Coolest looking P-Bass?

[Pilgrim]

My nomination for coolest P-bass is my classic '63 with an early 70's Ford metallic paint job and the original tort guard:

The new ones are nice, but this has been mine for 40+ years and I find no fault with it. I even like the faint wood grain that's visible in a few places.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

My nomination for coolest P-bass is my classic '63 with an early 70's Ford metallic paint job and the original tort guard:

The new ones are nice, but this has been mine for 40+ years and I find no fault with it. I even like the faint wood grain that's visible in a few places.

Maybe you didn't notice, but mine is one of the oldest posts in this thread (#24) and I nominated your bass there. As I said in my post, I'm not into the P-bass' aesthetics. But yours has always been incredibly cool to me.

 

[Salamenster]

My nomination for coolest P-bass is my classic '63 with an early 70's Ford metallic paint job and the original tort guard:

The new ones are nice, but this has been mine for 40+ years and I find no fault with it. I even like the faint wood grain that's visible in a few places.

How come your '63 has a 70's headstock?

 

[Salamenster]

The one in this video:

 

[bassistjoe93]

I think my '77 P Bass is kewl. Put a '62 ri tort guard on it.

 

[Rob S]

Okay, this seems like the right place to ask. Over the past year I have become a serious Precision collector, having bought (and sold many of them already) 50+ since last August. All USA Standards except for a handful of MIJ and CIJ basses. I am gravitating into exclusively vintage, which for me means 1984 and back to 1951.

I have a clear picture of what for me would be the ultimate Precision. So, my question for you guys is did Fender ever make such a Precision?: Lake Placid Blue with matching headstock with maple neck and fretboard with light color block inlays? I know the 1980 Precision Special comes close except for the block inlays... close but no cigar.

 

[Echovox]

Okay, this seems like the right place to ask. Over the past year I have become a serious Precision collector, having bought (and sold many of them already) 50+ since last August. All USA Standards except for a handful of MIJ and CIJ basses. I am gravitating into exclusively vintage, which for me means 1984 and back to 1951.

I have a clear picture of what for me would be the ultimate Precision. So, my question for you guys is did Fender ever make such a Precision?: Lake Placid Blue with matching headstock with maple neck and fretboard with light color block inlays? I know the 1980 Precision Special comes close except for the block inlays... close but no cigar.

Fender never offered blocks as a stock item on the P- Bass. I have seen a few vintage over the years, but they were custom ordered and usually were J- Bass necks on P- Bass bodies.

 

[Pilgrim]

Maybe you didn't notice, but mine is one of the oldest posts in this thread (#24) and I nominated your bass there. As I said in my post, I'm not into the P-bass' aesthetics. But yours has always been incredibly cool to me.

Thanks - I didn't review the thread, but I appreciate the kind words. I do think the color complements the bass, and that photo was taken when the light was very cooperative.

How come your '63 has a 70's headstock?

On a Saturday two days before a Monday through Wednesday gig, the truss rod broke in the original neck - that was about 1972. I had all of two hours to get it to a shop and have a neck put on it. That's a '72 neck.

Good eyes!

 

[fretno]

 

[Thebrownarrow]

My modded mim p bass. Strap is Joker purple in person.

 

[Vince Klortho]

The strap looks blue to me.

 

[Draculea]

The strap looks blue to me.

He said it looks purple "in person"

 

[jcanderson]

My P bass certainly isn't the coolest, but I'm partial to it because

1. Sonic Blue!

2. (And I built it up from a kit).



And no, it is NOT backwards.

 

[SamanthaCay]

My latest build.

Born from the ashes and junk of a small luthier's shop, driven to hell and back as a test bed for various mad scientist experiments and at last resurrected from the grave.
It is my great pleasure to present to you the strangest relic I've ever encountered.
Its name is Tank.

Here's a little info on Tank.

Tank's body is comprised of alder, basswood and white pine with dowels of maple, yellow pine and red oak. As well it sports a fair deal of fiberglass bondo and is finished with a light poly clear coat.

The maple portion of the neck originated from a 90's Squier.
I added cocobolo veneer to the back of the heel and headstock, as well the headstock was re shaped slightly doweled and re-drilled to accommodate the new smaller tuners.
Lastly I put in a beefier truss rod, heel adjustable from where it was at the head and gave it a heavily lacquered mdf fingerboard with painted on black binding and black dot inlays.

The pickguard also from some random squier of years past was converted from 14 hole to 13 hole, re-shaped slightly, painted white to cover filled holes and aged/stained.

The pickups came from a trade deal, (origin unknown) like everything else they where aged.

I put in 100k pots with a .047 cap.
The volume is push/pull to run either through the controls or straight to output.

The hardware is thrifty as heck!
Its bridge came from who knows where, the tuners and knobs are Squier.
Those three where hand engraved out the wazoo along with a copper neck plate made from scratch.

The tuners originally had chrome covers on them which where removed and discarded followed by a bit of tweaking to get them all working well.
I used an old penny and some steel tube welded together to create a string tree and finally all the hardware along with all the slot head screws where lightly sanded (1500 grit) and treated with hydrochloric acid.

Last I have it setup with light roundwounds gauge 40-90, 6/64” on the E at the twelfth to 5/64” on the G
with .010” of relief.
The radius is 7.25 with a 1 5/8 wide nut and the frets are stewmac's medium highest for a vintage feel.

Did I miss anything???

 

[Silver Blues]

Whoa.

EDIT and I mean that in the best way possible.

 

[drewkelly]

My latest build.

Born from the ashes and junk of a small luthier's shop, driven to hell and back as a test bed for various mad scientist experiments and at last resurrected from the grave.
It is my great pleasure to present to you the strangest relic I've ever encountered.
Its name is Tank.

Here's a little info on Tank.

Tank's body is comprised of alder, basswood and white pine with dowels of maple, yellow pine and red oak. As well it sports a fair deal of fiberglass bondo and is finished with a light poly clear coat.

The maple portion of the neck originated from a 90's Squier.
I added cocobolo veneer to the back of the heel and headstock, as well the headstock was re shaped slightly doweled and re-drilled to accommodate the new smaller tuners.
Lastly I put in a beefier truss rod, heel adjustable from where it was at the head and gave it a heavily lacquered mdf fingerboard with painted on black binding and black dot inlays.

The pickguard also from some random squier of years past was converted from 14 hole to 13 hole, re-shaped slightly, painted white to cover filled holes and aged/stained.

The pickups came from a trade deal, (origin unknown) like everything else they where aged.

I put in 100k pots with a .047 cap.
The volume is push/pull to run either through the controls or straight to output.

The hardware is thrifty as heck!
Its bridge came from who knows where, the tuners and knobs are Squier.
Those three where hand engraved out the wazoo along with a copper neck plate made from scratch.

The tuners originally had chrome covers on them which where removed and discarded followed by a bit of tweaking to get them all working well.
I used an old penny and some steel tube welded together to create a string tree and finally all the hardware along with all the slot head screws where lightly sanded (1500 grit) and treated with hydrochloric acid.

Last I have it setup with light roundwounds gauge 40-90, 6/64” on the E at the twelfth to 5/64” on the G
with .010” of relief.
The radius is 7.25 with a 1 5/8 wide nut and the frets are stewmac's medium highest for a vintage feel.

Did I miss anything???

Very cool. Well done!

 

[artdrtr]

Burst + Black + Maple + 70's + Lefty = pure sex!!

 

[seanm]

 

[Rosebud]

mocha!

 

[lowendmafia]