Recent content by Jeff Bowne

Yeah, I could dig the blue with a black guard. If I'm gonna leave the paint I gotta figure out what to do with the dime-store Bart Simpson that's scratched into the arm contour. Some of those scratches are pretty deep. Maybe I'll just sand it off and call it a "relic", hah..

Hey thanks for all the info. As for the pickup wire: it must be hard to tell in the photo but they're definitely not cloth. Cheap feeling plastic coated wire. So maybe it is a cheaper model.

There is no neck, unfortunately. Just the body. I want to strip the blue off the wood and give it a simple stain, then find a decently priced solid maple neck.

I found these NASH basses when googling "PB-55" but I figured it couldn't be one of them because it seems like they only do reliced basses. Plus the "FENDER" neck plate.

Does the PB55 give any hint at the year? What do you think of the pickups on these? Worth working with?

Whoa! I just looked for pictures of a MIJ P bass and, sure enough, they have the "FENDER" stamp on the neck plate! Thanks man. Are the MIJs about the same quality as the MIMs? If I bring it back to life with a decent neck do you think I should even bother with the stock pickup? I love my active...

Hey ya'll, I got this P bass body at a thrift shop for $20. It's pretty beat up and has a cartoon scratched into the paint (right where my forearm would be resting, of all places). I'm considering stripping the paint and refinishing it, but I want to figure out what it is first. I assumed it was...