dballona

Good 3/4 bass for sale. I think it is a Hybrid, but I have very little information (and knowledge) about upright basses. I bought it for the same price earlier this year.

Selling because I have a good opportunity to buy an electric bass I've been looking for a while.

Thanks all. This has to go soon otherwise I'll lose a good deal. Accepting offers!

This one really has to go soon otherwise I'll lose the opportunity to buy some other gear I'm keen to close. Accepting offers!

Hi @ash, just weighted it on a bathroom scale and it is ~4.5kg.

Bought recently, selling because got an opportunity to buy another bass I've looking for for a while.

Great bass, just recently bought it but got an opportunity to buy a bass I've wanted for a while so it has to go.

2 hours ago, Figiss said:

Hi any pictures of the pots , pickups , wiring and cavities please .

Hi @Figiss, here's it. Not clear pictures of cavities, but there is no routing on the body.

Hi @Reggaebass. It is a B profile neck, so I believe it's something pretty close to 1.625"

Also accepting offers, and trades with cash in return 🙂

3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

From what I can make out of the scratchplate markings it seems pretty similar. Look at the pale areas near the volume control.

Really good point, Neil. I haven't noticed that, and you're right, all the brighter areas between the volume control to pickup kind of matches, which is a good sign. Thanks!

Thanks @BreadBin, that's helpful. I based pricing off from Reverb – and I have a listing there which started at pretty high price, and wasn't super successful to be honest. from there, I thought £4,200 as a starting point was a good idea, but would love to get peer-reviewed, so feel free to keep me honest.

@hooky_lowdown nope, no proof he played on any recordings. I have pics of him with the bass, theoretically:
 

I am saying theoretically basically because it could be any "stripped P bass" as gareth mentioned... but I am sure it was bought on TM's estate sale and have email communications/proof to back it up.

Regarding provenance/memorabilia, I have a few things which came with the bass in Brazil... I should be able to figure out shipping.
I didn't bring it as initially I didn't intend to sell it. Here is a pic:

Please keep me honest with pricing and value of this bass. I can assure qualitative value, as it honestly is the best P I've ever had, but quantitatively is pretty hard to nail down as it seems to fluctuate in a broad range on Reverb/Ebay...

16 minutes ago, gareth said:

Wow all for a stripped 68 p bass with split guard and plate up the wrong way

Wonderful 

GLWS

sorry if this somehow triggered you, @gareth.
to be fair, I am not fully sure on pricing here in the UK.
what would you say is an appropriate price for this bass?
happy to adjust it to reality.
 

Thanks @ped. Updated!

This is a collectors' article, besides being the best P Bass I have ever owned, without a doubt. This bass is part of the history of an incredible musician, which played with names such as Steve Vai, Neil Zaza, Cyndi Lauper, Little Steven, Tina Turner, Dan Hartman and Billy Joel and even legendary Miles Davis.

I bought this bass from a New Jersey resident who bought it from the person who did TM's Estate sale. He visited TM's house and shipped this beauty to me in Brazil, where I used to live. Now, after moving to the UK, I am playing less and less, and it makes sense to sell this to a collector/actual player, which will take care of this legacy moving forward.

Originality-wise, electronics of this bass are entirely original except for one of the pots. The pickguard is broken next to the cable jack, typical for old P basses. The body was obviously stripped and covered with glossy finishing – probably it is not nitro, I'd say it is PU. One thing that dates the stripping is that there's a picture of TM with this bass dating back to early 70s from what it seems... so it's been like that for a while. And a funny fact, when I got the bass, the neckplate was flipped. I left it as TM knows what works better.

Everything else is clearly original, and I can back up originality after collecting old Fender basses for a few years.

Included on the sale:
- Bass;
- OHSC;
- Covers (both pickup and bridge);

I will try to ship some of the memorabilia that was included in the original sale to whoever buys it. I left all of it in Brazil when I moved in as I had no intentions to sell it... if you're interested, leave me a message and I will send you more pictures.