John Lodge - Unusual P Bass???

[FlatEric]

I was watching Vintage TV, the other night - usually some interesting stuff
and you get to see kit that bands were uing years ago.

Moody Blues were on twice and in both videos, John Lodge was playing this:

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I tried to pin down what it was but without any luck.

Any ideas?

I also came across a nice Twin Neck, whilst looking for the P.

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Interesting!

Cheers.

[Kiwi]

Looks like a heavily modified Fender Precision Elite II to me.

[charic]

That bass looks awesome

[FlatEric]

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Looks like a heavily modified Fender Precision Elite II to me.


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Yep, that's where my thoughts were but I'm not certain that it is.

[Kiwi]

The pot locations match, the pickups match. There's an additional bit of scratch plate and clearly its routed for another pickup. Why look further?

[BigRedX]

Weird though that he felt the need to add a surround to the bridge pickup.

[cocco]

I thought Elite II Aswell, but the bridge doesn't look right to me, I know it could be a modification.

[RhysP]

Looks like a mixture of a Precision Elite II & one of the original Precision Specials (that's what the bridge looks like it came from to me).

Actually, looking at the bridge baseplate again it could even be a Kahler bass trem.

Edited June 18, 2012 by RhysP

[Ou7shined]

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And when I wear this one it hurts right along here.




Btw I don't think it's an Elite II pickguard... it's very similar but the lines are slightly different (especially the lower horn) and the switch next to that rear pot is pulled back a little.