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What is my bass?! (Pics)
- Thread starter crispy_unknown
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I'm thinking an old ESP p-bass style that was given a hot rod paint job. The finish seems to be non-original to me. Probably the most likely thing.
Dude. It's a neck-through. Anyway, I'm going with Fernandez.
<edit> Ooops. Late again.
Yeah that looks like it! £55?! I paid more than that for the body! Glad I know what it is now, thanks! I still really love playing it, I've gotten so use to it I really dislike playing lighter basses and REALLY don't like other P basses.
I've played other P's with the same SD quarter pounders and they just didnt sound the same, I really hope im not stuck loving through necks, that could prove expensive...
A common problem with these is a high action. If you look carefully at mine you'll see that a previous owner has taken wood out from under the bridge, allowing it to be recessed and therebye, lowering the action.
An alternative to this would be to replace the Bent Bit of Tin with a Schaller 3D which has a very low profile (without the supplied shim). Edit>> looking back at your pics I see this has already been done..... /Edit
Mine had DiMarzios in it. Sounded great & played OK but the truss rod adjustment nut was reamed and with its being a neck-through, it made it very difficult to repair (although it was repairable).
As I said, an early piece of Koreacrap, and if you have a good one that suits you, hold on to it & play it to death. As I said, sold under the 'Satellite' label, but also appeared under other names.
There's loads of these floating about the UK for next to nothing - most of them crap, but a few gems amongst the dross.
A guy who really knows about all this stuff is a bloke (Jon) who posts at both here and at http://www.basschat.co.uk under the handle 'Bassassin'. You could try PMing him. In fact it was to him I sold the Satellite in my pics. He removed the black paint from the headstock, generally cleaned it up & sold it on for, I think, £65.
An alternative to this would be to replace the Bent Bit of Tin with a Schaller 3D which has a very low profile (without the supplied shim). Edit>> looking back at your pics I see this has already been done..... /Edit
Mine had DiMarzios in it. Sounded great & played OK but the truss rod adjustment nut was reamed and with its being a neck-through, it made it very difficult to repair (although it was repairable).
As I said, an early piece of Koreacrap, and if you have a good one that suits you, hold on to it & play it to death. As I said, sold under the 'Satellite' label, but also appeared under other names.
There's loads of these floating about the UK for next to nothing - most of them crap, but a few gems amongst the dross.
A guy who really knows about all this stuff is a bloke (Jon) who posts at both here and at http://www.basschat.co.uk under the handle 'Bassassin'. You could try PMing him. In fact it was to him I sold the Satellite in my pics. He removed the black paint from the headstock, generally cleaned it up & sold it on for, I think, £65.
I a sorry, I am sitting here LMFAO!!! I would have figured it to be an early Kawai made ESP. But, with everything everyone has pointed out, it could be a Hondo II? I guess
