Fender 1978 P

[throwoff]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/left-handed-fender-pricision-bass-1978-/180551660482?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/left-handed-fender-p...ents_Guitars_CV[/url]

Something about it does not seem right.
I am not a big vintage expert especially with Fenders but it just looks wrong to me.

Any suggestions?

[Ou7shined]

Eew. It seems to have been built as a mirror image of a proper one.

[throwoff]

haha

ok the fact its lefty is wrong for most of you!

[Cat Burrito]

Did Fender split the logo like that on 70s basses? I know some 60s ones differ but I'm not "absaloutly" sure they did come the late 70s. If it is genuine I'd want a LOT more detail. He talks most about his M4 Corridor man journey!

[Sibob]

Just been googling!
Looks like left handed basses did have the split/opposite decal......I learn something everyday....its ugly though

And also looks like '78 was the transition back to 4 bolt!

Si

[stinson]

Looks about right apart from non original scratchplate. Only Jazzes had the three bolt

[Sibob]

[quote name='stinson' post='936926' date='Aug 26 2010, 11:01 AM']Only Jazzes had the three bolt[/quote]


Duuuuh...of course...I had a proper brain fart there! lol

Si

[basshead56]

Looks right to me. I have three (4th on the way) 78´s. The lefty logo from around 76-79/81 (muddy dating period sometimes) was a different story to the righties. Its a split logo, so that the Fender logo could match up with the bottom of the headstock more evenly, or so I´ve read.
Though I imagine thats not the original pickguard-most likely it was black.

[Cat Burrito]

Didn't sell then? My 78 is an awesome P-bass and I know of a few that are - directly contradicting the theory that they were all dogs. Didn't know that on the split logos on the left handed ones. A bit more info from the seller and this would've sold