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Pleased to say I got the bridge cover from the US yesterday and it fits! Lines up perfectly with the original holes in the body and really improves the look. I got a Looper for my guitars recently and have a feeling I will be learning bass now :/ the bridge is if with an engineer friend who will try and remove the grub screw. Failing that will machine me some new saddles. He is also going to either clean up and Rechrome the bridge or make a new bridge plate. I don't suppose anyone knows what the original finish is? I am going to refinish the whole thing.

I could always spot weld and redrill the bridge plate at a push I guess :/ what would be the best section on here to post a comparison question. Surely there are other bass models that have similar.

Slightly off centre towards outward edges

I have 3.5mm on the last fret edge, I think I could get away with the spacing easily.

These are 31.6w 8d 16 string spacing. Wonder if I could grind some off the edges? Cheers Paul

Cheers Paul, Going from other photos I have found it should have a chrome cover over the bridge. I think if I measured right I just got one off eBay coming from the US. Should help clean up the look a bit.

That's all brilliant and very useful info thanks. Mine does have maxon pickups I have managed to clean up and lacquer the bridge today. It's not perfect but it's a start. I also managed to get 3 grub screws out of the saddles with heat an penetrating fluid but sadly snapped the last one leaving nothing to grip. I also rewired the electrics and it's working to a point but without strings or a nut I had to resort to using an acoustic string and les Paul nut not ideal really. I could really do with a wiring diagram as I'd like to renew all the wiring and pots, I used a couple of 500k ones and a used 250k to test. Parts needed now are pots, 1 saddle, Jack plate, nut and some strings and then the rest us refinishing. I have refinished quite a few guitars but all in dye, oil, wax or paint. I think this may have been shellac but can't find out for sure. Anyway here is some progress so far:

Cheers have posted in there

Hi all, I was advised to post in here. I'm a guitar player here used to restoring and modifying teles and strats. Just came by a rather odd looking Ibanez that's been exposed to damp and suffered as a result. It's a copy of a Gibson triumph but I guess you guys will know more about it than me. The finish was damaged on the rear and sides and I have removed most of it sadly. Didn't want to but it was beyond repair. The pots were shot but the switches seem fine and the pickups are working. I will need to get p type saddles (2 string per saddle types) and possibly a new bridge plate fabricated due to rust . fortunately the neck, truss rod and frets are fine with just cleanup needed. If anyone has any saddles I'd be interested or if anyone has any info about the original finish of this model. I want to keep costs down if possible as only restoring with a view to trading it for a guitar later. Thanks

Hey guys, guitar player here used to restoring and modifying teles and strats. Just came by a rather odd looking Ibanez that's been exposed to damp and suffered as a result. It's a copy of a Gibson triumph but I guess you guys will know more about it than me. The finish was damaged on the rear and sides and I have removed most of it sadly. Didn't want to but it was beyond repair. The pots were shot but the switches seem fine and the pickups are working. I will need to get p type saddles (2 string per saddle types) and possibly a new bridge plate fabricated due to rust . fortunately the neck, truss rod and frets are fine with just cleanup needed. If anyone has any saddles I'd be interested or if anyone has any info about this model. Thanks