Ou7shined Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Just for fun, anyone wanna have a pop at ID'ing this body? I bought this solid wood, 2 piece (I'm guessing ash) body off here the other day. As you can see it had a great wodge of copper tape from the pup cavity to the neck pocket. I just thought someone was being overly cautious with their shielding. So I got quite a surprise when took the shielding off and found.... And that's not a wood infill.... it's cataloy. It appears to be a good quality body - 2.4Kg. The neck pocket dimentions and screw holes match that of Fender's. The P pup cavity seems to be original (eliminating a tele bass from the equation - the control cavity shape supports this too) however the lugs have been amateurly done at a later point. The wiring rout between the P cavity and the control cavity is very shallow ~5mm (big clue?) and the same "surface" rout was used from the neck pup to the P pup. There are some filled holes around both pup cavities suggesting pickup surrounds. It has 03-78 in pencil in the neck pocket which I'm taking to be a date. The only P bass I know of with a neck humbucker is Billy Shehan's... Was there production model that fits this description? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Im not aware of any Fender P with both types of pickup fitted at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I'm currently stripping a late 70s body (pic attached) & mods were very common back then. I'm mildly annoyed as the seller didn't mention this had been modded & I passed over a cheaper body because it had also been modded. I like the colour of yours but I think you'll struggle to put a year to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 (edited) Yeah I'm a bit miffed at mine too. The plan was to make something resembling my G&L L-1000 out of it... ... well that's obviously not happening now, unless I go for a solid finish which is a shame as I love the grain on it. I guess a pickguard is another option. [s]Regarding the mods, the thing is I'm almost certain that both pup cavities are original. The P pup lugs were obviously added to the cavity later on meaning that the pup could only have been held in with surrounds (I think). If so it's fair to assume that the same system was used for the neck pup too and there is strong evidence of that.[/s] edited presumptuous horseshit Edited September 16, 2010 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Maybe it was supposed to be a tele bass, but then last thing on Friday afternoon someone realised they were a p bass short of an order and just monkey'd it together on the sly. Because he had a hot date to go home and get ready for and CBS weren't gonna pay him overtime were they? Money grabbing, neck mounting screw stealing (from the jazz) bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Nice avatar... it took me a while to realise it was you despite looking at it with attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 [quote name='cocco' post='957843' date='Sep 15 2010, 11:21 PM']Maybe it was supposed to be a tele bass, but then last thing on Friday afternoon someone realised they were a p bass short of an order and just monkey'd it together on the sly. Because he had a hot date to go home and get ready for and CBS weren't gonna pay him overtime were they? Money grabbing, neck mounting screw stealing (from the jazz) bastards![/quote] Now this I believe. [quote name='mcnach' post='957850' date='Sep 15 2010, 11:30 PM']Nice avatar... it took me a while to realise it was you despite looking at it with attention [/quote] Aye, it's easy to miss the bass in that pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Is 78 even the right year for the tele bass to have the neck bucker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 It must have started life as a telebass looking at the control cavity. This has me really interested. I vote build a sheehan tribute bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I think that the Tele bass,would have had a slightly different rout for the pots. My opinion is that it started out as a Precision,and had the Mudbucker added later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I dunno man. The straight edge on the bottom of the control cavity..... Looks suspiciously like it could be covered by chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nah that control cavity screams P. A Tele would just have a wee straight rout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 (edited) Slightly different routs for Mudbucker Tele bass = rout a bit further forward than is usual for a Precision,going by this pic,also the front of the body would be flat,with no arm contour.I think that the Mudbucker Tele basses were all 3 bolt neck plates too,mine was.Earlier style Tele bass,looks like it has a smaller rout for pots. Edited September 16, 2010 by hillbilly deluxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 He he I was looking for example pics and found this. :brow: Don't worry, I wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocco Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I stand corrected. Ou7shined I reckon that's a mighty fine pickup config! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 I've found a good pic of a '74 P body and mine can exactly match all the screw holes (with some extras ) including the p/g centre one, the two upper thumb rest ones, the one on the north-west of the E/A pup, the one on the south-east of the D/G pup and the one to the front of the control cavity - all of which look to have been filled at the same time compared with other holes. I don't have the bridge rout though. click for bigger pic [url="http://img259.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=14557_fendercuerpo_122_342lo.JPG"][/url] With this evidence, I think I'm gonna have to agree that it was a P and the humbucker is an after thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='958117' date='Sep 16 2010, 10:41 AM']He he I was looking for example pics and found this. :brow: Don't worry, I wouldn't. [/quote] Do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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