Beno

So I decided to bite the bullet and get the bass in to my luthier. It seems I'm a 'glass half empty type'. He was adamant that it did not need a re-fret and that a fret dress would be the way to go.

I have adjusted the price accordingly. It is €2,400 or at today's euro - GBP rate of .86 that is £2,064 

On 28/01/2021 at 21:34, Danbass29 said:

Still available? 

It sure is.

On 11/10/2020 at 18:55, Nickthebass said:

Totally personal response ... for me it’s just not a great time. I’m looking to buy / trade for a good P but with things the way there are I’m not in a rush. I need to sell first (or trade).

The bass looks nice and for me - you’re being totally upfront which is a good way to go.

I don’t think you’re the only one in your position though. I think there is an early 70s 3TSB languishing somewhere in the depths of this forum - and has been for several weeks. 

I think you're right Nick. It's a rubbish time for selling anything. I have a Boss pedal up f/s on a site here and this model of pedal  are normally snapped up and it's on for ages too. The road ahead is far too uncertain. I think the weak pound is not helping me either.

On 11/10/2020 at 19:13, Beedster said:

Why? It’s quite a high price for what it is at a time when folks are not inclined to take financial risks. Basses priced correctly here sell quickly, always have. 

I don't agree it is "quite a high price" at all. I have a vested interest in mid 70's Fender P's, so have kept a keen eye on pricing over the years and have done my research. A quick scope around this site alone would confirm this pretty quickly.

Hello again. Just to reiterate - I'm stunned at the lack of responses I've had to this bass for sale.

To cut through the possible *noise above,  this is a 1975 P bass for sale for 1850 euro as it is or,

a 1975 P bass with a repaired finger-board and new frets for 2400 euro.

*Edit: by noise I ref to my posts

Hi J66Bass, no offence taken at all. Without the help of H.G. Wells, I really don’t know about the lack of a stamp on the butt of the neck. It’s not uncommon though. A very quick Google this morning throws up a similar situation with a 76 P.

Our friend  Señor Jorres/Torres, turns up again on this 75 neck on Reverb and in fact he was on a bass FS here recently. He may have been having an off day.

My own theory is that the QC in Fender at the time was a bit lax to put it mildly. They were making fantastic guitars and basses, but didn’t realise it at the time.  I was talking to a lad recently that lived in the US/Canada and is very well up on vintage Fender stuff. He pointed out a very plausible scenario about the way things were done there.  For instance: a worker putting the neck plates (serial #’s) on guitars has a bin of plates. His bin runs low. Some guy tops up the bin with more plates leaving a few of the previous plates on the bottom. That’s why dating a Fender by s/n sometimes conflicts with other part dates.  Another quick search shows:  2 x 1974 P’s for sale with serial/n’s 626646 and 620940. Both of those s/n's are approx 27,000 later than my 75 s/n. Not sure how that works.

Anyway, I would be 100% confident that the neck is the original.

Was having a bit of a muse on this one.

I’m a little bit surprised that there hasn’t been more interest in this bass. Perhaps it’s just a bad time to try to sell anything. Okay, I know it needs a re-fret soon and I understand that’s a pain in the hoop. I’d imagine a lad would want it to arrive ready to go. If I had done the re-fret and the board was in pristine condition, I would have listed it at about £2,100 and I think the general consensus would have been – ‘that’s about right’.

A re-fret In Ireland would be about €300. I think in the UK it is around £200. It varies in other EU countries ie. Spain seems to be approx €250

The option is available to a buyer, for me to get it done here and price the bass at €2,150 which at todays ex rate of .90, is £1,935. That’s a hell of a price for a 1975 P bass with a new fret job done and a case imo. If a buyer in the UK got their guy to do the frets, that would be £1,665 + £200 (frets) = £1,865. Better again!!

I doubt shipping would be much different than within mainland UK. Dublin is nearer to Manchester than London is (as the crow flies) I had a pm chat with a lad on the far side of Europe and I did an exercise on the UPS site and the cost of shipping was less than €80 (not sure if that was inc insurance though)    

I’m not in any hurry to sell the bass and was actually thinking about reversing my price drop, but I’ll let it sit for the moment and see what happens.

Stg has been fairly fluid over the last few years and all it would take is something like a ‘great trade deal’ to be announced for GB with the EU and Stg could well improve. It could also go the other way. If either happens I would have to adjust my price.

I know I’m a noob selling here with no feedback but everything will be done to ensure buyer is satisfied that all is legit before a transaction takes place.

@gareth, no I don't know the bass history before 1982. It may have had the saddles changed. There was I believe a preference for brass saddles as they were supposed to improve the resonance. My ears aren't that finely tuned though.

I like them. I think they suit the natural finish better tbh and I suppose if someone didn't like them, a 15 quid set of Ni plated saddles would cure that fairly quickly.   

Page 10 was quiet. Page 11 is a wasteland!

A weekend bump needed 😊

New edit: 26/03/21

Had the f/b and fret work done with luthier and details and pics are in my post below.

Ash body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard

Vital stats:-

Weight: On a kitchen scales it comes in at 4.2kgs. On a bathroom scales, it’s 4.4kgs so it’s there or there abouts. Either way, it’s a light bass and certainly one of the lightest bass I’ve played.

Neck: 41.7mm at nut.

