I.D. this bass?

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revolver323
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I.D. this bass?

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Here's a link to a clip of Eight Miles High. Can anyone I.D. the bass Chris Hillman is playing? Looks like a Fender body & pickup but with a different neck with a 2 + 2 headstock -- maybe Guild?
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I've seen that clip. A P Bas w/ a maple fingerboarded neck, and a rather Gibsonish headstock 2+2 tuners. I wrote to Chris about it once, and he had no clue what it might have been, or where it was from. Maybe some weird Fender prototype?
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You can almost depict the "Fender" logo when you pause it at certain points. It's tough because of all that cosmic overlay ****.
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My lefty take on that bass.
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