Help identify a bass...

[Ramirez]

My brother found a bass dumped in a skip and salvaged it... most probably a cheap copy, but I'd like to find out what it is. Some points:

 

*It's a Candy Apple Red-ish PJ bass (typical Precision body/white scratchplate) with a matching headstock. The headstock logo is "Guitar Workshop" with "Bristol, England" in smaller writing underneath. My searches inevitable just brings up guitar workshops in Bristol, and no mention of a Guitar Workshop brand.

 

*It has a 3-way pickup selector switch then the usual volume and tone, which I think is a bit unusual (am I right that PJs are usually Vol/Vol/Tone?)

 

*Annoyingly, the neck has to be completely removed to access the truss rod adjustment.

 

*It seems solid, and is very heavy (11/12lb perhaps) with a chunky bridge.

 

*Inside the neck pocket on the body are two engraved numbers, one above the other - 061082 and 020620. Apart from the headstock name, these are the only markings I can find.

 

 

A quick check reveals that both pickups are working, the pickup selector is a bit intermittent, and the tone control doesn't work. All easy fixes. Machine heads don't feel great either.

 

I'll get some photos up soon, but if anyone can shed any light on this I'd be most grateful!

 

Aled

[Hellzero]

Hard to tell without any photo as it could be anything from an old Japanese brand to a cheap Korean bass, or a full assembly...

Edited 2 hours ago by Hellzero