Here's my dad's P bass:
My grandpa bought it used in the early 60's. Since everyone in his band has red guitars, he immediately refinished the bass red. He later gave the bass to my dad, who had it professionally refinished black. He found that my grandpa had sanded the bass bare and didn't use any filler or primer. The guitar tech tried all he could, but the wood now has a permanent pink tint. My dad's plan was to bring it back to the original two tone burst, but because of the tinted wood, he settled for black. The bridge cover was lost after the second refinish and only recently been replaced with a new one.
My dad and grandpa believe the bass to be from 1953. They won't let me take the neck off to check, but I definitely will the day it gets handed down to me.
Sweet, I know it's killing you to get a peak at that neck heel.
Just knowing that one day it'll be yours is pretty cool and I know you must be anxious as he!! waiting.
Hopefully it's not an only in death heirloom, cause then it's gonna suck and always be tainted with that bitter sweet type emotion.
Either way awesome bass, and thanks for sharing it.
Do they at least let you play it?
