My Basschat / EBay 70s(ish) P-bass

[Cat Burrito]

Had a few weeks out of Basschat just as I needed to be offline a bit more. I'd acquired a few bass parts and wanted to put together a P-bass. I salvaged the neck from my original 1989 P-bass, bought a 70s USA P-bass body on the 'Bay and pretty much got everything else from Basschat.

I liked the 70s thing of stripping the finish so I've taken this back and waxed it up. Gigged it twice at the weekend and it's great. Great Wizard Trad pickup in there and ultra heavy flatwounds. You get the idea.

It took me a few evenings to strip the paint, sand it down and wax it up but definitely worth it. It feels more personal than picking something off the wall

[Clarky]

Great job there Tim. Looks fabulous. At the risk of bringing back Sid James, but are those my old knobs?

[Cat Burrito]

Yip

[stinson]

Nice job! Could I be so bold to ask how much you got the body for? Is it a weighty one?

[Cat Burrito]

It's quite light & the seller was a bit hard done by because it was an old fashioned auction... I stayed up until 3.20am & won it for around a mere £150! It appears genuine too & this has been confirmed

This whole project has cost me less than £300

[Shaggy]

Great job Tim, bet it sounds sweet thru the Bassman 135

You need to get Auctionsniper though!

[stinson]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='892123' date='Jul 11 2010, 06:06 PM']It's quite light & the seller was a bit hard done by because it was an old fashioned auction... I stayed up until 3.20am & won it for around a mere £150! It appears genuine too & this has been confirmed

This whole project has cost me less than £300[/quote]

Bargain! fantastic job and good to see someone else go with a Trad

[Lozz196]

[quote name='stinson' post='892237' date='Jul 11 2010, 08:30 PM']Bargain! fantastic job and good to see someone else go with a Trad [/quote]
Nice one Tim, very envious of that, especially the price.

[merello]

Well done - looks excellent!

[derrenleepoole]

Lushness