Vintage P bass question

I don't know when they stopped coming with ashtrays. I bought a brand new P-Bass in '72 and it had them. I notice that this one has no holes drilled to accomodate them. It appears to be in excellent shape for a bass that's 31 years old.

 

WoW! Someone payed $1300 for that bass going by THOSE photos??
And I don't see any questions shown by anyone!!
Yeah, where are the holes for the bridge cover?





BTW, my '75 came with both covers.

 

Sorry but the bass only appears 1/2 original. Unfortunately someone got ripped!
The only thing that is right is the neck. It has the correct tuners and decal for a 69-75 P, but a pic would help.
The body itself is not 70's original. There are no holes for the ashtrays (which were standard up until ~81), and the yellow is too orange...which happens to look exactly like a much later reissue '62 body to me.

The pickguard, bridge, and knobs look right, but again the pictures suck.

 

I bought a P-bass, natural with a maple board brand new in 1976, and it had ashtrays.

It also started turning green in 3 spots after about a year.

Mike

 

What about the neck plate?

What is the serial number?

Should have a "F" logo on it also.

 

the person selling that bass had sold 141 items, and didn't include a photo of the head or neck-plate. reeks of forgery!
list for a real one is, $1,600-$1,900. glad is wasn't me.

 

Amen! Personally, I'd think twice before buying a "vintage" or "collectible" instrument on e-Bay, especially if I only had crappy photos as my only reference. I guess there's one born every minute.

 

yeah that finish on the body looks way to fresh with no ageing to it what so ever. My 87 p was played very little but its doing the white to yellow thing. Sucks for the guy who bought it.