Who'da thunk it

[lowendblues]

The 70's were all about hacking up guitars and basses. If you had a stock P bass, you just wasn't cool.

 

[B-Mac]

Mine had WAY more "patina" than any of those.
In retrospect, given how the finish weathered on that one, it may have been nitro.
Oh, and it was a 4-door.

I had my Grand Dad's 1970 Ford Torino in 1978. Three on the Tree oooo-eeeee!!!!!

 

[cdef]

The 70's were all about hacking up guitars and basses. If you had a stock P bass, you just wasn't cool.

That's kind of true, IME. In the hippie salad days, pristine Fenders were somehow associated with, like, early '60s surf instrumentals and "squareness" in general. Even Lee Sklar hacked up his.