Rick's Fine '52

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1473926396' post='3134107'] I was born in '66 and have always fancied a YOB bass. [/quote] [URL=http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/neckafter7_zpsbb819b97.jpg.html][IMG]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb290/rosesguitar_2007/Slab/neckafter7_zpsbb819b97.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Some may recall I built one of these a few years ago. Just after it was finished, I managed to buy an original, so lost a bit of interest in the project, someone offered me a trade against the body only, so it was parted up, and resigned to the back of the cupboard. I recently had the chance to get another slab body, so thought I'd get it back together. The body is 2-piece ash, correct tooling for '66 P, with rout hump etc. Its finished in translucent white blonde, with some lovely grain showing through. The neck, is my old one, which is a very scarce maple-cap neck. It has original '66 tuners and string tree, and period correct decal. its been aged sympathetically with some amber tint, and looks original. These slabs just don't look right without a correct maple-cap neck!! I decided against fitting all the original '66 electronics and pickups, and make it more affordable, should I decide to sell-on. Pickups are Seymour Duncan Steve Harris Signature, which have a good tonal range, and generous output, Black 3-ply pickguard, repro '66 neck plate, reissue threaded saddle bridge, and chrome covers complete the look. The body isn't relic'd.....yet. Its so nice, I've put off getting stuck in. Not sure whether to or not? I think I'm going to weather check the body, and depending how that looks, do some light wear, to match the neck. Anyway, a few pics; [/URL]" class="ipsImage" /> [url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/20160913_210714_zpsgtegn5xj.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/20160913_210648_zps5mievx8m.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/20160913_210727_zpsrrzh2gmu.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/20160913_210741_zps3uwogogj.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/20160913_210758_zpsqzfwyfrh.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/20160913_211249_zpsnjsme4xw.jpg.html"][/url]

My pleasure.

[quote name='senmen' timestamp='1473186152' post='3127840'] All I can say on extensive research for two upcoming Magazine articles, that many facts yet distributed about the Slabs, Need to be corrected!! [/quote] Agree with you there Oliver!

My near mint custom colour stack knob is probably my most expensive bass, the '66 Slab would be the hardest to replace though, and the blonde blackguard makes me smile the widest when I open the original gig bag. Love them all, as all my instruments, equally, for varying reasons. Don't ask me what I'd keep if I could only have one!

[quote name='steviebee74' timestamp='1472295251' post='3120114'] Ok so this time, I took a close up from the actual book rather than google. I'm still convinced it's a slab! [/quote] The neck isn't maple cap. Probably not even a Fender. If he's letting kids play it in school, it's probably a typical cheap school copy, hence the poor contours.

[quote name='steviebee74' timestamp='1472248696' post='3119881'] On page 82, there is an image of a blues player named Johnnie Billington. Taken in 2001, this image shows him with some of his students at his blues school. The young bass player is clearly playing a slab-bodied p bass with a gold anodised pickguard [/quote] Looks like a regular P to me, '57 reissue. The Slabs had maple cap necks, so no truss rod tiger stripe, hence no walnut cap on headstock, like this one has, also looks like rounded body edges when you zoom.

Headstock and tuners look like Jedson?

Get a Fullerton 1983 Jazz. YOB Great playing basses Right width neck Will only increase in value too

I cant see a single component on this being original Fender (maybe the reissue tuners?), let alone from 1961.....

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1458673715' post='3009759'] Wow, that is really something. Perhaps I could make the trip oop north and see it in the flesh sometime? Absolutely fantastic, a real piece of Fender history... like your rug. [/quote] Always welcome Mark, although despite its name, I've never heard it called oop north!! . (The rug is cool...it works in the Bass Place!)

Think this pic belongs here too, my '66 Slab Precision, 100% stock, and played (needed a clean at the time of picture) http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/image_2_zps24d15b06.jpeg.html"][/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1458602188' post='3009094'] Holy Mother of God Rick, I didn't know you had a real one! Which is it?? [/quote] Here it is, the pics were taking when i first opened it, and it needed a good clean, its one of the few 100% stock examples still known to exist, many have been modded or refin'd. Very special bass indeed. http://[url="http://s208.photobucket.com/user/rosesguitar_2007/media/Slab/image_2_zps24d15b06.jpeg.html"][/url] Pride of the pack.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1458563356' post='3008555'] Actually, I meant Barry Matthew's book - d'oh... [/quote] Good little book, my bass is featured.

If someone has a regular, fully stock '66 Precision, maybe we should do a direct sound comparison with my stock slab? Maybe one for a bassbash?