Ritsugamesh

Purchased a set of Lindy Fralin pickups from Walshy the past week. Great comms, super prompt, and no fuss to deal with at all. When a small issue cropped up, he was quick to help and provide a fair solution. Credit to the community as you'd expect. Thanks mate!

+1 vote for P-Ray as the name. Cool bass!

Ah that's good to hear, must have just been a duff string indeed! I'm honestly sad I gave it up haha. Glad you're happy with it either way pal. EDIT: And if you are thinking of selling, get in touch and I might nab it back! 😅

Purchased a bitsa bass from Ash to grab hold of a lovely example of a late 70s P bass neck. Great communication, prompt and direct, friendly to boot, and was flexible in arranging collection/meetup. Bass as advertised and he even showed me some other cool basses during the necessary basschat deal bass chat that ensued. Credit to the community, would absolutely do business with again (hoping to if he ever shifts that Tele bass!)

The G string will be accurate at the 12th and about 50c flat on frets below the 12th. The inverse occurs above the 12th. It's only the G string that is struggling to intonate, the other 3 are fine, which suggests scale length isn't the issue. It's seemingly impossible to have the lower frets tuned to pitch and still have it accurate to the 12th. Going to try and put another string on to see if that fixes the issue. Any additional troubleshooting tips welcome!

Thanks for posting those pics Valerian - very similar looking neck to mine for sure, ebony slab thickness withstanding! I've taken the time today to pull it apart for a brief look and review scale lengths, etc. Scale length appears to be absolutely bang on from the end of the nut to the bridge saddles. The G string being a pain to intonate must be either related to the nut at this point or the string itself being old and done in. I will look at changing at the very least the G to check whether this is the case. I've also taken the neck off and pickguard off to get a bit more information about the actual parts in use! Some very interesting insights for sure, at least I think so 😁 The neck has this code on the bottom - I have done a bit of googling to figure this one out and I believe it's 01 (precision) 02 (no clue) 36 (36th week) 9 (79) 3 (weds) - the 02 I have no clue, but I think the rest is correct. Anyone with better info let me know! The stuff on the back of the neck eludes me, although googling J Torres brings up a fair few results about him being a well-regarded neck builder of the era. The sticker I have absolutely no idea what that's about, but assuming original. Also not sure what the stamp codes mean, so any englightenment is appreciated! All the internals look well done, though I honestly have such poor knowledge of electrical work on my instruments it just looked like a mass of cables to me. Anyone with better knowledge please chime up! Not sure what dates these EMGs are either. The silver foil job appears to be as from the factory, suggesting this is also the original pickguard. I've never seen a silver foil on a bass before from Fender, but the serial number sticker on the underside suggests it is indeed how it was done in the factory. Last but not least is a sticker with F 1-23 written inside the pickup cavity - again, absolutely no idea. The buttons are removable, one I've got out and the other is providing difficult. Even with big holes in the body it looks a damn sight better than whatever those metal buttons were, so I'll take it. At this point I'm likely to buy a fretted replacement neck to avoid doing any major work to this one, the neck pocket is 2.5" by 3.8" or so, which I believe is relatively standard for a Precision neck? Hope the guts and glory photos are of interest guys, thank you for all the comments so far - very illuminating for both me and my father!

Thank you for the alternative perspective. I'm perhaps being too critical, simply from the shield job being visible and the fret marker situation, but otherwise it is a series of well-done modifications. I'm more in the mind to keep things as-is, though I'll be taking the neck off and electronics to see whether there is more information to be shared. What nut would you suggests as a replacement? I believe this must be a bone nut, but I've never actually replaced one before! Appreciate the feedback, leaning this way for sure, it's had a lot of work and a lot of character as a result. Might change the control knobs though, not a fan of the plastic ones!