[removed]

Elliotskunk · March 30

I was asked to remove the post. apologies, thanks for the reponse

Edited March 30 by Elliotskunk
I was asked to remove the post. apologies.

Jean-Luc Pickguard · March 30

The body and pickups look very much like a Yamato 70's japanese bass I had, but the neck does not look like it goes with it, but came off something like a woolworths 'satellite' or similar. As each bass has a different scale length it is likely to be impossible to intonate, and if this is the case it would be pointless to carry out any restoration if the aim is to have a working instrument.

Bassassin · March 30

I wouldn't get my hopes up too high. It's a bitsa, constructed from a budget 1970s-era Fender Jazz bass copy, from what I can see possibly a Korean-made Hondo or Satellite, which has been mated with the neck from a Taiwan-made Kay shortscale bass. It appears to have been refinished with possibly some sort of adhesive backed checkerboard patterned paper or plastic.

Anyway, this is what the body & electronics came from:

And the neck came from something like this:

I can see what look like the screwholes from the bridge's original position so it may be that it's been moved to compensate for replacing the original neck for a shorter one. If that's the case it should intonate correctly. If not, it's a fairly straightforward modification to reposition a bridge of this type.

Edit - looking again, the bridge has definitely been moved - it's right up against the bridge pickup. It's possible that may be enough to intonate it. You can check this by measuring the distance between the zero-fret & the 12th fret, then between the 12th fret & the bridge saddles (or rather, saddle) - they should be the same.

Edited March 30 by Bassassin

Bassassin · March 30

5 hours ago, Elliotskunk said:

I was asked to remove the post. apologies, thanks for the reponse

I wonder why? I think part of the value of this community is to be able to help non-bass players with questions like yours. You're far from the first person with a mystery bass they'd like to know more about!

Anyway, glad we were able to give you some insight into it - please do ask if you have any other questions.

Beedster · March 30

6 hours ago, Elliotskunk said:

I was asked to remove the post. apologies, thanks for the reponse

Who asked you and why?

Beedster · March 30

38 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

I wonder why? I think part of the value of this community is to be able to help non-bass players with questions like yours. You're far from the first person with a mystery bass they'd like to know more

Absolutely this ^

BigRedX · March 31

Did the OP ask for a valuation?

If so that's the offending part. Please repost your original question but don't ask what it is worth.

Bassassin · March 31

10 hours ago, BigRedX said:

Did the OP ask for a valuation?

If so that's the offending part. Please repost your original question but don't ask what it is worth.

To be honest I don't remember. But you'd think OP would be asked to edit the post to remove that part, rather than completely delete an otherwise acceptable & genuinely interesting query, pics and all.