Well it's here ! jeeze what a mess ! someone must have loved it cause they played the crap out of it. As bad as all the mods look it sounds great. I really like the Model One with the Bill Lawrence, lots of very usable tones. The headstock has been replaced the long scarf joint and lighter wood give that away. The tuners are/were gold plated most of it worn away, odd they are the vintage style but I doubt they are original. The Badass bridge is gold plated so I suspect the tuners were replaced to match the bridge. Funny the flat base of the bridge was painted black much of it worn off. Speaking of worn off, the cast Badass II mark on the bridge is almost worn completly off, this bass was played ! Lets see what else ..................the input jack is pushed in and this bass was somewhere damp, the finish on the lower part of the body is just pushing off, this thing sat in a damp corner and the moisture just leached up. not a flood or anything and thankfully it doesn't smell ! I'm sure it started life as a II the BL in the treble position and the TB pup route don't match. We start moving 7-12 so I'll have to put a hold on working on her, I can't wait to get her straightened out.
