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Wow. Thanks for the replies. It's definitely a dog's breakfast 😀 The dowel holes is an interesting observation @MrFingers thanks. I've been searching for natural-ish Hondo's for comparison. I can't find any that show dowel holes. The ferrule holes are pretty shocking. Most of the Hondo's I can find have them straight - this initially made me think it was a DIY job (possibly meaning it's not a Hondo). I suppose if you set the bridge how you want it and then drill pilot holes from the front, you'll end up with something like this. But I did find some Hondo's that were similar like this one on reverb: and this one on gumtree: I somehow didn't even notice the brown inlays on the fretboard 🙄 Again, I've been search for examples of anything at all with brown dots but can't find any. Just another wierd customisation? A close up Another interesting bit is the scratchplate. It appears to have had a switch fitted at some point and then the whole covered: Why would it need a switch? That makes me think the scratch plate might also be from another bass - one that maybe had a PJ setup, like this.... also a Hondo but I don't think the PJ setup is standard. Those knobs look familiar. A few more images... Side view of neck join showing fretboard Back of headstock with tuners Front of headstock Thanks again!

Hello. I'm Looking for some advice on a bass I've purchased via auction, I've yet to collect. It was listed as 1975 Fender Precision Bass mocha finish. From the photos I thought the neck and neck plate looked genuine. I thought the body had obviously had a hard time and had some bits changed but didn't think too much of it. 3 or 4 things looked obviously non-original for a Fender: bridge pickups knobs string-through - I wasn't sure about this but thought it was possible or could have been a mod. By chance, after the auction I saw an image of a P bass copy on Facebook that has made me doubt it's fully authentic - a Hondo H-830 Fame. Any one of those parts being different didn't ring any alarm bells but seeing the Hondo having 3 or 4 similarities is a bit of a co-incidence. The bridge design matches a Hondo exactly. It's also string-through with the holes on the back not in a straight line. The knobs are dom topped rather than flat. The pickups on the "Fender" seem to have "EMG" written on them, while the Hondo I think has DiMarzio, so nothing to conclude from that. What do you think? Genuine or partscaster? I've got other photos but hopefully you can zoom in on these. Hondo Fame 830 on reverb for reference: https://reverb.com/item/29455437-hondo-fame-830-bass-guitar-used Next steps will be to pass the info back to the auction house and suggest checking the neck pocket and pots. It's a 3 hour round trip so I'm hoping to resolve this without having to go in person. Cheers!