Johnnysonic Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Or for a gig... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukulelelab Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Joe Bonamassa has a very nice '66 slab precision in his collection. FFWD to 01:02:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcqG4Zun22Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) On 15/08/2022 at 22:35, EssentialTension said: Beautiful bass with quite a heritage when you consider the Entwistle connection ect. I seem to remember that Andy Fairweather Low is married to that bass player's sister, and has been so for a very long time. I also remember seeing Andy Rourke from The Smiths toting one of these rare beasts mid-198Os-ish. If I was going to treat myself to a Fender Custom Shop build it would probably be for a nice light one of these. I seriously doubt that it would sound substantively different to a regular ash/maple P Bass, but so what? Like most people, I love a good story, and this bass harks back to a time when rock music was still dangerous and Britain excelled at it. Fender sent the UK a special tool to deafen the civilised world into submission and some great exponents willingly accepted the challenge. Surely that is worth celebrating. Edited August 17, 2022 by Misdee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Misdee said: I seem to remember that Andy Fairweather Low is married to that bass player's sister, and has been so for a very long time. Guitarist Neil Jones' sister according to Wikipedia. Bassist is Clive Taylor ... http://www.clivetaylorsound.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 hours ago, EssentialTension said: Guitarist Neil Jones' sister according to Wikipedia. Bassist is Clive Taylor ... http://www.clivetaylorsound.com/ My mistake! 🙂 I really like Andy Fairweather Low, by the way. Underrated by the general public maybe, but certainly not by other musicians judging by the company he has kept over the years. Talking of the early 1970's, I think Marc Bolan's bass player had one of these slab body P Basses, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 16 hours ago, Misdee said: My mistake! 🙂 I really like Andy Fairweather Low, by the way. Underrated by the general public maybe, but certainly not by other musicians judging by the company he has kept over the years. Talking of the early 1970's, I think Marc Bolan's bass player had one of these slab body P Basses, too. Yes. I remember seeing that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, Steve Browning said: I think Marc Bolan's bass player had one of these slab body P Basses, too. Here you go: https://mistymist.wordpress.com/discography/metal-guru/steves-fender-slab-p-bass/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misdee Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) At least 17 of these basses were shipped to the UK, that's quite a lot of basses when you consider how expensive Fender basses were in the UK back in the 1960s. Also, there were far fewer bass players in those days, especially with that kind of money to spend on an instrument. Edited August 18, 2022 by Misdee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 https://reverb.com/uk/item/59888133-fender-precision-bass-rare-slab-body-john-entwistle-1966-white Wow. Wow. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_m Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 21 hours ago, acidbass said: https://reverb.com/uk/item/59888133-fender-precision-bass-rare-slab-body-john-entwistle-1966-white Wow. Wow. Wow. I wonder who the "6 other people have this in their carts" are? I can confirm I'm not one of them... 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 The seller's six other reverb accounts, perhaps trying to make it appear desirable at that price? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Was this the one Andy Baxter had? That sold for £12,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 8 hours ago, Burns-bass said: Was this the one Andy Baxter had? That sold for £12,000. No. That was actually the one I had. Serial 137800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 On 10/09/2022 at 19:49, Steve Browning said: No. That was actually the one I had. Serial 137800. That was Barry Matthew’s’ one wasn’t it? Bought a few things off Barry. Nice guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: That was Barry Matthew’s’ one wasn’t it? Bought a few things off Barry. Nice guy! That's correct. He had after me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Steve Browning said: That's correct. He had after me. I bought a 1965 jazz bass neck off Barry for £150 and sold it on a previous incarnation of Basschat for.... £150. Crazy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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