Bass identification - nice SG copy

Hello everyone,

I have a bass guitar that I'm trying to identify. I bought it from a man who builds guitars from parts and uses various bodies that he comes across. He can't remember anything about this one.

I'm trying to identify anything about it, such as wood type. I also would like to find out if this body was made by a company or someone in their own wood shop.

Can you identify anything from the way it's hollowed out, how the pickguard has a cut-out for the bridge pickup (unlike most SG 's). Any help would be appreciated, including anything on pickups if you recognize the type, etc. It is a short-scale bass and is pretty heavy. The neck plate on the back says Made in Japan, but the builder could have stuck on any old plate he found. The plate on the head says reinforced neck.

Thanks very much!

 

Hello again,

Can anyone identify anything about the make of this bass? Have you ever seen one cut like this? I'm thinking both of my guitars are unique, but would like to know if otherwise.

 

Thanks for the reply! It looks pretty close to Kay.. definitely not their pickguard or electronics style.. and most definitely not their neck/headstock. It could be their body, but it would have had to have been acquired by the builder right from the factory before they screwed their own pickguard on it, or else there would be screw holes in different places.

Plus, my pickguard looks like it's made for this body and pickup configuration, so it could very well be something else..

 

Thanks everyone! I just came across this thread, which has the same pickguard cutout!! It's also made in Japan. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/ibanez-lawsuit-sg-583182/

 

Same bridge too!

 

Same headstock shape as well! (note the tip)

 

Yep, I think you're right. Seems like a pre-lawsuit Ibanez. Maybe the builder got one without electronics during clearance after the lawsuit haha. Here is a 1971 advertisement. Maybe I'll replace everything and add two knobs with a switch.