s4001 wrote:Heck with the case, let's see more pics of that bass!!!
Ask and ye shall receive (terrible photos from my awful camera). Sadly I only have a few more on hand:
The CV has yellowed quite a lot, binding is nearly brown in spots...in one spot the finish chipped off and the binding itself is yellowed.
Perhaps a previous, long-time owner smoked like a chimney around it, or it was gigged a lot...
Nice, rounded fretboard, not the 60s-style super-tight radius, but still...my '73s got a fretboard like a 480 - nearly flat!
Next to my '73 (the one with strings). The bass was drilled for a tug bar, but it had been removed and the pickguard replaced (though it is authentic plastic).
The edge of the 'guard that runs above the bridge pickup is cut at a slight angle, and it makes it look like the pickup/surround were installed crooked.
Now with Pickguardian tugbar! The steel plate under the pickup has oxidized/darkened enough that at first I though a later plastic replacement was in there.
This bass has the best acoustic sound of any I've owned, it just growls - and of course when plugged in.
