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So the tuners on my 76 P are a bit stiff and there is definitely some grinding going on. I stripped them down and gave them a good clean and lubed them with chapstick (recommended on a youtube vid as opposed to thin oil that can damage the wood/headstick finish. Whilst they are better they are still incredibly hard work. I dont really want to look at replacing them at this point with it being a vintage bass but of course it needs to be playable. Anybody got any useful tips that may help get them going a bit smoother/easier?

Quick check on the neck stamps tonight. Really loving the bass so far, has a really nice ‘eveness’ tone wise string to string. Nice narrow neck width with a chunkiness front to back. From the 70's Fender group on faceboo they have deciphered it as:- 01 - Precision 04 - Rosewood 48 - Week (december) 5 - Year 1975 2 - Day of the week So it seems the neck is late 75. I cant check pot dates as they are non original. There is no sticker on the back of the guard that i can see as it has been fully covered in grounding tape (given the route). Pickups will have a date on them though so i should have a look at them too. Not that it really matters but just geeking out

Unfortunately i don't have an amp here at the moment as it is at our studio so haven't heard her fully sing yet. Acoustically she is very vibrant and resonant, great neck and very well set up from @Willfunk at Bass Bros. As per the original advert - she has a route under the pickguard presumably for some previous active electronics, you cant tell at all with the pickguard on tho and in person the route is much smaller than the pics suggested. Original pickups are back in situ and the only non original parts seems to be the pots and the plastic pickup covers. I have a battered old bridge cover that ill stick on and ill seek out a suitably worn looking thumb rest. I do have some worn looking pup covers but the lugs are too large for the pickguard so will source some others. Look forward to getting the amp back from the studio to hear her properly. After that, despite being a flats player, this will get a set of Fender 7150's (the pure nickels) and become my number 1

So she has arrived. Quick unboxing on my lunch hour with full details/review etc to follow. My 1976 P bass 😍

its en route - will update once it lands. I just felt for the price that i could live with a hidden route and changed pots. Now its about string choice - my usuals are Elites Flats but in this band I've found Elite Halfwounds more fitting and give a bit more growl

So i eventually succumbed to this......