TRADED. Olympic Precision. Quality parts. £525 - *SOLD* £550 BB22SH

[itsmedunc]

I have too many basses. They no longer fit on my walls and in my studio. My friends have some of them too. It’s getting silly. The other half has more than noticed too and is making grunting noises which is never a good sign. I really need to thin the herd.

 

I wil sell but I would also be keen to trade. I’d be looking for - Fender VI, Barefaced / lightweight cabs, May even consider lightweight combo, digital desk interface and Macs. I may also part out if there’s enough interest.

 

Precision bitsa in Oly white with maple neck and board. It sports an F logo but it is not a Fender bass. It is however built with quality parts. I got it from Shaggy from this very parish and it was one of his builds.

It is a lovely bass that is now not getting any play at all as I have another Precision with a rosewood board that is more suitable for the project I’m in. It was my spare but I have a Jazz that I can keep in the wings for that. It has a few battle scars but it hasn’t been abused. There’s a few extra holes on the reverse side of the headstock where the larger tuners have been and there’s a small section of the front facing of the headstock missing too. It can be seen in the photos in at one of the the ferrules.

 

Parts listening 
 

Solid alder body.

Oly white finish aged to pale cream.

Vintage-spec genuine celluloid tort pickguard.

One piece highly flamed maple neck with skunk stripe.
Slim Jazz bass profile; amber tint poly finish with '70's Fender logo. Truss   rod adjust at heel end.

Seymour Duncan Basslines SPB-2 pickup

10 position Stellartone Tonestyler Varitone.

CTS pots and Switchcraft jack.

Lacquered solid brass high-mass bridge imported from US.  
Through body stringing,

Lacquered solid brass neck plate,

Gold control knobs.
Gold Schaller tuners .

 

There must be £700 worth of parts

I have never weighed this bass but it has to be sub 9lb or my back would tell me. I need to get some batteries for the scales before I can post an accurate weight. 

 

The bass comes with a semi rigid lightweight Gear4music music case .

It’s wearing strap lock pins at the moment that I’ll change back to the originals that are NOT gold.

Collection and trial from BB22SH. Possible meet within sensible distance and availability.

Edited February 18 by itsmedunc

[Shaggy]

Sorry to see you moving this on Dunc, but I can confirm it’s a peach of a P bass.  I was going for a Dee Dee Ramone / Paul Simonon kind of vibe when I put it together, and was very happy with the result; the last and best of my several P bitsa builds.

Whoever gets this won’t be sorry 🙂

Edited February 4 by Shaggy

[Geek99]

What does the ten position varitone thing do?   The stellar tone site is a bit vague 

Edited February 6 by Geek99

[itsmedunc]

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

What does the ten position varitone thing do?   The stellar tone site is a bit vague 

The Varitone rotary switch jumps to predetermined mid frequency scoops, keeping the lows and highs on either side of the scoop.

[Pea Turgh]

My goodness that’s a nice bit of maple 😍

[Geek99]

4 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

My goodness that’s a nice bit of maple 😍

Have you got wood?

[itsmedunc]

On 07/02/2024 at 01:38, Geek99 said:

Have you got wood?

The body is alder if you mean that? 

[Geek99]

On 07/02/2024 at 01:38, Geek99 said:

Have you got wood?

No it’s a “po rn” based double entendre referring to “an excited state” @Pea Turgh and also that your bass is made of lovely looking wood 

Edited February 8 by Geek99

[itsmedunc]

4 hours ago, Geek99 said:

No it’s a “po rn” based double entendre referring to “an excited state” @Pea Turgh and also that your bass is made of lovely looking wood 

Lovely plumage 😂