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EUR 2600 or the equivalent in GBP which is 2220 today. This is the most beautiful vintage Stingray I have ever seen. I even liked it better than my 79 inca silver one, so that had to go first last year. I bought this from the first owner. As a professional bass player he used it as his main working horse for many years. He swore he bought it new in a shop in Berlin, and it had always been black. I heard about stories that MM did the same as Fender in the early years, they overpainted bodies. To make sure I asked for help with the guys from Talkbass, please check my thread over there: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/pre-eb-stingray-ever-seen-a-black-over-inca-silver-one.1333715/ A guy named James bought some of the late 70's records that were sold from Leo's office. He was able to confirm that this bass was indeed sold with black finish. "I will look it up.. B0064XX was always meant to be black, but it had finish issues. It came back twice for finish defects. I am thinking a silver body was rejected from another bass, sent back through and painted black. They didn't pay any attention to keeping bodies with necks. So it just received a freshly black painted body. It appears the new body was attached November 1, 1977. It could have been a body from another warranty bass. Or a rejected silver that never made it to final assembly, put through paint again. They ended up on fresh builds too. From all the evidence I have the painted bodies inventory was not split into used/refins and brand new fresh. They were all lumped together. This explains why we sometimes see significantly older dates on some builds. A refin went through and went on a new build too." I especially like the tone and the battered looks on this bass. It shows wear in all the right places, the black finish has beautiful cracks. The first owner moved the strap pin to the heel of the neck, so there´s an extra hole. Apart from that the bass seems to be all original. The CTS pots are dated 1976. The bass pot was broken and needed to be replaced, I will include the broken pot. The neck plays fast and comfortable, the trussrod works fine. The frets are about 70%. This bass has one of the nicest necks I ever played. I just don´t have need for an active stingray sound these days, so the bass needs a new home. The bass weighs in at 4,7kg which is average for a pre-EB Stingray with ash body. I have currently Fender flatwounds on this bass, so it´s able to produde the exact Bernard Edwards tone! It comes in it´s original battered case. I´m not open for trades at the moment... only looking for an old Hofner Club bass. I´m in Berlin, international shipping is no problem.

Hi boroman, thanks for the offer, but I´m not interested in trades at this point. The only thing I´m interested in is an old Höfner Club bass. 🙂

I had one of these... amazing passive bass with a perfect neck. GLWTS!

Thanks Karlfer!

EUR 690 / GBP 590 The SH-09 came out in 1978. This is the predecessor of later SH-101 that had a plastic case. The advantage of the SH-09 is the slightly fatter sound, and it it has an external input for the filter and an envelope follower, which turns it into a high class analoge touch wah. For some reason it also sounds a bit fatter compared to the SH-02. This is a simple mono synth, but it has sample and hold and noise, so it´s capable of some more experimental and esotheric sounds. Many producers use it only for bass or leads, its definitely good with these. It´s built like a tank, the case is metal, there are almost no scratches on this one. All sliders and knobs work fine. There was a fine crack next to the pitch bend lever, this has been fixed from the inside. I´m in Berlin, international shipping is no problem.

EUR 2.500 / GBP 2133 The custom color is Walnut, or more commonly called Mocha. With the maple neck this bass looks like the Precision that Jonathan Hischke plays. The body has the deep and comfortable shaping of the 60s, it´s the same shaping as my 68 Precision. There is plenty of wear on the finish. The back of the pickups were covered with the typical melted sticky foam, I partly scratched it off to reveal the prints. The pickup codes are 1975, the codes on the pots 1974. The stamps with small letters on the end of neck are a bit faded, I can´t really make out the code. This one has the rare light weight alder body, the bass weighs only 3,8 kg. The other special thing is the slim maple neck. It´s 40mm at the nut which is a little wider than the "A" style Jazz Bass width but way more comfortable and faster then the usual P necks. The frets have lots of life, it plays with low action, the neck is straight and the trussrod works as it should. There´s a dent on one side near the fretboard between 11th and 12th fret. This doesn´t effect the playability, it´s not noticeable when I play the bass in this area. The back of the neck is almost perfect, no dents or scratches there. Here are some audio files. It´s the pure bass, no EQ, no amp, the strings are used. I just added a little compression on the sum. https://instaud.io/3ukn https://instaud.io/3uko https://instaud.io/3ukp https://instaud.io/3ukq I´m in Germany, international shipping is no problem.

Me too. But I have to let this pass... too much old stuff already.

An amazing bass, with a 5-way rotary switch and only 1 volume it would be perfect! GLWTS

Yes, 10 years ago a few things were cheaper than today. 🙂 Jamie Hince from The Kills plays them, that helped a bit.

