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I was going to joke that it started with tolex peel, but the description confirms that’s exactly how it started! Sanded the front grille on auto-pilot too, ffs! And gone through the laminates in a couple of spots on the carcass. Damn, what a waste.

Cheers for all the thoughts, dudes. I was contemplating using some furniture to chop up to make a bass body. Decided against it in the end, as it was a nice bit of furniture. Maybe I’ll hang out by some skips instead.

How does that type of Fender pickup compare to a Gibson mudbucker? I played a 70’s SG bass in Wye Fret a couple of weeks ago and now I want a mudbucker bass!

They kinda look like they’ve been stored in a damp shed. You’d want to make sure the coils haven perished. Also the cabinets are made from MDF, so that could also be fooked.

Free wood - looks like mahogany to me, but owner says it’s teak. What does the hive mind say?!

And the lack of roundover on the top edges

Don’t know the circumstances, but happy to help one of our own. Hope things work out alright Lee.

I love it! 🤣. If it was priced accordingly, it could be brought back up to spec? (Apart from the ferrules 😬). Gut feeling it plays nice. Are you happy to share how much you paid for it @ronswanson?

You’d probably be better off with Barefaced 10s - they are vintage-voiced (man I’m miss my Two10!). The 12s are supposed to be more full range flat response (FRFR).

As would the nice paint job eventually!

Is that an Ashdown Geezer Butler head on the floor next to the red toolbox? Time travel indeed!

Those are oddly satisfying to look at. I’d take one of these over a roadworn! (…ducks for cover)

The way I’d approach it would be to stick paper to the (stripped) body so I could map out the position of the neck and pickup. Firstly rough cut the edges so I can run a straight edge along the sides of the body. Then I’d just follow the body lines for the lower horn - that’s the bit that needs to be bang on for me - uniform spacing all around! I taped a pencil to some other objects to make a jig. Repeat until it looks right, then stick to your sheet and get busy with a jigsaw. I then scraped a 45 degree bevel on the plate with a Stanley knife. I appreciate that might be a bit Heath Robinson for most though!

Headstocks all look stupid if you look at them for long enough.

Love the Delta (top one). 40mm nut. I can live with that. Headstock not as cool as the body (but headstocks are always a funny one to get right).

Impressive looking cab! Would be ace to get the box measurements to see what driver would suit the box/port size.

Perfect! 10/10!

Ah, that’s where the Silverstone went to - did wonder about that when I was browsing the other day. Nice.

Had to find a lookalike of my first amp. Did its job I suppose!

2 soap bar pickups? Black hardware? That would be ace. As would changing the strings! 🤮

That’s a deposit for a house

Saw something very similar about a year ago. Some kid leaving the local rehearsal studio was carrying one. Had a chat, picked it up (heavy). Action was too high to play and someone had cut in to the back of the neck - assuming to do with the truss rod nut. That example you linked looks in much better condition!

What about mocha? That grain would gert lush darkened up a bit.

Thought that was a really nice green body for a minute, then wondered why the little Korg thing was inside the pick-up hole 🤣. That would be a cracking shade for a p-bass body!

I like the wood version much better!