Sad but we may never see the likes of this again!

[warwickhunt]

With the smoking ban firmly in place we may never again see this kind of mojo on a bass... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=644365"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=644365[/url]

[BottomEndian]

Jeebus. I'd rather it did that to my bass than my lungs though.

Oddly, no "fag boorn" on the headstock.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='817105' date='Apr 24 2010, 11:45 AM']With the smoking ban firmly in place we may never again see this kind of mojo on a bass... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=644365"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=644365[/url]

[/quote]

Good riddance to it.

[Delberthot]

could have given it a dicht. looks like his child put the strings on with a pair of pliers.


looks like there could be a new life form developing on the bridge



Sorry but I would have to take it apart and give it a clean - mojo? e-coli more like.

[The Bass Doc]

That finish should be called tobacco as opposed to the two-tone thing.

[gjones]

Looks like there's a brand new lifeform evolving under that bridge cover.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='gjones' post='817147' date='Apr 24 2010, 12:39 PM']Looks like there's a brand new lifeform evolving under that bridge cover.[/quote]
or bits from a disintegrating foam mute?

[theosd]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='817156' date='Apr 24 2010, 12:52 PM']or bits from a disintegrating foam mute?[/quote]

Regardless, that's in need of a good clean! At the price he's asking it's the least he can do.

[Bassassin]

Don't care if it's a '68 P - it's a squalid piece of crap. How the hell can people let their instruments get that foul?

Jon.

[thisnameistaken]

I think I can smell it from here.

[notable9]

Yuch yuch yuch!...but I bet it plays like a beaut. Look, no wear on the truss nut and its way out flush..just like mine from the same year. Cleaned up that will be a fab bass. Gimmee...

Edited April 24, 2010 by notable9

[ThomBassmonkey]

[quote]slight buckle rash on the back[/quote]

[Conan]

Yuck. Can basses get cancer?

Serious question for the vintage brigade - when the finish is as different to the original as this one, would a decent clean-up and even a re-finish cause the guitar to lose value? Is is worth more in this awful state?!

[hillbilly deluxe]

It looks like a Kipper.er i mean keeper,no definately a Kipper.

[warwickhunt]

I've wondered whether a wet wipe would actually take away the 'patina' or if, as the seller suggests, it is actually the finish that has reacted and it is now fixed this colour. Oddly enough I quite like the colour though I am adverse to Fender basses that are a natural finish.

I do think it is staggering to imagine that it is actually white!

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='817113' date='Apr 24 2010, 11:52 AM']That finish should be called tobacco as opposed to the two-tone thing.[/quote]
It looks like it spent a week on the wall in your shop, Uncle H.

[hillbilly deluxe]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='817323' date='Apr 24 2010, 04:50 PM']It looks like it spent a week on the wall in your shop, Uncle H. [/quote]

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='817323' date='Apr 24 2010, 04:50 PM']It looks like it spent a week on the wall in your shop, Uncle H. [/quote]

BC quote of the decade for those that knew Howie's place!

[bubinga5]

i would love tp clean up that bass

[The Bass Doc]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='817323' date='Apr 24 2010, 04:50 PM']It looks like it spent a week on the wall in your shop, Uncle H. [/quote]

A Saturday would have done if both me and Pete were in.

Edited April 24, 2010 by The Bass Doc

[Chris2112]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='817430' date='Apr 24 2010, 07:06 PM']A Saturday would have done if both me and Pete were in.[/quote]

I'll say! That said Howard, your old white P bass never seemed too off colour!

Looking at that bass, it just looks like a health hazard. And if the club atmosphere did that to a bass, imagine the havoc it would be playing with your lungs! That said, with the general death of nitro finished basses, I doubt we'll see all that much "relicing" now anyway!

[Tait]

for some reason i can imagine it being really sticky, and that you could wipe away half that yellow. i have no idea why mind.

if that is just yellowing from age, its actually quite fantastic.

[OutToPlayJazz]

Looks like it was rescued from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina!

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='817481' date='Apr 24 2010, 07:50 PM']Looking at that bass, it just looks like a health hazard. And if the club atmosphere did that to a bass, imagine the havoc it would be playing with your lungs![/quote]

It could be carcinogenic. Cigarette smoke can leave " "substantial levels" of toxins on smoke-exposed material."
[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8503870.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8503870.stm[/url]

[iconic]

How by any stretch of the written word can this be described as 'good condition' even if it is 40 odd years old... looks like it's been dragged from a compost heap!