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Anyone knows what model bass this is?

bullitproof

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Apr 17, 2015
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I've picked this up recently and looks like it originally had a pickguard that's been cut and it's poorly refinished in white.
Made in Japan, rare as lefty I'm assuming it's a Fernandes as I've found one very similar (Fernandes BO-50) but it has no pickguard and it has a control cavity.
The bridge looks like old Yamaha and it was maybe swapped.
Anybody knows what model this could be?
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When I really want to enjoy a photo of a lefty bass, I flip it to mirror image, so that it becomes something I can picture holding and playing.

Useful side effect: it helps me see the reversal of the split pickup

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My brain is blind to that on a lefty: when everything is mirrored, noticing that one detail is a mirror of a mirror is beyond it. Since it looks normal, my gaze floats past it.
 
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The bridge kinda has Yamaha vibes. Maybe part of the Broad Bass line?
I agree about the bridge as I've had a Broad Bass in the past. I'm convinced the bridge was swapped as there's a 3 hole pattern under the current bridge.
The body shape is not the same as the Yamaha and while the truss rod adjustment is at the heel, the cavity was routed in a different/wider shape just like the Fernandes bass.
Also, the Broad Bass has rear access to the control cavity.
 
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