1955 Pbass on eBay

[StarscreamG1]

Anyone seen this? Oh yea, wait for all the pictures to load. Theres a lot and this man tore it completely apart for close up shots of a lot of stuff, including its date of manufacture at the bottom of the neck: 11-55

http://cgi.ebay.com/original-1955-F...yZ118984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Baird6869]

Very nice. Worth the $15k IMO. Not that I am going to buy it any time soon!

 

[alfredpunkjazz]

That is one beautiful bass...

 

[Marcury]

This has been up for auction before with no takers. if you look at the sellers other auctions he/she has lots of beautiful vintage stuff at very high prices. seems legit but no ones biting.

 

[StarscreamG1]

Shame, that bass is really awesome looking. It has a make an offer option on the auction *shrug*. Who knows, maybe someone can make them a decent offer this time and give it a good home.

 

[Evan_S._Brown]

what we've got here is a piece of american history. no wait worldwide history

There aren't many of those around in that condition anymore, its nice to see some floating around.
15k is a reasonable price too, especially when you compare it to that 32.5k 61 jazz.
Hopefully this guy isn't such a nob like the other guy

 

[Richard89]

wow! That's awesome. But I really wonder if these expensive vintage guitars from the 50s will keep their value in the future..

 

[UncleBalsamic]

Wow that is beautiful! I'd say that is worth it, especially compared to some of the other vintage Fenders about.

 

[hobb185]

it looks awsome i just wish i could play it

 

[mongo2]

The fact that he did a autopsy on it kind of ruins it for me.

 

[StarscreamG1]

I was a bit surprised to see that myself. But I think its a pretty fair bet its been apart before in the past so its not like he was treading sacred ground when he took it apart.

 

[alfredpunkjazz]

I think they do it to demonstrate that is is a real deal... Plus, there shouldn't be a problem in doing that, unless you really don't know what you're doing.

 

[moomoocajoo]

Nice looking beast

 

[obsession600]

The fact that he did a autopsy on it kind of ruins it for me.

it may sound trite but seeing the dates and solder joints etc. really brought it alive to me. it was like a peek back at a moment from 1955.

 

[lpdeluxe]

It's kind of a shame that the only time any of us gets to see one of these is when some dealer offers it to collectors.

I'll stick with my '51 P RI.

 

[sproing]

Check out the grain on the back of that body, they don't make trees like that anymore. The way the finish is flaking off along the checking lines is really attractive, but imagine how quickly it would fly off if you actually played this bass regularly. The little copper studs on the pockets of my levis beat the crap out of my '62 P for most of the 1990s.

 

[ehque]

Check out the grain on the back of that body, they don't make trees like that anymore.

That's a very nice 1 pc body.

Being a young'un, and not seeing the draw of old basses, i think looking at it makes me amazed at how much they managed to get correct, over 50 years ago. The difference in that vintage bass and a new fender is minimal, but look how much automobiles or air travel has come.

Also makes me thankful for the advancement of engineering beyond that bass. Those tuners look HEAVY.

 

[lowbass68]

Sweet bass and seems well worth it to a collector, but out of my price range. For that cash outlay I could get my dream bass and still have enough left over to put the 383 Stroker I want in my 69 Impala. Cars are my second love behind basses!

 

[koobie]

Wow, what a beauty. What was something like this going for ten years ago? Three, maybe four grand? Maybe Sting will buy it.

Notice how there isn't the exaggerated forearm wear that you see on so many relics? To me, it's the use of a beltsander that's the dead giveaway on the cheapie relic'ing jobs.

Too bad the original owner(s) didn't take better care of the entire bottom end of this bass, the finish there (what's left of it) really does look fragile in it's present state.

 

[motleystew]

Very nice bass! I noticed the pickguard is not original and the case is a reissue. Still, nice bass I didn't have any problem loading the pics as I have a 15Meg download speed at my house!