Philip Hardy

Hi all. I was trying to do a bit of research about this bass as I can't remember what shop I bought it from back in the early 70's and found this thread. I bought it off the guy selling it on Ebay because it used to be mine back in the day. It was me who made the scratch plate and had it chromed because i loved Phil Lynott's chrome scratch plate but didn't get it polished, hence the tarnished colour. (I was only a teenager and there was no internet) it was when I was practising at work and propped it against a table that it slipped and fell against the a wall and snapped the neck off as it was only a set neck. 😥 there was a hardware shop next to where I worked and glued it back together using there vice to clamp it together not realising until It had set that I'd crushed the top few frets 😳 again, I can only think that I was a naive 19 year old and didn't know anything better 😔 the engravings are the initials of Neil Gauntlet the guitar player with Jo Brown who must have purchased it after me and kept it until he passed away. His wife then sold it to the guy who was selling it on ebay. So 42 years later it's gone full circle back to me 🥰 I did a bit of research and Neil was born about a mile from me in Birmingham. I don't play any more but wanted to have it as I have lots of fond memories gigging with it back in the 70's even with its issues. It always sounded very bright especially with a fresh set of rotosound strings on it and I loved the long scale.i will replace the scratch plate with something that looks more original but will leave the rest as it as it tells a good story. I was trying to establish if I bought it from new so you could argue that it had had two owners 👍

Hi all. I was trying to do a bit of research about this bass as I can't remember what shop I bought it from back in the early 70's and found this thread. I bought it off the guy selling it on Ebay because it used to be mine back in the day. It was me who made the scratch plate and had it chromed because i loved Phil Lynott's chrome scratch plate but didn't get it polished, hence the tarnished colour. (I was only a teenager and there was no internet) it was when I was practising at work and propped it against a table that it slipped and fell against the a wall and snapped the neck off as it was only a set neck. 😥 there was a hardware shop next to where I worked and glued it back together using there vice to clamp it together not realising until It had set that I'd crushed the top few frets 😳 again, I can only think that I was naive 19 year old and didn't know anything better 😔 the engravings are the initials of Neil Gauntlet the guy who was the next owner after me and kept it until he passed away and his wife sold it to the guy who sold it back to me so the bass has gone full circle 42 years later back to me 🥰 Neil played guitar most of his life for jo brown and was born about a mile from me in Birmingham. I don't play any more but wanted to have it as I have lots of fond memories gigging with it. I was trying to establish if I bought it from new so you could argue that it had had two owners 👍