Remember this one? The ultra cheap Newport?
The guy emailed me he hasn't been using it much since he bought it. He's a guitarist, not a bassist.
He tried to sell it on Marktplaats (Dutch second hand site). Nobody wanted it, for the money he asked for it (800 euro)
If I was still interested.
I couldn't help myself...
I bought it for 325 Euro. (which is almost ten times as much as he paid for it, but still a bargain I like to think.)
Neck is good. No signs of headstock fracture yet. It may show when I remove the union jack.
Fret are very good. Almost no signs of wear.
Refin looks professionally done.
Underneath the union jack you can clearly see the Epiphone logo is still there. You see a very shallow relief.
Pickups and electronics all work 100%.
Pots look original. The three way switch and bridge pickup obviously aren't original. But the pickup does look contemporaneous.
On the body you can see the footprints of the handrest that once was there between bridge and the mudbucker.
When I removed the pickguard to check the electronics. There were some chips around the screwholes. The original color was transparant red.
I am definitely going to remove the union jack.
Not too sure about the white fin.
Nice light weight bass. Definitely the lightest I have. Worst neck diver too
