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Late NBD: A Beautiful 1972 Fender Precision

#41
OnTheDownLow said:
Over the last year or so I have been buying and selling a lot of basses and parts. Honestly, it's got to the point that I am tired of buying and selling all the time chasing either feel or tone.

I decided that instead of having a constant GAS attack chasing and attempting to build what I have in mind I'd just suck it up and actually buy what I wanted.

As some of you may know I am a fan of early to mid 70s Fenders, specifically precision basses (I can't tell you how many posts I've made about Fender needing to make an early 70s Precision reissue) the neck profile on them is probably my favorite that Fender ever made. I know a lot of people don't like them but in the words of The Kinks, I'm not like everybody else. I love them.

And so,

That leads us to this post today. The guy that I bought it from said that he had purchased it from the original owners nephew. The original owner bought it back in early '73 and played it for a few years before putting it in his closet and only pulling out occasionally for about 30 years or so. The nephew inherited this bass from his uncle when he passed however he didn't play any instruments so it continued to sit unplayed even longer. The guy I bought it from is a collector/trader and he said he only ever played it a handful of times himself.

So here I am, officially the 4th owner but the 2nd playing owner this bass has ever had.

It is in immaculate shape, you can tell its been played some but definitely not a lot. Time to make some music with this beast.
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She looks beautiful.
Absolutely perfect
 
#45
Just buy what you really want. It is so much cheaper in the long run. I went through this with a client who kept buying Laminate jazz boxes like Epiphones or even Gibsons, and switching out pickups. He falsely believed that it was only the electronics that were different from a real solid wood guitar like an L-5. He did this probably 35 times over decades before he finally listened to me, and bought a thin bodied Super 400 I found for him. Getting the real thing totally stopped his quest for trying to put lipstick on a hog, and he is totally satisfied and needs no other guitar now. He is one of the top session musicians in L.A., so anyone call fall prey to thinking they can "cheap" their way to the real thing. Glad you finally wised up.
 
#46
GAS can be a distraction.
But when you encounter a great bass there are times you just have to buy it.

Jeff Malia bass 2.jpg
 
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#47
OnTheDownLow said:
Over the last year or so I have been buying and selling a lot of basses and parts. Honestly, it's got to the point that I am tired of buying and selling all the time chasing either feel or tone.

I decided that instead of having a constant GAS attack chasing and attempting to build what I have in mind I'd just suck it up and actually buy what I wanted.

As some of you may know I am a fan of early to mid 70s Fenders, specifically precision basses (I can't tell you how many posts I've made about Fender needing to make an early 70s Precision reissue) the neck profile on them is probably my favorite that Fender ever made. I know a lot of people don't like them but in the words of The Kinks, I'm not like everybody else. I love them.

And so,

That leads us to this post today. The guy that I bought it from said that he had purchased it from the original owners nephew. The original owner bought it back in early '73 and played it for a few years before putting it in his closet and only pulling out occasionally for about 30 years or so. The nephew inherited this bass from his uncle when he passed however he didn't play any instruments so it continued to sit unplayed even longer. The guy I bought it from is a collector/trader and he said he only ever played it a handful of times himself.

So here I am, officially the 4th owner but the 2nd playing owner this bass has ever had.

It is in immaculate shape, you can tell its been played some but definitely not a lot. Time to make some music with this beast.
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I agree.....69-74 are the best playing P Basses in my opinion
 
#49
Great bass! Congrats on the find!
I too really have a soft spot for those late 60s/early 70s big logo Fenders. A really cool era. Played many a P & J from that time that was above the norm, much more so than the small logo mid to late 70s era.
My '72 J (acquired in '92) is going nowhere, it's amazing.
 
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#54
Perfection.

Bought a new '65 P bass just like this one (sunburst, tort, rosewood board) my HS freshman year. Sadly got rid of it 3 years later, but back then "vintage" was a word that only applied to wine, lol!

So my question now is, what are you going to do with all that free time?!
 

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