NikNik Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Was having a gander at The Fender Telecaster Book this morning and spotted the attached. The photo is of Waylon Jennings' band, circa 1973, and the bassist appears to be sporting a modded stack-pot Jazz. Check the pups...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Jennings himself was the bass player in Buddy Holly's band. He gave up his seat on the plane exactly 60 years and three days ago. 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Hobbayne said: Jennings himself was the bass player in Buddy Holly's band. He gave up his seat on the plane exactly 60 years and three days ago. 😞 Wow...... never knew either of those things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 . and his last words to BH were something like "and I hope your little ol' plane crashes" after he was ribbed about the bus constantly breaking down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) . Edited February 6, 2019 by chris_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) - Edited March 3, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 It looks like a stretched out P bass pickup. The early 70's was a big time for experimenting with gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Jus Lukin said: Hard to see what's going on there! Seems like a widely spaced P-bass type arrangement, doesn't seem to be sending the coils to separate outputs, unless there's another cable just out of shot. The pickups actually look like a Joe Barden jazz which has been chopped in half, although I doubt they were made then, and wouldn't work sawn in half anyway! That bass has grabbed my attention for some reason, tried a bit of googling, but come up with nothing. They do look like a set of blades, don't they? The only one I recall making them around that time was Bill Lawrence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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