB and it was identical.  Cracking bass at a bargainous price, my friend.

[AndyTravis]

Flubbin eck. Thats a bit of gorgeousness right there.

[ezbass]

Serial number lookup says LPB. Lighter than I normally expect LPB to be, but in a really nice way that changes depending on the light. 👍

[Geek99]

On 13/01/2025 at 13:26, Lozz196 said:

Nice

 

I’ll get in first - tort plate to finish it off.

You BASTRAD 

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ok…

hmm … needs tort really … 🍿

[Geek99]

20 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Serial number lookup says LPB. Lighter than I normally expect LPB to be, but in a really nice way that changes depending on the light. 👍

I agree - looks quite pale for LPB

nice though and a great bargain 

[DaleASmith]

Thanks guys. I thought it was a bit light for LPB but didn’t raise you could use the serial number to find that out. 
 

new scratch plate incoming. Can you guess which colour I went for? 😂

[Geek99]

49 minutes ago, DaleASmith said:

Thanks guys. I thought it was a bit light for LPB but didn’t raise you could use the serial number to find that out. 
 

new scratch plate incoming. Can you guess which colour I went for? 😂

Well since you’re not wanting to be called tasteless, you’d have to be out of your mind to pick anything other than tort. 
it was the 11th commandment from god, written on the back of the stone tablets as it’s slightly, but not much less important than “don’t kill people”, but “in letters of fire” and from God is about as definitive as it is possible to get 

Edited yesterday at 11:25 by Geek99

[BillyBass]

Tort with blue?  Definitely not.

 

I think I'm in the minority here.

 

Lovely looking bass though.  LPB and a rosewood fretboard, really nice.

[Geek99]

4 minutes ago, BillyBass said:

Tort with blue?  Definitely not.

 

I think I'm in the minority here..

You are. I’ll order some tar and feathers from Amazon. Will probably need to put it on subscribe and save given all the tort-refuseniks around here. 🙄

Edited yesterday at 11:31 by Geek99

[80Hz]

Lovely bass and the Mexico factory were kicking out some great instruments at this time. I had a 2010 MiM tele which was an excellent player.

 

lol at the tort vs white pickguard debate, when the correct answer is obviously mint.

 

(I have a lake placid blue + dark rosewood Chender P with this combo and it's a good look)

 

Edit: 350 is a steal, congrats on the pre-pandemic pricing  😆

Edited yesterday at 11:44 by 80Hz

[DaleASmith]

Off the Fender custom page. 
 

LPB looks darker than mine but as mentioned there is a fair bit of variation. 
 

i was toying with the idea of a white/cream pickup, but that would depend on the ‘plate

[80Hz]

As your bass is the same year and colour as my old tele, that era of lake placid blue has always felt ever so slightly green tinted to me. But it's always subject to slight variations.

 

Crap photo with dubious lighting, but here's my P with the mint guard. I've tried to leave a bit of white paper in there to help with white balance.

 

Looking forward to seeing it with whatever you choose -that's the important bit of course!!

 

[cocco]

It'll look amazing with in either tort or mint in my opinion. 

 

@DaleASmith are you still thinking about a GZR for it? 

Edited yesterday at 12:27 by cocco

[DaleASmith]

20 minutes ago, cocco said:

It'll look amazing with in either tort or mint in my opinion. 

 

@DaleASmith are you still thinking about a GZR for it? 

Yes definitely. I have one in my Jaguar and I love it. 

[cocco]

6 minutes ago, DaleASmith said:

Yes definitely. I have one in my Jaguar and I love it. 

I just got one too. I haven't heard it against other instruments yet but I'm really impressed so far. 

[DaleASmith]

Yeah it’s a great pickup. High output but I really like the tone.  Aside from anything else the sound from them both will match which is useful playing live. 

Edited 20 hours ago by DaleASmith

[joel406]

Hard to tell. Blue with tort. My favorite of 13.