P being for Philo, of course There's a music expo on in Dublin at the moment, incorporating an exhiition of Phil Lynott artifacts including his main P bass. Nice.
Dammit, I wished I lived in Dublin... Prolly going to Uni at TCD (provided I can get in!), so not long to wait....
Holy hell, that bass looks nice. What is the pickguard? It looks really good against the black and maple (and I'm not usually a maple fretboard person).
It's called a mirror pickguard as far as I know. I have one on my (Squier) p bass, which looks eerily like Philo's, except for the maple neck.
Note to self: Get black bass with mirror pickguard and maple fretboard. Reason: It looks awesome. Thanks
i don't think that was Phil's main bass. Most places with info about Phil's Fenders list the maple neck bass as the backup to the rosewood one. Also, looking at most photos the rosewood did not have the second pickup or the BadAss bridge. Phil did put mirror pickguards on all of his basses including the Ibanez Roadstars and the Roland bass. {} {} Phil with the unmodified maple fender.... {} Phil with an Ibanez Roadstar... {} Phil with a Ric {} Phil with the Roland..a synth bass with the synth guts removed. {}
{} {} {} Just going on what the little sign says, this bass is still kept by Phil's mum. Given what he did to his Roland basses, I don't think he was a stranger to modding and instrument as required.
Greetings from the North, Back in the day I saw Thin Lizzie open up for Queen in Ottawa. And yes folks it is true.....Phil Lynott stole the show. At the time I wasn't a fan but I became one that night! He played that Black P Bass with the mirror guard and I thought it was so cool that I put a mirrored pick guard on my new at the time black 76 TBird the following week lol. Freddy Mercury was cool but Phil's talent & charisma on stage was just too awesome. Rezdog
Wow, you certainly found better pics than I could. I was just going by what i read while I was researching building a replica of Phils black P bass...mine is going to be the stock rosewood version. Someday i'll get it finished.
What, like this... Has recently been further improved by addition of a 70's P logo, Wilkinson Tuners and a Fender Neckplate. Hello from over the pond at BasChat btw!
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