Late 1990s Fender PB70-US £950 SE/ London/ Kent

[Cairobill]

Also on the block is this absolutely fantastic PB70-US. It's a special one - very light at around 8.3lbs with perfect balance and a straight neck with no deadspots.

I've come to realise this is my favourite model of P as it's just such a comfortable playing experience but still totally P-like. As a PB-70, the neck is on the narrow side for a P. It feels jazz like to me and pretty 'shreddable'. The action is easy going across the fretboard. 7.25 radius as per the 70s specs. 

As the US variant (with the larger tuner plates) this has an alder body, a subtly flamed maple neck, 'US' pickup (but made in Japan), very dark rosewood board, frets in vgc. The finish is olympic white and has aged into a luxurious 'Cornish Vanilla' colour. Overall it's in vgc with a few dinks in the finish. Nothing ugly. 

It's absolutely fantastic.

Demo-wise, I thought I would play against type and do some Jamerson-esque twiddling with a bit of toilet paper bunched under the strings against the bridge. It's currently strung with rounds and will sound superb with flats. Comes with a low key but functional gigbag.

Pics and vid!

 
 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Cairobill

[Steve Browning]

Lovely bass. Best of Fender Japan's output. GLWTS. 

[Beedster]

Another lovely bass, another lovely bit of playing (and a lovely combo in the background), hope all's well Nick 👍

[howdenspur]

Beautiful bass! Lovely playing 👍, sounds great.

[Thor]

Really nice playing sir - I had to watch the video to the end, very tasteful 😊

 

GLWTS

[Cairobill]

Very kind! It does Ramones too

[Beedster]

8 hours ago, Cairobill said:

Very kind! It does Ramones too

… go on. i dare you…

[Cairobill]

6 hours ago, Beedster said:

… go on. i dare you…

@Beedster and shazam. Even at max extension, my strap is deffo not long enough. This only works if the P is down by your kneecaps in my experience but I gave it a go
 

 

[silverfoxnik]

45 minutes ago, Cairobill said:

@Beedster and shazam. Even at max extension, my strap is deffo not long enough. This only works if the P is down by your kneecaps in my experience but I gave it a go
 

 

Fabulous stuff, Nick! 👌👏👏

 

The bass sounds great too... 

 

GLWTS