F/S Bitsa Fretless P bass £295 Now SOLD please freeze £295

[jimbobothy]

Now SOLD please freeze.

Hi folks,

I have for sale my bitsa fretless P bass. The body is a mid 80's copy, not sure what wood it is, maybe mahogany, walnut, who knows, it is however very hard!! The pickguard is a repro one, the bridge is a badass II, pots are new CTS with solid shafts, knobs again RI 70's ones. The pickup is a sort of copy of a Dimarzio one, it has adjustable pole pieces but I'm not sure the wiring is the same.

The best part is the neck, it's a late 70's, maybe early 80's (1978 - 1981, see [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/support/articles/u-s-instruments-product-dating/"]http://www.fender.co...product-dating/[/url]). The board is unlined rosewood and the tuners are original as far as I know. They guy who I bought it off said he bought it as a complete bass from a shop called Machine Head in Essex in the mid 80's. The strings are Fender flats (40 - 100). It has schaller pins on, depending on how many of my basses sell I might have a spare set of strap bits too, will have to wait and see. The neck is nice and straight and the truss rod works as it should.

The issues worth mentioning are firstly:

The bridge that came with it was a boat anchor made out of lead, so I changed it for a Badass II. The holes that the original bridge cam with were non Fender standard and the Badass II only just covers these, so you can't really used a normal type bridge unless you don't care about see other screw holes!

The neck screw holes are oversized (I didn't do it gov!) and a bit 'off' the normal hole position, this resulted in whoever put it together to plug the original neck screw holes and re-drill some new ones to match the body holes. It all works fine, just a bit odd really. The neck has also been shimmed to get the action low, if not the action would be high.

I had to fettle one of the saddle grooves on the badass II to get things in-line, all good now

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I'm after £295 collected from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire for this as I want any buyer see it in the flesh, play it and be happy!! Also thanks for the offers but no trades thanks.

Please PM me if there are any more questions,

Peace,

Edited July 31, 2013 by jimbobothy

[Beedster]

Hey mate, if the neck is an original late 70's Fender you've underpriced this bass hugely, I've seen those necks alone go for £300ish, and the tuners for close to £100. You might be better of parting the bass, the body etc might be easier to sell to someone wanting to build a fretted Precision anyway?
Chris

[jimbobothy]

Hey cheers Chris but I'm only asking what it's cost me, the neck is as far as I know, genuine 70s. It's got a Fender sticker on the heel and some other marks, but no numbers that I can remember. I got a deal on it so I'll pass it on, spirit of BC and all that. If I were into making some brass I'd sell it another way. However thanks for mentioning it, and yes, I'd never make a good business man!!

Edited July 27, 2013 by jimbobothy

[Beedster]

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1374847378' post='2154021']
Hey cheers Chris but I'm only asking what it's cost me, the neck is as far as I know, genuine 70s. It's got a Fender sticker on the heel and some other marks, but no numbers that I can remember. I got a deal on it so I'll pass it on, spirit of BC and all that. If I were into making some brass I'd sell it another way. However thanks for mentioning it, and yes, I'd never make a good business man!!
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Good man, someone will get a real bargain here Jim, as certainly appears to be the case with the other two basses you're selling. I would have been on my way to your house right now had I not recently re-acquired an old fretless friend so to speak

[jimbobothy]

TTT

[iceonaboy]

Have a bump on me. I am pretty bassed up, so wont be going for it, but it looks a nice piece of kit mate

[mark_ir]

PM'd

[jimbobothy]

...and PM'd back

[Moos3h]

Played this earlier today - what a BEAST! Major tone machine and that neck is just lovely!

[Ghost Rider]

Hi Jim, any interest in a trade? I have a tokai thunderbird with a set neck that maybe up for grabs.

If its of any interest drop me a PM.

Cheers, Anth.

[jimbobothy]

Now SOLD, please freeze