neilb Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-VINTAGE-USA-FENDER-PRECISION-P-BASS-HARD-CASE-/130438783304?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1e5ec1e148"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-VINTAGE-USA-FEN...=item1e5ec1e148[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thats standard - the non-aligned edge. My '72 Precision has that and is still the nicest bass I've ever played. Not an issue for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 But there's no way I can forgive that uber-cheesy advert. [i]I am just a girl selling some of my my husbands beautiful guitars to pay the mortgage.[/i] Yeh, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 [quote name='Clarky' post='976821' date='Oct 4 2010, 10:54 AM']Thats standard - the non-aligned edge. My '72 Precision has that and is still the nicest bass I've ever played. Not an issue for me![/quote] Ah,thanks for that Clarky. Learn something new every day. Cheers. Restored my faith in the bass now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Here's my bass. You can just about see the 'overhang' of the neck pocket on the lower side here [attachment=60513:fender_72P_front.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Ah yes, was that just sloppy QC at the time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 No idea, to be honest but it seems to be standard. Doesn't affect how the bass plays IMHO (maybe it would if you played up at the highest frets a lot but I never venture up to that dark, murky other world!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Can't tell with this one but this is probably why so many 70s Fenders have such dreadful string & bridge alignment. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 That scratchplate isn't original is it? Never seen a 70s precision with anything other than a plastic one. I wonder if the husband knows his collection is being sold on Ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 [quote name='neilb' post='976883' date='Oct 4 2010, 11:39 AM']....Ah yes, was that just sloppy QC at the time ?....[/quote] QC and Fender are two (ok 3!) words that have rarely coincided! If you are worried about QC then don't buy Fender, but as Clarky says, bad QC never stopped Fenders sounding good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 [quote name='RhysP' post='977096' date='Oct 4 2010, 01:54 PM']That scratchplate isn't original is it? Never seen a 70s precision with anything other than a plastic one.[/quote] The seller points this out in the text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 [quote name='Clarky' post='976821' date='Oct 4 2010, 10:54 AM']Thats standard - the non-aligned edge. My '72 Precision has that and is still the nicest bass I've ever played. Not an issue for me![/quote] That non-aligned edge turned up on a Stingray Classic I bought...is there a reason for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='977126' date='Oct 4 2010, 02:19 PM']The seller points this out in the text.[/quote] I probably should have read it but I couldn't really be bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 [quote name='Clarky' post='976890' date='Oct 4 2010, 11:42 AM'](maybe it would if you played up at the highest frets a lot but I never venture up to that dark, murky other world!)[/quote] I'm not allowed up there anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Looks cool, Still the second someone refers to a guitar as 'She' or 'her' i feel like i need to throw up and close the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky L Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 [quote name='AndyTravis' post='977205' date='Oct 4 2010, 03:11 PM']Looks cool, Still the second someone refers to a guitar as 'She' or 'her' i feel like i need to throw up and close the page.[/quote] Agreed, it's just wrong. The seller certainly knows a lot about the bass in the write up details, makes me wonder why her husband isn't selling it though. Finally, being a pedant, I wonder which of her "[b]husbands[/b]" she is selling this for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanark Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Just out of interest - why on earth were there no bids for this at £50? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexisonfire Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I need to get her to write up my appraisal! Uber cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMT3781 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 [quote name='lanark' post='984964' date='Oct 11 2010, 10:11 PM']Just out of interest - why on earth were there no bids for this at £50?[/quote] perhaps it got ended early when he came hom from work and spotted pictures of his own bass online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 [quote name='JMT3781' post='987074' date='Oct 13 2010, 03:54 PM']perhaps it got ended early when he came hom from work and spotted pictures of his own bass online [/quote] ... or someone reading this thread made a sly 'off-eBay' offer. NOT me I hasten to add! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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