Rick's Fine '52

Went on Friday, massive SR fan here, saw them 3 times in '89, twice in '95, and was sadly present at Reading too in '96. Thought they were excellent, great sound, and a real groove about them. Better than Heaton park, although the fact it was their reunion meant that Heaton was a much bigger 'event' than Finsbury. Ian Brown is Ian Brown, his legendary status means he can behave how he likes on stage I guess, he was always like that anyway, and his voice is far better than it was. Saw the MoS film too while in London, good documentary, with some new footage (For a change), although could have included more band interviews imo. Always good to see Roses related stuff though. This is a shameless excuse to show my Mani-a-like 4005 too;

I'd be more worried about someone asking 15000E for a 4000E bass!

I've seen this before, but for the life of me cannot recall what instrument it was on, from memory, the '2 of 3', referred to the components for final assembly, as in '1 of 3' is the body, '2 of 3' is the neck, and '3 of 3' is the pickguard (I recall it was a custom colour Stratocaster, with loaded pickguard). Can't say that's the case here though, but just remember that being the case on another instrument. In my experience, as its not a Master Built, there would be far more than 3 made of such a well known, desirable finish. LPB on a Jazz is the most common custom colour on originals (Along with CAR), so I would say they would be safe making 100 of these, as is typical from the CS. Matching headstocks wasn't so common in 2001 though (quite normal now on CS CC J's), so maybe someone requested it, so it had the neck took off and peg sprayed, and the parts numbered so it didn't get mixed up?

Just back from 10 days away, gutted I missed this, if I'd seen it, I would have sold the '52 to land this baby......... Ok, lets look out for the re-list, probable start price £59, and still no takers, lets be honest, its barely worth the shipping cost!!!

If it's just the comfort feel that you have an issue with, as you've implied, then I would contour the back like a regular P, and re-spray the back only in black, cheap and easy to do, and relatively invisible if its done nicely, then you should have the bass you want. If its just a maple neck, contour P you want, then sell this bass (I'd recommend selling the neck and body seperately), which would give you more than enough for a nice, early japanese '57 reissue......for example? I'd be more concerned with how the neck is set up, as it's a micro-tilt, 3 bolt neck, presumably rigid fixed with a 4-bolt plate? Just my opinion though. Rick