| What the heck is this bass?
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So I recently purchased a mystery bass on ebay. The seller was a pawn shop and didn't know anything about it but I noticed the headstock was a '62 RI MIM so I picked it up. I got it in the mail today and immediately noticed this is a very different bass from anything I've seen.
I took a few pics of the body itself. The neck is definitely a '62 RI Mexican from 2006, so I had no doubt about that. The body has so many differences from a '62. I've never seen a bass body like this (the closest would be Deluxe Active J-basses). Here are some things I've found about it:
-There is no thumbrest holes like a '62 would have (although, not sure if MIMs had thumb holes stock I cannot remember)
-It looks like American Jazz pickups are in it (they have a black plastic bottom with a number on it
-Fishman bridge which is probably aftermarket
-Active electronics with battery access on back. The access looks stock.
-What looks to be a stock route for the chip in the body
-The control plate has 3 pots - first two control the pickups, third must be overall tone; the the 4th is not a pot but a square shaped "switch" (I don't know what they call them). The jack is on the side and not in the control plate.
-None of the routes look like they're not stock. If they are, the person went through a hell of alot of work making them perfect.
-The sticker under the neck pickup indicates it's a MIM body; the number of it and the one on the neck is very very close, but not the same
-Pots are 2006
-Came with a Tort guard
-Finish is 60's sunburst?
Does anyone recognize it?
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