teeder wrote:+1!Bob, have we seen pix of the 67?
I found this old bass in the back of a local music store about 20 years ago. I would periodically ask the store owner if he would sell it. The answer was always no. Anyway, fast forward 20 years and the owner steps away and lets his son run the store. I asked the son if he would sell it and he asks what I would pay for it. There was never a jack plate on it so I asked if I could take it for a couple of days to try to date it and more thoroughly evaluate it. So, I took some photographs and talked to some experts and all agreed it was a late '67 or early '68. I am claiming '67. Anyway, I brought the bass back to him and told him I would have a number for him by the end of the week. When I returned to the store, I saw the bass had been stripped of everything! The jerk had realized there was a lot of value in all the parts and sold just the the parts to a vintage dealer. Even though I was ticked-off, I still bought the carcass.
So, I bought new (or in some cases 70's era) parts, sent it all to Paul W. and waited. Here are some before shots:
