paddybass Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) removed Edited August 29, 2012 by paddybass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) I suspect that's actually something like a Columbus copy from the 70s / early 80s. As far as I know, Fender have never produced a laminate body of that type - certainly not from the Corona factory. You can pick Fender neck plates up on ebay for as little as £10. Edited August 20, 2012 by simon1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 The crap spouted about laminates amuses me greatly. "Got to be solid" etc. Of course there are different quality laminates ranging from B&Q.... to Alembic. Nowt wrong with laminate at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregsguitars Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Could have been a Squire branded body as well, I have seen many Squires laminated that way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Even some eighties and nineties Japanese Squires were laminated. Doesn't mean it's a bad bass. If it sounds good...........it is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I didn't say laminate meant it was a bad body. Just that I don't think it's a US Fender, which is the question implied in the OP. If it sounds good, that's fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddybass Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 thanks for the input guys. seems a lot of work to go to to laminate like this when you could just saw the shape out of a lump of wood. or maybe getting a large enough piece of wood is the problem? anyone else got any similar pics? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 i shall call a spade a spade- that isnt laminate, that is playwood. plywood is made of veneers layered on top of each other at 90 degrees, for strength mostly. that will be a solid body, but is it not a little heavy? I was a joiner for a few years, when i hear things like this, i just feel the need to point out that it could easily be someone making a precision from plywood. mmmmmhhh, cost-effectiveness. although, it is something that has crossed my mind before. also making a bass out of cardboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Squier or similair copy (looking at the truss rod access I'd say more likely Squier than something like a columbus), 70's style Logo £15 from t'interweb, neckplate £10 from ebay. Hope you didn't pay much for it, or you've been seriously had? Edited August 21, 2012 by Nibody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 [quote name='paddybass' timestamp='1345485530' post='1778061'] thanks for the input guys. seems a lot of work to go to to laminate like this when you could just saw the shape out of a lump of wood. or maybe getting a large enough piece of wood is the problem? anyone else got any similar pics? cheers. [/quote] Like MiltyG565 says, it's cheaper. Lots of smaller bits of wood are cheaper than one big piece. Technically, a laminate is where two or more materials are stuck on top of each other, so you're right, but when people talk about basses etc, they would generally describe this as ply, and the more expensive instruments with exotic wood tops as laminate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddybass Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Nibody, i knew it wasnt a kosher fender, and didnt pay much for it, however it plays great and sounds great with flatwounds on it. MiltyG565, its 9.6lbs which i suppose is fairly weighty. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I have a plywood hondo P like this. it sounds luvverly, but weighs a ton. ply is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I have a ply P body...it's actually pretty light. Haven't built it into a bass yet so can't comment on its sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1345539679' post='1778511'] I have a plywood hondo P like this. it sounds luvverly, but weighs a ton. ply is fine. [/quote] +1 so have I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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