PaulThePlug Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) What The Fůćk Have I Bought Bass Day So Bloody Gumtree,again!.. Cheap 'n Local-ish and dodgy add pics... No Name? Hour later i'm picking it up on the bike with a Rucksack Gig Bag... Looks like some one... or some thing, has set about the headstock! unless someone knows otherwise? As I've been on Ibby SR's and Jazz Necks... this thing feels huge! so much so i'm wondering if it was a 5 modded to a 4... 43 at the nut, 44 at the fretboard end and something like 68 at the back of the pocket, and wearing big thick black flat or tapes - black silks... could it be those Mahoosive Roto Tru Bass? Neck looks like it is a fretless conversion having had the frets removed as the dots are between the lines. Very flat fretboard. Body was covered in stickers so White Spirit and GT85... only distinguishing mark is the 'Tonic' logo between the pickups, Screen Printed or Decal, not a sticker. Had some emery cloth in the neck pocket as a shim removed this and tidied the over paint at the edge of the pocket, hoping one will cancel the other.... Youngest has been playing a bit of Guitar (as well as his fretless bass) and was asking about a fretless guitar, so we were talking about slide. As the action is a little high, with the neck width and monster strings, think this is gonna be a Lap Slide Bass, with a Behringer BDI for some drive and a Wah-Wah... Fun afternoon project for £20! Need some push on knobs... Edited October 3, 2023 by PaulThePlug 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Can't go wrong for 20 squid, worth more than that for project spare parts alone 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Interesting project for little money👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I shall watch with interest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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