Regardless of what the prior owner stated, this bass was in the water for a period of time. Remarkably both pups both ohmed out to spec. The harness was in shambles so I had Dane Wilder build me a new harness with better pots and caps. I had him add a push pull to the treble tone pup to bypass the cap. I repaired the chips to the guard and polished it. The 4002 TRC needed no work, thankfully!!
I contacted Larry Davis and sent him pictures early on, in hopes he would agree to take on restoring this instrument. Thankfully he agreed and I was added to his list. I shipped the bass out last week and it arrived in Larry's shop. After having it in hand, he gave me a best and worse case scenario. It seems this instrument will have to be completely disassembled, trued and reassembled!! This should make for one heck of a photo documentary of the process!!
Sent me numerous fotos of the bass in it's original condition and during the process to remove the fretboard.
Larry is very enthusiastic about the project and he is confidant that it will turn out fine. The water seems to have made it a bit easier to separate the sections. That's a good thing, right?? The truss rods are very rusty but they will clean up fine and work just as they were designed. The staining to the wood is minimal and it should be able to stay Mapleglo! That was important to me.
Stay tuned and I'll update this thread as the process continues.
Sepp
