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Found this thread looking for something else. The answers to many of these questions are in Geddy Lee's "Big Beautiful Book of Bass" Geddy started collecting and decided to take the collection on tours :-). From Amazon... December 18, 2018 by Geddy Lee (Author) 4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars...

Rob, Hello. Sorry for the delay. I haven't logged in in a while. If there is a way to DM me, please do, and I'd be happy to help you out.

So after many iterations, lots of patience, and a little luck we have a new brass tun-o-matic five string bass and tailpiece! It cost about $275 to mave CNC Milled in china. Arrived a few days ago and it came out great.

So after many months of trial and error, patience, and prototyping we finally had a bridge and tailpiece CNC Milled out of brass and plated in gold. They came out great!

Of the choices your put in your poll, I agree with most of the advice you have received so far and I would pick the Bronco. It's light, versatile, and fun to play. My son has both an EB-0 and the bronco (photo below) and they are both interesting for different reasons. The Bronco is much...

Gibson / Epihone doesn't have any of these parts. Gibson made them for a few years. Epihpne only produced this bass in 2000, so we are relegated to getting one built. Getting close on the specs right. It has been a lot of work.

The bridge appears to be okay. The tailpiece is what failed. Likely due to the material being weak under the stress of the five strings. It appears to be a Zinc Alloy. They only made this bass for one year (2000), and perhaps that was a realization. I've seen this before on Talk Bass...

Version 3. Getting close :-)

So...Pictures of the second Prototype printed on a 3D printer at our local library. Everything fits perfectly. Third and hopefully final prototype being printed tomnorrow and then we'll be ready to have it milled on a CNC machine. My son is leaning towards brass. I told him the bass is...

I know this is an old thread. I recently reacquired (40+ years later) a 1980 Ibanez BL700 that is all original. It was my first Bass. Lots of TLC cleanup and setup were required, but everything appears original. I stumbled into this thread by accident, but...for those interested, here's a...

I was just about to post this same picture. Here's a close up and a link. Ig you backward two pages you will see the Blazer BL700 bass which is similar. https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/1980_catalogs?file=1980_Ibanez_Electric_Bass_inside-spread.jpg#Blazer_series_dealer_sheet PDF of this page...

very nice! Thanks for sharing.

AWS Blazer - Yes, Ibanez ran the BL 700 series starting in 1980 with the single pickup you see in my pictures. It is referred to as a "Super B4." In 1981 the changed the configuration to a P Bass pickup and modified the body and pickguard slightly. That Pickup is referred to as a P4. Here is...

Really cool. I was curious after I responded to your post and found several 1979 Greco models with this pickup. Will be playing with mine tomorrow to goof with amps. effects and tone that were far beyond me in the 80's. Very interested in your experience. Thanks again!

This data sheet from the archives is about all I can find...a name...Super B4 :-) Data sheet attached for all. I Would love to do some digging on the specifications for your Bass. It looks amazing! I Should have started with that.