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If there’s no scratch plate then the knobs will be hanging towards the floor! I’d see see a P with a clear s’plate, still looked a bit weird showing the routing from the pickups to the controls.

Just thinking the same myself.

I did Australia once for a Washburn guitar. Used the Royal Mail Parcel Force, but I can’t remember if the insurance was enough or the buyer took the risk. Anyway it got there okay but cost far too much.

Fenton Weill, don’t know the model name but looked like this, except I took the red scratch plate off ( it was superfluous) and put an aluminium bridge on it. It actually played pretty well. Don’t remember the make of the amp but it was a combo with 2 x 12in speakers one facing forward the other backwards. What an earth the idea of that was I have no idea but it was replace by a Marshall 2 x 12 with a Selmer T & B amp 50 watt as I recall.

Question? When Entwistle started hybriding Thunderbirds he was presumably using Gibsons which were through neck construction. How on earth do you cut a through neck off and fit a Fender bolt on neck, and why?

The tort looks great, although anodised gold is cool.

Had a ‘66 EB2D. Necks are prone to snapping at the headstock so check it. The Mudbucker pickup is powerful, the Baritone switch tames it down a bit and originally were a push button. Short scale of course and some of the necks were a bit dogish (is that a real word?) Whilst I got rid of mine I still have a hankering for one but the prices now are prohibitive.

Appropriate for a Wyman - 🎼 “ you’ve got to paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black” 👅

How nice to see restrained reliving, just like someone looked after their bass over the 50 years they owned it . 👍🏿

I had a ‘76 some years ago which had the tug bar fitted above the pickup. I see yours has it below, anyone know when they switched over?

Why do some people put stickers all over the bodies of basses? Guaranteed to ruin the finish.

You might not be able to find it on a dark stage. Make sure you’ve got a torch with you or fit some neon strings 😁🔦

Ye- ha! 🤠

I know I don’t really get relicing , but who in their right mind would refinish a gorgeous Candy Apple Red with boring old white? Surely relicing should be of an original colour and therefore showing bare wood? Doesn’t refinish normally devalue a vintage instrument? I glad it plays like a dream.

I grabbed one of these cheap on eBay recently too. Pots were dead but pickups good. Removed the banana shape from the neck but the action isn’t great, it is a very nice neck to play though.

Time to put a Fender neck on it - oh that would be the Dirtybird then, who was it who did that? 😁😂🤣

What colour is it?

There was a big difference between the Sonic and the Vista Sonic: scale length, pick up numbers, toneselector, body, Weight, machine heads, quality. Basically no comparison whatsoever.

Finally got rid of the awful pointy headstock, just need to to follow suit on the other models.

Overwater?

Do you have to buy a new one? At this price range you are going to get the lowest common denominator, poor quality pickups, frets, tuners. You would fair better with a second hand bass of better quality for similar money. Why not look on here at what’s being offered.

I agree about the Squier and Bass Collection ( if you don’t mind the weird headstock). The Gibson EB both the 2013 & 2017 versions are really light at about 3.5kg but may be a tad over budget, but really good rock sound from humbuckers.

Ouch, at that price I’d want a bit more than a roasting!