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BullDoG_37
12-23-2007, 04:50 AM
okay... so my house mate has this bass that someone left behind and they owe some money to her so she wants to sell it. only thing is i dunno wat it is. its fairly old, has no serial numbers or anything on it. has a few scratches and the dumbshit that owned it decided to write on the head with a pen. i was thinking of sanding it back and recoating it and sell it off for a few hundred (maybe more if i can). so if you can help us out with wat sorta bass this is it would help.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/MuDMaN_37/P1000551.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/MuDMaN_37/P1000550.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/MuDMaN_37/P1000549.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/MuDMaN_37/P1000548.jpg

p.s. sorry if the pics are a bit big...
da_s_man13
12-23-2007, 06:00 AM
Looks hella old school. No pics of the headstock?
supercalifragilistic
12-23-2007, 06:22 AM
I've never seen that bridge before, looks cool. Maybe take the bass to some shops and ask if they recognize it?
rh15951
12-23-2007, 07:25 AM
Thats a Hondo or Hondo II P-bass. Early to mid 80's probably.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/rh15951/VB031837.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/rh15951/P1010002.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/rh15951/P1010018.jpg
BullDoG_37
12-23-2007, 12:57 PM
cheers for that. i would take it to a sohp but the nearest desent shop is like 500kms away...
Mr. Pickle
12-23-2007, 01:28 PM
Does that pickguard not cover all of the routing and does it sit awkwardly, or am I just seeing things?
Sablate McNuff
12-23-2007, 01:38 PM
^You're not seeing things. It's really like that.
AlmightyPancake
12-23-2007, 01:46 PM
It could be any one of a billion p-bass knockoffs from the 60s-80s.
rh15951
12-23-2007, 01:50 PM
Does that pickguard not cover all of the routing and does it sit awkwardly, or am I just seeing things?

Non-original pickguard. I had the same problem replacing it on mine til I moved the screw holes.

It could be any one of a billion p-bass knockoffs from the 60s-80s.

The black Hondo I owned (see pics) is very very similar so my money's on that.
AlmightyPancake
12-23-2007, 04:55 PM
I also owned several basses that looked very similar. Often, the headstocks are the only defining features.
BullDoG_37
12-23-2007, 05:37 PM
i'll take a pic of the headstock tonight after work to show yaz wat the clown that owned it did to it. looks terrible...
rh15951
12-23-2007, 05:50 PM
I also owned several basses that looked very similar. Often, the headstocks are the only defining features.

Exactly the same bridge?