Bassassin

Yeah, definitely the same pre. Mine has the holes on the pcb that have been used to mount yours, & I think the plastic on the pots is probably additional insulation that's been added by whoever did the work, although I'm not really sure what for. I'm assuming what looks like extra taped-together wires are additional/unused wiring from the EMGs - but I'm right out of my expertise/comfort zone with this sort of thing! Really interesting that it turned out to be a re-fretted RS940 - I should probably have twigged that from the single dot at the 24th fret. Is it a pro/decent fret job?

Couple of guts pics. PCB on mine is inside the grey foam (which isn't coming off without being ripped) & everything else a lot more tidy. Looks like a lot less going on here, so inclined to think @LukeFRC's isn't original, which (if it works) isn't necessarily a bad thing. Would need to compare them properly though. Edit: Had a squint at my PCB & now inclined to think it might be original, looks like the same components as Luke's.

With @NancyJohnson's permission I don't see why not. Could maybe become a RS924/824/940 etc general thread if he's cool with that. I'll go grab a screwdriver & camera while it's still daylight!

Would know terrifying spaghetti when I saw it? 😮 Probably the only help I can offer is if I post a pic of the guts of mine, pretty sure it's all original. Probably needs a new thread.

Pretty sure they said they only did it to get 'bell end' & 'ringpiece' into a chorus. You can't really argue with that sort of motivation. This is my go-to Christmas song. Cheer up, goth etc.

Not me neither. Already got one, ain't I?

I think it's a really long neck heel/tenon - like a bolt-on through neck.

Another RS924! Needs a little bit of love, but should tidy up. Wonder if the preamp still works? Would be a bargain if it went for much under £200.

That's a proper rarity these days, hardly ever see these & the real US made originals (rather than the licensed Hondo versions) are proper rocking-horse droppings. Look forward to seeing it once it's had a hose down!

Derision, shirley? 😆

Binface gone? 😲 In fairness I'd completely forgotten it existed for at least the last ten years. Would appear I wasn't alone, which may be peripherally connected to its demise.

From the pics, Aria RSB. I admit to a natural prejudice but it's a more elegant design than the other two. Left-field suggestion - Yamaha SBV:

Holy necrothread Batman etc. Anyway, 12 years later it's a handy opportunity to remind ourselves that despite having the same name on the end, this: Is not really the same as this:

Lovely, that. Always had a little GAS for one, I'm a complete sucker for a through-neck.

Good to know. On that basis, I'll give it a swerve for my future projects.

If that was a tenner at the car boot I'd probably leave it there, as it would need far too much work to make it sellable. Wondering if all the black muck smeared over the belly cut is an attempt to hide plywood laminations.

Not sure that's right - Status (originally Strata, until Fender got shirty) were around from '81 or 2. Jacks didn't appear until the mid/late 80s, as I remember.

So - did they lock them all in a room with their basses so they'd use them to bludgeon each other unconscious? And the last one left standing was the winner? Or was it 'ten random bass players some of our readers might have heard of'? I've just rolled my eyes so hard I've currently got a great view of my own occipital lobe.

It's not a Teisco, but then again most 'Teiscos' aren't. They've been spotted in the wild badged Sakai, so it's logical to think Sakai Mokko, an actual manufacturer, made at least some of them. However most of them, including matey's diseased piece of junk, the overpriced Audition & possibly @prowla's (would need to see neckplate pic to confirm) are Korean, and made by Samick. These things are the object of some curiosity in vintage MIJ circles - there are various different versions & the earliest has a 2-a-side headstock & German carve body: Not sure who made these but they turn up badged Dynatone, which is a brand that might have been connected to Guyatone. These are probably the 60s versions. The MIJ Sakai versions have the more common 4-inline head, no carve & big chrome-covered pickups. Also more likely to feature a tort plate, turned metal knobs & a maple neck. Common badged Silvertone & National in the US, it's also in an early 70s Aria catalogue, although that's never been seen in the wild, as far as I know. Moving swiftly on, we get the ubiquitous MIK variants. These often conveniently tell you what they are by means of a sticker, like this: Other identifiers are mahogany necks (really common on MIK & Taiwanese guitars of this era) often black-painted headstocks, single coil staple-type pickups & single-ply scratchplate, like this & the two Ebay examples: These are also fairly common bearing the 'Arirang' brand, which is known to have been manufactured by Samick. 'Arirang' is the title of a traditional Korean song. Unsurprisingly, we've had threads about these before...

Always liked the look of the B Bass - it's basically a Hohner Jack with a headstock, & the Bs tend to be somewhat cheaper than their decapitated brethren. Not sure how long they were around for but late 80s/90s Hohners were made by Cort and tend to be uniformly top quality.

Agreed, I see loads of examples of that old bass (there are several variations, Japanese & Korean/Taiwanese, all with the same design) and never noticed it before. The Gibson even 'borrows' that overt curve on the control part of the scratchplate.

That is literally amazing and might well be one of the top five things I have ever read. Congratulations on winning The Internet - just be careful what you do with it.

That's stunning, best-looking P I've seen in a long time. Incredible grain on that body!

That's how it works. It's like a sport to him, he's toying with us, and our collective incredulousness only makes him stronger. Don't squander your resistance for a pocketful of mumbles.

Careful when you sit down...