1976 Precision back from the dead

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I picked up an old Precision that had seen better days, including being routed for right-handed playing, crap filler job & house paint.
From this:

ToneControl

drumroll.....

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The neck was pretty gnarly, but totally usable, so focused on the body. I was going to strip it & look at sanding flat the filler until I spoke to refinisher who said they could also do a repair, so to send as-is.

Top sanded:


An incredible job with an infill piece to this:

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After a few months' wait, got the body back last week.

I give you a completely not era correct nitro finish in faded OLY.

Absolutely thrilled with how this has turned out. My very own 70s Brian Wilson p bass.

Funkfingers

The pickguard needs to discolour to more closely resemble the off-white paint.

Four-ply tort would look nice. Period-correct black/white/black might be a bit too Sidney Viscious.

Wazmeister

Lovely job, thanks for saving it and sharing.

ElectricXII

Nice. Almost makes me want to play bass again!

John_P

Looks brilliant!    Well done

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Funkfingers said:

The pickguard needs to discolour to more closely resemble the off-white paint.

That’s an off-white guard. The paint is pretty heavily yellowed 

impmann

Love the off-white guard. Looks 'right' to me... far nicer than corned beef or black IMHO. Plus white plastics don't age the way that the aftermarket "aged" stuff looks - and doesn't age uniformly. 

Great save. :-)

Reggaebass

Really nice job there, especially the infill piece to cover the cavity, great project 

ICBM

I'm with Funkfingers - it needs a B/W/B guard, both for historical accuracy and just because that combination looks great...

But it's a very nice job as it is, so if that's how you want it, ignore me .

It does baffle me why anyone would go to all the trouble of converting a left-handed P-Bass to right-handed, when a right-handed P is probably the single most common model of bass ever made, but there's no accounting for some people!

Supportact

That looks cracking. 

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ICBM said:

I'm with Funkfingers - it needs a B/W/B guard, both for historical accuracy and just because that combination looks great...

That was my original idea. I’ve put black guards on almost everything over the years, so I’m kinda over that look. Nitro isn’t era correct, and I think white on white looks great on a bass  

Bowks

Great looking bass and impressive work from all those involved in the reanimating of this instrument!

Jfingers

I love the look of it and also congratulate all concerned, it's just that any pics of left handed guitars make me feel like I'm about to have a stroke.

It's not you, it's me.

KDS

Yh that’s brilliant job

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Jfingers said:

I love the look of it and also congratulate all concerned, it's just that any pics of left handed guitars make me feel like I'm about to have a stroke.

It's not you, it's me.

You should probably get that affliction looked at.