The cleanest '68 Paisley Tele bass I've ever seen

[ilan]

https://reverb.com/en-nl/item/86785720

[Pilgrim]

That is indeed a very clean one. Having lived through the paisley area, they're welcome to it.

[Dave W]

Never understood the appeal.

[Rob]

i agree with the others it looks new but didn't appeal to me then or now.

[Alanko]

These are due some sort of Vintera reissue I think. There are Japanese ones out there, somewhere.

Seems that if the original Paisley instruments saw a decent amount of use then the paper and finish just rots off them. The original shiny Paisley paper is now unobtainable as well, so they have that mystique.

[hieronymous]

I remember the MIJ reissues, having lived in Tokyo in the '80s. I remember wishing it was blue paisley instead of blue flower - my dad liked paisley prints for some reason - he was pre-boomer. I would definitely rock one of these! (probably an MIJ reissue, I'm in no hurry for this one, and at my rate of buying basses currently, it's a null set...)

[ilan]

I remember the MIJ reissues

They had an obnoxiously hot pink perimeter and sides.

I remember wishing it was blue paisley instead of blue flower

MJT offers two shades of blue paisley

[hieronymous]

MJT offers two shades of blue paisley

I like that - fortunately I'm not in the market!

[Pilgrim]

For some reason, the phrase that flashes through my mid is "telegraph, telephone, telepaisley."

Is that so very wrong???