NBD but can't say I'm too happy

[kodiakblair]

Guitar player friend messaged me on Xmas Day, said he'd got his hands on a mutual friend's bass 🙂

 

Seeing as our pal hung himself in 1999, I was both glad and surprised to hear a bit of his gear was still about. Was even more surprised when I was told it should be with me 😲 

Got another message yesterday telling me to collect it 🙂

 

Old Japanese Gibson copy, think it may be a Sakai Mokko. @Bassassin care to give an opinion ?  Neck is straight but it's missing a fret. No sound bar a loud hum, pickup selector switch is goosed, I see one failed solder joint in the cavity. Won't be doing any fault finding, it's easier to replace the electrics. Can't see the pickups failing but I've a replacement set in a drawer.

 

Nice wee fixer up job but I'd rather my pal was still with us 🙁

 

[ezbass]

11 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

Nice wee fixer up job but I'd rather my pal was still with us 🙁

Mixed emotions with that one for you certainly. However, if it makes you think of him every time you play it (hopefully, of good times), maybe that’s not a bad thing.

[tauzero]

Looking at just the repairs side, rather than the emotional attachments, is it worth just re-making the solder joint and seeing if that sorts anything out?

 

Shouldn't matter about the ninth fret, you shouldn't be all the way up there anyway.

 

You don't have your pal but at least you have something to remember him by.

[kodiakblair]

3 hours ago, tauzero said:

is it worth just re-making the solder joint and seeing if that sorts anything out?

There's that much corrosion at the selector switch the casing has a fur coat 😀 Could just be the switch but there's a stray Vol pot ground too, might as well replace the lot.

 

3 hours ago, tauzero said:

Shouldn't matter about the ninth fret, you shouldn't be all the way up there anyway.

Nope, anywhere near that high and I get a nosebleed 🤣

[binky_bass]

Take the 22nd fret out and smash it into the missing 9th fret slot. Problem solved. Well, that problem anyway! 

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Take the 22nd fret out and smash it into the missing 9th fret slot. Problem solved. Well, that problem anyway! 

That was my thinking too.

[kodiakblair]

4 hours ago, binky_bass said:

Well, that problem anyway! 

There are others, nut is broken and it's been shimmed with cardboard 😎