"Consignment Shop" Find.

This is a bass I found in a Consignment shop. I had to wade through multiple Ibanezs and a Stagg MM copy, but this caught my eye and I had to have it.

I traded two PA cabinets and some parts I needed out of the way + 20$ for it. I'm not sure of the year, but I'm guessing from the headstock it's a 1988, or 1989, because the Striker was discontinued after '89.



I'm not sure if the body is the original color, or what wood it is made from, but it is HEAVY. The neck is made from maple, and I'm pretty sure the fingerboard is either Rosewood or Ebony. It's all original, even has the Spector pickups and Schaller roller bridge.









She needs some love.

 

Thank you~!

The body is plywood, but it sounds better than an Agathis P/J I've had.

 

Now I have to ask how you know.

I didn't plan on it though.

 

The headstock on this one appears to be made in three pieces, and the grain moving perpendicular between two pieces, so they probably changed it when they went to the hockey stick.

 

I think so, yes. I mean, it's not like plywood you just buy at Home Depot, with all sorts of pits in it and what not.

It's super heavy and solid, so I'm guessing it's probably cabinet-grade or better. With the Spector pickups, it sounds pretty good.