swanbrook Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 A friend of mine has this at home, it’s his dads old bass. He would really love to know what model it is, if anyone knows. the guy he bought it from in the 80’s said it was the bass used with Bucksfizz .... no idea how true that is lol Stunning to play and has the lowest action I’ve ever come across cheers for any help 😍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I believe it would be a Chieftain model though I'm not certain. There are other Chieftain models with that same body shape albeit different pickup placements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokl Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Ooh, I love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Paging @Bassassin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Chieftain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanbrook Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 Cheers guys ... I can’t find any with the same pic up config. It is so beautiful to play and after playing a stingray 5 it feels feather weight ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I believe that all of the Pangborns were custom builds (correct me if I'm wrong) so those commissioning the basses would have specified the pups... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) On 19/05/2021 at 21:36, Chris2112 said: I believe it would be a Chieftain model though I'm not certain. There are other Chieftain models with that same body shape albeit different pickup placements. I would think that one predates the Chieftain bass. The Chieftain basses weren't built by Pangborn either, more assembled by, with the woodworking done elsewhere, if memory serves correctly. That is probably late 70's. I have a fretless one of a similar vintage that has the same headstock shape. The PUs in mine were originally reverse P's too, but got swapped out for wider soapbars at some point. Mine has a Baddass bridge and the same kind of switch and truss rod cover. The guy who played bass for Buck's Fizz did have at least one Pangborn, it was a Warlord though. Maybe he had this one too. Edited May 28, 2021 by GeeCee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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