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I don't think it's a Rapier. They have bigger scratch plates and rounder headstocks. Maybe something along the lines of a Tiesco or Silvertone would be my guess, but I can't think of a model that looks like any of those.

I got my cello aged 12. It only opened a seam when I started uni age 19 and moved to a cold damp bedsit. Then did it again 12 years later when I moved to Seoul. 8 years is nowt to a stringed instrument. They don't like house moves!

Isn’t this what Nash guitars do? Except give it a “finish”

Brought a Bass from Dave , Super nice guy, great comms keep me informed at all steps, he allowed me to send him a box + some packing then let me arrange collection even though his pref was for collection in person. Bass is as described/pictured and was a total bargain, Super, Smashing, Great. Cheers Steve

I guess so. Still: super strange that anyone would put a 1977 logo w/ serial on a '74 neck after refinishing. I've never seen anything even remotely like that before. But, other than that: it still looks like a very nice and you obviously knew very well what you were purchasing. So: enjoy it

I suspect your strong and consistent sense of fair play has been challenged mate, but given that, my reading of the ad - and the asking price - was very much 'This is NOT an all original mid-'70s Fender by a long stretch....'. Enjoy the playing 👍

Thanks for the comments guys. Lots of helpful stuff and some not so. I want to reiterate - I went into this purchase fully aware that it's a parts bass. I wasn't looking for anyone to tell me I had a bargain, I just wanted to know if anyone had ever seen a neck like this before. I do know quite a lot about vintage stuff myself, so am fully aware that the lack of a three bolt attachment/bullet truss rod makes this unlikely to be a '77 neck. It's not a precision neck that's been reshaped (they never had blocks and binding); I'm going to guess that the most likely explanation is that it's a '74 neck that had the wrong decal/stamps put on when it was refinished. I also didn't pay the full asking price. I got a decent discount. I didn't buy it because I wanted a vintage bass and have bought into some kind of dream. I've tried before to get a decent sounding '70s Jazz with Japanese reissues and AVRIs, but never got there - they always sounded a bit too thin/hollow compared to really good '70s ones. Before buying this I tried out basses at Bass Direct, Andy Baxter, Wunjo and ATB. the only one which was comparable was the Mocha '77 at Wunjo. I already knew the bridge was aftermarket. I have a spare '70S Pure Vintage one I can put on it. Maybe you think I paid to much for essentially a bunch of parts, and with perseverance perhaps I could have assembled my own for less money, but there'd be no guarantee what it would sound like. I put together a P bass with Musikraft/Guitar Build parts recently, and there wasn't much change from £1500 with all modern parts. Don't worry about it being a dud - the dud would be the all original '78 in white I also tried at the Gallery . Much prettier, but it sounded absolutely dead. And I'm not going to stick a 1974 logo/serial on it and sell it for double the price as all original, don't worry on that score.

I wasn’t patient enough to wait the 40 or so days they take to make them 🤣

OK that was fun

"Burns"?

Think a chat with Mojo might be in order. They do some really cool looking stuff so will see what we can come up with.

The main reason why I wouldn't buy a genuine vintage bass, as much as I might fancy one!