jonnyc Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Sorry to bring up this subject again but after a lot of detective work ive been unable to find any history of this fine bass. Think it was purchased by Peter Tappern a band leader who passed away in 2017 but other than that? I knew Jeff from a young lad untill he sadly passed away but lost touch during the years this bass would have been made which i guess would be early 90,s? If anybody recognises the bass or knows someone who might i will be extremly grateful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 If you open the control cavity on the back hopefully there could be a sticker with the makers name or some info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 No idea what it is - but it looks lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 UK based luthier IIRC, sure they've been mentioned on here when I first joined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 39 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: UK based luthier IIRC, sure they've been mentioned on here when I first joined. this thread I guess - but the OP has already found that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyc Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Its a Jeff Finch bass. I knew Jeff from the age of 12 unti he sadly died, but lost touch during the period when he was making and repairing guitars. He lived just down the road from me. I bought the bass for sentimental reasons. I wish he was still around to tell me about this instrument 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 what is it exactly you're wanting to find out about it? You've got maker, specs and former owner... I can't imagine there's much else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 13/01/2022 at 20:41, jonnyc said: Its a Jeff Finch bass. I knew Jeff from the age of 12 unti he sadly died, but lost touch during the period when he was making and repairing guitars. He lived just down the road from me. I bought the bass for sentimental reasons. I wish he was still around to tell me about this instrument Sorry, mate. I've only just noticed your PM and have replied. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Looks very nice. I’ve only ever played one of his basses, very briefly…but it was great. I suspect those EMG’s aren’t original to the bass, as the exposed poles came a bit later? Most UK small scale luthiers at the time tended to use Bartolini or Kent Armstrong pickups…or the original EMG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyc Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Thanks for the input. Im not at all sure of the year Jeff built it. With the help from this forum im slowly gathering info. The control cavity does look original? Im wondering if Jeff put any dates in the neck pocket, maybe ill take a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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