Help identifying this bass! 1977 or 1988 or something else?!

[sambecker1]

Dear Basschatters,

I hope you're well. I recently acquired this bass and it seemed like an interesting mix of things to me. I have taken the neck of and it's a Herb Gastelum neck which is a nice surpirse but by my sight on the pencil marking it looks to be an 88 neck and then the pots are from a 77 but I can't tell the markings on the body. Any help identifying what this is would be brilliant and hugely appreciated!
 

Best wishes,

Sam

 

 

[MrFingers]

 

Body does look like a 1970's product to me. It has the straight pocket, so: late 1970's.

Neck is from a 1988 Fender AVRI '62 P-bass. Pickguard is way more recent.

What does the pickup look like underneath the covers?

Edited 4 hours ago by MrFingers

[sambecker1]

Thanks for this @MrFingers! That’s super helpful. I’ll have a look under the pickups over the next couple of days and let you know what’s under there. The scratch plate is definitely very recent.