So....I picked up a NOS 62-63 Jazz Bass body that is only routed for the neck. No PUP or control cavity routes or any screw holes, except for neck. It was the body Fender gave to the guy who invented the Body Guard plastic back cover for Fender in the 60s. This was the one he used to make the Jazz Bass molds.
It came with full written/signed documentation from the former Dir. of Marketing for Fender back then. VERY lightweight straightgrained piece of Alder...just over 5 lbs, even without the routes!! Plus the top was never contoured for the upper arm bout, just a slab there. So, if routed it would well be into the 4 lb range. Has the original Fullerplast coating on it and very minor wear, considering its been sitting around for 50 years.
What is equally cool....the collector who had it also gave me two sheets of signatures from the former Fender guy. One is sigs from all members of Led Zep in the late 60s, with a note on top saying "Jimmy Page of the Yardbirds." The other is all the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with Hendix signing "Stay Groovy" with a heart in the Y.
QUESTION......Would it be sacrilige to route and complete this body? If I DID complete it, any suggestions?
I was thinking of doing it up with vintage 1962 parts but maybe as a single PBass version with stackpot setup of some sort. Or would I be better to make it a correct Jazz-Jazz PUP 62 ?
....or put it in a frame and leave it alone