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65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 5:39 am
by leftybassatl
Caption contest! :(

I'll start: This is one smokin' neck, used to grill hot dogs on the day Leo Fender sold the company"

File deep under "what were they thinking" alongside the Pizza bass.

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 5:40 am
by leftybassatl

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 6:47 am
by screambasses
I would like to ask the seller this one question:

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

pete

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 6:47 am
by tim
"If you know Leo Fender like I did, you know that he loved two things: guitars and hockey. Leo himself modified this QC-reject neck so that my polio-stricken daughter could play floor hockey while confined to wheelchair. Regulation curve and ready for athletic tape. Ultra-adaptable design doubles as a shoe horn, doorstop, cake knife, and cricket bat. With a little ingenuity a talented carpenter could turn this into an attractive table lamp, pot rack, or screen door handle. Practically the only thing it couldn't do--really swinging for the fences here--is function as a guitar or bass neck. That would be nuts. Beyond that, the only limit is your imagination. Priced appropriately for spring. $100 shipping gets it to you by Mother's Day! Serious inquiries only, please. No low ballers!"

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 7:23 am
by Matt R.
ok then

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 7:34 am
by bigevilrobot
Trying to get out ahead of Samick on that headstock shape!

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 7:59 am
by leftybassatl
tim wrote:"If you know Leo Fender like I did, you know that he loved two things: guitars and hockey. Leo himself modified this QC-reject neck so that my polio-stricken daughter could play floor hockey while confined to wheelchair. Regulation curve and ready for athletic tape. Ultra-adaptable design doubles as a shoe horn, doorstop, cake knife, and cricket bat. With a little ingenuity a talented carpenter could turn this into an attractive table lamp, pot rack, or screen door handle. Practically the only thing it couldn't do--really swinging for the fences here--is function as a guitar or bass neck. That would be nuts. Beyond that, the only limit is your imagination. Priced appropriately for spring. $100 shipping gets it to you by Mother's Day! Serious inquiries only, please. No low ballers!"
THIS :lol:

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 8:21 am
by superheavydeathmetal
tim wrote:"Practically the only thing it couldn't do is function as a guitar or bass neck."
:lol: Hysterical! :lol:

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 8:43 am
by tim
You have to give the seller his due for a pretty great listing:
This modified vintage neck is quiet possibly the last lefty that came out of fullerton plant before he sold it it was made the day he sold it and that makes it very rare although the head stock has ben chopped frets pulled the neck is pretty straight BUT HAS SLIGHTback bow witch is right when tensioned this is a worthy project for fender custom shop OR HIGHLY SKILLED LUITHIER don't have time and doe to invest right now ben holding on to her for over 20 years no returns it is what it is buyer pays shipping and insurance this one is the one don't blow it I hate to sell I know this wont come up again thanks for lookin
I would be purple and gasping for breath after typing that many words without a comma or period.

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 19th, 2016, 9:00 am
by screambasses
I actually currently own one of these highly coveted basses - in righty.

pete
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Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 20th, 2016, 4:34 am
by Lefty4001
leftybassatl wrote:
tim wrote:"If you know Leo Fender like I did, you know that he loved two things: guitars and hockey. Leo himself modified this QC-reject neck so that my polio-stricken daughter could play floor hockey while confined to wheelchair. Regulation curve and ready for athletic tape. Ultra-adaptable design doubles as a shoe horn, doorstop, cake knife, and cricket bat. With a little ingenuity a talented carpenter could turn this into an attractive table lamp, pot rack, or screen door handle. Practically the only thing it couldn't do--really swinging for the fences here--is function as a guitar or bass neck. That would be nuts. Beyond that, the only limit is your imagination. Priced appropriately for spring. $100 shipping gets it to you by Mother's Day! Serious inquiries only, please. No low ballers!"

........And Boy can it catch fish!!!!!!!!









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Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 21st, 2016, 6:33 am
by tim
Did someone say "pizza bass"? This one even has a bite taken out of it.

The seller has added pictures and updated the listing.

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 21st, 2016, 7:24 am
by paulo
WTF?????

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 21st, 2016, 10:24 am
by bbl
Reading this thread feels like watching The Elephant Man.

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 21st, 2016, 11:24 am
by tim
Maybe I misunderstand your comment, but there's a difference between making fun of a birth defect and making fun of a bad tattoo :)

Re: 65 Fender P bass neck needs only a few adjustments

Posted: April 21st, 2016, 7:25 pm
by donahue
I'm going to call this bass Project Space Odyssey..... or Oddity for that matter.