I bought this bass in 1982. I have changed nothing on it (hardware) Personally, I think it’s a great looking bass (subjective of course) and has just the right amount of real road wear. It sounds fantastic.

Not sure what you're doing but my advice would be to get a flap disc/s. 22mm bore is standard for a 115mm diameter disc.

They are less aggressive than a solid grinding disc and flap discs are very easy to get. 

https://www.google.ie/search?q=flap+disc+for+wood&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_mOnU5LHpAhWTQxUIHdRUCEEQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1366&bih=625

On 28/02/2020 at 22:51, Lozz196 said:

I think that’s great, if I had a Little Mark amp and was in a gigging band I’d certainly be interested, am sure others will be.

Cheers Lozz. It seems us Al fans are a dying breed 

1 hour ago, yorks5stringer said:

Is it good for Metal?

Absolutely, 

as long as it's non ferrous. 

Hi folks. It’s been a while.

I bought a LM III a few years back. It’s a decent amp and does what I need it to. However, when I got it first there were a few things that I didn’t like:

1)      It struck me as being a bit vulnerable to getting a smack from something way heavier than it.

2)      The controls were not easy to see at night.

3)      The 'power on' LED was like a laser.

So I decided to do something about it and had a root about in the shed and knocked up this protective case made from some aluminium box section I had.

I also fitted a LED strip over the control panel (12v dc with a separate psu) and put a diffuser over the on LED.

I’ll probably have to sell off all my bass gear ( inc my precious 1975 P bass) due to health stuff  and I was wondering if the LM III...eh...hand crafted case would be something that would be of interest to LM owners? It's a simple job to remove the amp from the case if needed.

The LM III new, is about €70 cheaper now, than when I bought mine and as I’m going to take a hit on the amp, I need to off-set that a bit.

Basically just looking for a bit of feedback. 

Thanks.

I wouldn't worry what make it is (the lad says it plays well). For 75 quid, it looks like a perfect starter fretless. If you find you like/can handle fretless, move it on and get a better one. If not- just move it on.
Interesting table project though

Bass/weather update.

As forecast, the weather has dried out over the last few days and so did my bass. Everything back to normal. Phew !

Accurately tuned at 10am. Left it standing vertically till 4pm. Still bang on.
Played for about an hour and put in case. Tuning very slightly high. Dry enough day here until about 5 and lashing rain again.

Weather is set to dry out fri/sat/sun so I'll do another check then.

Thanks for all the comments lads. Much appreciated

Thing is, I treat this bass like a a new born baby. I'll play as hard as I need to but when I take it off, its kid gloves time.

Yes, it is hard case but if its put down on the neck support would that not put a small bit of pressure the other way, meaning the strings (if there was any movement) would have less tension and lower pitch.

I'm still leaning towards the weather thing. Its only this year I've noticed it. Feckin jet stream !

Hi folks.

I've recently noticed the pitch on my bass is rising slightly over a relatively short space of time (24-36 hrs or so)

Not a huge increase but enough to bug me. So I tune to 440 and next day meter reads 442/3

Its all strings so I figure its a neck problem. Would I be right thinking its a 'pissing rain for 3 months' issue, with high humidity causing it ?

Bass is always kept in case and there's always a big bag of that silica gel stuff in the case.

Anyone else experiencing this ???

Cheers, B

EDIT- Maybe I should have put this in tech issues. Ooops

Found this during a browse and thought ye might be interested.

[url="http://www.devilsadvocate.tv/soifer/fenderwanted.htm"]http://www.devilsadv...enderwanted.htm[/url]

It may have been posted before ? (sure I'm only a noob)

Posted today. Completed

[quote name='tim126' timestamp='1319320878' post='1412780']
PM mate...
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Looks like its yours so.

PM'd

[quote name='tim126' timestamp='1319313055' post='1412700']
Oo Oo!!! I got one of these, held together with a tie-wrap, cos all the screws have fallen out! ... If you're offering it a good home, I'd take it in and make it comfortable?....

:-)

Tim.
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Sure. This is on a first come first served basis I presume.

Once you're ok with the whole tenner unpleasantness.

Although having said that, would you be thinking of getting a few screws and repairing your old one and moving it on FOC to someone else ? Or just plain fixing yours and letting this one go to someone else.

Some mod guidance would help here pls.

I have one of these lads going FOC

[url="http://www.studio1525.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1013"]http://www.studio152...roducts_id=1013[/url]

I would need a tenner for postage though.

4 of the yellow dofers on the slides are gone and its not as clean looking as the one in the link but it seems to work well.
I have an equalizer on my amp so its surplus to reqs.

Welcome along from a fellow Mick.

Whats your problem with Namibia, or Murmansk for that matter

When I worked in London, in a Engineering Co (Lucas Aerospace) they had a massive ultra sonic cleaning tank and I used to bung my strings in there with a torpedo casing( I kid you not) and they came out as new.

I haven't tried it on strings yet but I think Milton (baby stuff) is great for cleaning metal watch straps etc, so I don't see why it wouldn't do strings. NB- Milton is not good for silver, pure or plated.

Found this one recently.

Seems good. Lots of info for the old gear. Its confirming what I suspected with my P. Not 76, but a very early 75.

S/N # Info near the end.

[url="http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html"]http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html[/url]