EUR 700 / GBP 600 The codes on the pots date this to 1965. The guitar is overall in a good condition, alle electrics work without noises, no scratchy pots or switches, the three pickups have a very healthy output. The trussrod works as it should, the tremolo is good. The frets are about 70%. The tuner for the high E-string is a little bent but works fine. One thing is to mention: There are two holes between the bridge and the tremolo. These have been covered up with some matching paint, but they are definitely visible at closer inspection. Apart from that everything else seems to be original and unmolested. Most of the 176 bodies were finished with vinyl covers that tend to bend or break. It was less expensive than applying paint jobs back then. The sunburst nitro finish on this one is still deep red and not faded, the guitar was stored in it´s case for many years. The case for the 176 in this version is really rare. It has a kind of faux tweed exterior, some wear on the edges, and a faded painted band logo on one side. All locks work fine, and it fits like a glove. The handle is from an old VOX amp, this must be an old replacement to the original handle. I´m in Berlin, international shipping is no problem.

GBP 190 / EUR 220 The problem is, this neck is not straight, it´s bent slightly backwards. I played it with strong flatwounds like Fender and LaBella 105-45. These strings are strong enough to pull the neck back into a straight position. I didn´t even know that the neck was bent until I took it off my bass to exchange it with a fretted neck. Only then I realised that the neck is not straight. The trussrod works fine, but of course it doesn´t help with this because it helps bending the neck backwords and not forward. Maybe someone who likes strong strings has use for this. Or it could be a nice project to take off the fretboard and replace it with a new one with frets, and straighten out the neck during the process. The back of the neck is perfect, no marks or dents. The rosewood board has some minor marks from the strings. It´s only the neck and the string tree, no tuners included.

This is the later version with the better variable threads for the strings. The perfect replacement for Fender J and P basses, no need to drill any new holes on this, the Badass fits perfectly. The condition is like new, it´s just a bit dusty.

It´s too much of a hassle for me to record the bass right now. If nothing happens here I might have to do it though. 🙂

You need soundfiles? Hhmm... 🙂

I lowered the price a bit more. To be honest there´s not a lot of interest in this. I know the earlier models up to 66 with staple pickups are more sought after, as the looks are more like trhe McCartney bass. But the sound characteristics of the 67 are not very different to the 63-66 ones. I have a 500/1 from 1965 and also had a 1964 one, to me they sound about the same. It´s just that the 67 with blade pickups has a little bit beefier output.

Exactly, I mentioned this in my listing. Both pickups have more space between them, the positions are different to a Fender P. That´s what makes this bass so interesting, it´s not just an exact Fender clone but more of an experiment to get more or different tones out of the P/J concept. And they did that in 1975! I didn´t know the Tetsu model info, thanks for the geek stuff, Bassassin! 🙂

Wow, I know this bass... 🙂 It used to be mine, and it really is a great instrument. The finish might be unique, I have never seen another in greenburst! GLWTS!

EUR 600 / GBP 515 This is Ibanez´ own interpretation of a Precision Bass. The most obvious differences to a Fender P are the pickups. This is from a time when Fender wasn´t offering any P/Js. Also the position of the pickups is different, the split coil is closer to the neck, and the J pickup is also closer to the bridge than one would expect. The bass does have a deeper growl than the normal P bass, and the middle position with both pickups sounds a bit different to the standard P/J sound. Only the very first ones of these had white block inlays, more common are the later black blocks. The bass doesn´t have a serial, the headstock says IBANEZ only. It´s exactly the version that comes up first in the 1975 Ibanez catalogue, before they introduced serials and switched to the Silver Series instruments. The nut width is 40mm, the neck is very comfortable to play. The back of the neck is in perfect condition, there are no marks at all. The frets are in good condition too. I read somewhere that the bodies of the early ones were made from mahogany. On the few spots where the dents on the finish are deep enough to expose the wood it actually looks darker than the usual ash or alder, so I guess it really is mahogany. Everything is original and unmolested. The body has some smaller dents, the white finish has aged to a nice vintage white. The neck ist straight, the trussrod works, the pickups are strong. The electrics are fine, no scratchy pots. The weight is 4,2 kg. I´m in Berlin, international shipping is no problem.

Hi Walshy, on the 72 P with A neck, shouldn´t it be smaller, something like 37 or 38 mm at the nut? Interesting bass!

Well, your bass looks really nice, but as the body has been refinished and the neck with a new fretboard is not original anymore, this has serious effect on the value of your instrument. It will never be a collectors item, but just a nice player. And I agree, the prices on the links you added are very high, especially the second one will never sell for that. 🙂

EUR 400 / GBP 345 This bass is practically unplayed. It has been set up and was forgotten after that... it´s just not what I need. No signs of use, no wear, no scratches. The weight is 3,4kg. I´m in Berlin, shipping is no problem.

Nice Bass! About the finish... in the neck pocket it looks a bit like sunburst, with the mixture of red and yellowish paint. Is it possible that this is a black over sunburst finish?