Why does this look so weird?

[Andy_colassal]

Heres an 83-84 p-bass. Did the design change in the eighties?

 

[cricketfever32]

looks sort of like a lakland body

 

[wdinc01]

That is weird. Although they did make a few different designs in the 80s. I'd also believe it if the person say they just put on a Fender neck.

Looks nice, though.

 

[Nino Valenti]

That's one of the "Long Horn" basses that were made in the 80's. There were some J's with a similar extended cutaway on the treble side but they didn't last long.

I think it looks kinda cool.

 

[Baird6869]

looks sort of like a lakland body

That's what I was thinking. Maybe the light and shadows make the horns look different.

Strange.

 

[Trevorus]

That's one of the "Long Horn" basses that were made in the 80's. There were some J's with a similar extended cutaway on the treble side but they didn't last long.

I think it looks kinda cool.

Nino's got it.

 

[Scott in Dallas]

It's got 22 frets, so the cutaway is extended.

 

[Dave Bassincus]

It's real alright....real ugly. Leo got it right around 1957 - I've never seen a modified Fender design that improved on the original.

 

[82Daion]

That's an early-90's P Plus-that horn is characteristic of basses from around that time, as Nino said.

 

[alfredpunkjazz]

That's not vintage as they say...

If that's true, I'm vintage.

 

[Nino Valenti]

The bass is 23-24 years old. What's considered Vintage?

 

[spade2you]

The bass is 23-24 years old. What's considered Vintage?

Whatever is in the Doctrine of Cool, determined by hipsters?

 

[BurningSkies]

That's one of the "Long Horn" basses that were made in the 80's. There were some J's with a similar extended cutaway on the treble side but they didn't last long.

I think it looks kinda cool.

That's an early-90's P Plus-that horn is characteristic of basses from around that time, as Nino said.

The body is reminiscent of the very late 80's and early 90's, which is when the "long horn" fenders were in production. Either this is a 'longhorn' body with an earlier neck on it or its a real 80's bass, but an 'off' model, not a standard P as the pickup configuration and controls would suggest.

 

[Silversorcerer]

Body is weird, neck is weird, definitely a weird bridge, and look closely at the tuners;- weird tuners. Weirdest Fender prize goes to that one! I've never seen anything like that before. And I guess it also has active electronics? It has the switch for something.

 

[spade2you]

It's real alright....real ugly. Leo got it right around 1957 - I've never seen a modified Fender design that improved on the original.

vintage fender nuts say that about everything

 

[82Daion]

The bridge is similar to the ones used on the P-Elite back in the early 80's-those knurled wheels are fine tuners. The tuners are similar to those found on today's American Deluxes. The controls have an added pickup selector and (series-parallel? coil-splitter?) switch added-I know what it does, but I can't remember at the moment. The pickups are Lace Sensors.

In short, it's a Precison Bass Plus, the bass equivalent of the Strat Plus.

 

[James Hart]

It's real alright....real ugly. Leo got it right around 1957 - I've never seen a modified Fender design that improved on the original.

he had it right in 51

 

[spade2you]

he had it right in 51

Really? Does that mean your basses have too many strings?

 

[James Hart]

Really? Does that mean your basses have too many strings?

you forgot "too many knobs"

 

[spade2you]

you forgot "too many knobs"

And probably fancy schmancy woods.