Another abused bass ressurection

[Duarte]

I just keep finding myself with such poorly treated instruments - not that I'm the best person to be bringing them back to life, but hey I'm learning, and I can't make it any worse than this, right?

So as the franken-reggae bass goes through multiple obsessive stages of paint before being finished off, this guy comes in. The plan is for a straight up punk P bass. Think single volume knob, bright colours. The body, I'm told, is a Greco from 70s/80s. This checks out, I have a few Greco basses around and it makes sense. It has the pancake body construction and weighs an insane amount. The pickup seems to be OK. I have a neck with a pointy headstock coming from Korea (an old Samick I believe, it should fit). First order of the build is to strip the finish, remove those broken screws, and fill that hack job cavity. 

I will update slowly as parts start to arrive, and as I work on the other project.

 

This is how I received it (pickup also included)

 

 

Stripped, screws pulled, and epoxy resin to fill the hole. Bridge as I was checking it lines up with original holes (of course it does).

 

 

 

More coming! 

 

Edited July 29 by Duarte

[Duarte]

First day without torrential rain in Sydney for a few weeks, so updates can begin!

 

First coats of primer are on - revealing a few points that need attention. 

 

 

Also, the neck has arrived. I found a great deal on this pretty nice Samick neck, which fits perfectly and feels quite good. Hardware and custom pickguard are on order.

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Duarte

[itu]

"The plan is for a straight up punk P bass. Think single volume knob, bright colours." 

 

Will you do something different and paint the neck? It seems to be one very rare choice.