GCYPbass Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 [url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/04/71849304.html"]http://www.gumtree.com/london/04/71849304.html[/url] This seems a good price for a 1980 USA Precision Bass. Colour looks rare too. As I dont have a good knowledge about precision basses I dont know if its all original. Just posted if any of the BCers interested in. p.s. "candy apple blue" sounds really weird though Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Haven't you eaten a blue apple before I assume its either Lake Placid Blue or another custom blue (I think there's a Peacock Blue colour) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCYPbass Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 something like this? looks yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absolutpepper Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice bass, seems a good price. Does anyone know if that was a colour option or could it possibly be a refin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='absolutpepper' post='1089167' date='Jan 14 2011, 11:59 AM']Nice bass, seems a good price. Does anyone know if that was a colour option or could it possibly be a refin?[/quote] I've seen that colour on a few early 80s P bass Specials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 What's puzzling me is the control layout - which should comprise three control pots and a mini toggle switch, on a factory Precision Special. I'd also expect the scratchguard to be white plastic, not gold anodised. As for the colours, I've seen three different blues on Precision Special models - owning one finished in a pale metallic grey-blue, similar to this example, as well as one in a bright, rich blue, with an almost metallic flake effect - with the third variant being something very close to Lake Placid Blue, but with a fade effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I reckon the active circuit has been pulled out, and the pickguard replaced. The rest of it looks right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='1089441' date='Jan 14 2011, 03:23 PM']I reckon the active circuit has been pulled out, and the pickguard replaced. The rest of it looks right.[/quote] Yea, the most likely scenario. And the fate another "Special", for sale here last year, had undergone. Commented that that seller might reconsider his description, of Precision Special, given that what made it a "Special" when it left the factory were the pickups and electrics, and that with a set of EMGs and modern electrics all the guy had was an 80s Precision with modern bits, and no more desirable than any other run-of-tthe-mill 80s Precision. This one still has the original high-mass bridge and tuners, although the gold finish looks very worn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain black Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I have one in the same colour and I love it to bits. It's my main gigging bass atm and I rarely (if ever) use the preamp. They have a killer passive tone so whoever buys it at this price is getting a nice bass, I'm sure. It looks in great nick, although it won't be a museum piece without the preamp. One thing though, mine is very heavy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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