Well, technically it's not today since I've had the bass for over a month, but I finally got around to posting some photos. I bought the bass locally from someone who listed for sale on Facebook at a very fair price.
The neck stamp, tone pot, and pickup all date to within the same eight-week period in 1974. It's been re-fretted and has a new nut, volume pot, and strap buttons, but the rest is original including the case. It has a B neck and is fairly lightweight at 8.5 lbs. The only significant damage is an area around the 16th fret where the fingerboard seems to have taken a hit resulting in some of the rosewood and a position dot being pushed into the truss rod channel. Luckily, it does not affect playability or the function of the truss rod, so I'll probably leave it alone. I recently added a new chrome bridge cover since there were already marks from the original one...and it just looks cool. I installed a set of La Bella flatwounds (them's the rules
) and I've enjoyed playing it on my last few electric bass gigs.
A classic look:
The last of the 70's tort guards with E-string side thumb rest and typical broken tip by the output jack. You can also see where the fingerboard was damaged:
Typical 70's three-color burst:
I love the "TV" logo. Too bad the tuners are pitted:
Around this time they added the extra route for the wiring. I replaced the split shaft volume pot with the correct one:
The pickup dates to 1974:
The original tone pot also dates to 1974:
The neck stamp code confirms the date and also indicates the model and type of fingerboard:
Here it is on the gig with my '62 reissue Jazz Bass and Markbass rig:
- Steve
The neck stamp, tone pot, and pickup all date to within the same eight-week period in 1974. It's been re-fretted and has a new nut, volume pot, and strap buttons, but the rest is original including the case. It has a B neck and is fairly lightweight at 8.5 lbs. The only significant damage is an area around the 16th fret where the fingerboard seems to have taken a hit resulting in some of the rosewood and a position dot being pushed into the truss rod channel. Luckily, it does not affect playability or the function of the truss rod, so I'll probably leave it alone. I recently added a new chrome bridge cover since there were already marks from the original one...and it just looks cool. I installed a set of La Bella flatwounds (them's the rules
) and I've enjoyed playing it on my last few electric bass gigs.A classic look:
The last of the 70's tort guards with E-string side thumb rest and typical broken tip by the output jack. You can also see where the fingerboard was damaged:
Typical 70's three-color burst:
I love the "TV" logo. Too bad the tuners are pitted:
Around this time they added the extra route for the wiring. I replaced the split shaft volume pot with the correct one:
The pickup dates to 1974:
The original tone pot also dates to 1974:
The neck stamp code confirms the date and also indicates the model and type of fingerboard:
Here it is on the gig with my '62 reissue Jazz Bass and Markbass rig:
- Steve
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