https://www.ebay.com/itm/274112644892
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Haha, you fooled me into believing the listing actually said pro repair. That version of a headstock repair was a first for me. Basically installing permanent glue clamps leaving less structural material. Brilliant! :mrgreen:
I don't think I remember seeing that badge logo before on a Newport. When did they make 'em like that?
Quote from: Basvarken on November 25, 2019, 12:18:39 PM
I don't think I remember seeing that badge logo before on a Newport. When did they make 'em like that?
Same here. The pickup makes it an early Newport. Jules' 1961 and 1962 catalog scans show the familiar script logo.
It's a genuine Epi logo, though.
Quote from: Basvarken on November 25, 2019, 12:18:39 PM
I don't think I remember seeing that badge logo before on a Newport. When did they make 'em like that?
Not sure of exact dates. I know they used it around '58-'60. This eBay one should be a later '61 with that serial no.
Who knows? They might have found a box of unused badges and decided to use them on a few post '60 instruments.
What the heck is this?
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s2wAAOSw~XFd1w~p/s-l1600.jpg)
It's a very dirty bass. 8)
One of the scourges of humanity: Fender-leprosy!
Quote from: gearHed289 on November 26, 2019, 09:05:00 AM
What the heck is this?
I'm guessing its an eight-string lap steel pickup.
Quote from: lowend1 on December 05, 2019, 08:47:17 PM
I'm guessing its an eight-string lap steel pickup.
I never would have thought of that, but makes sense.
Quote from: gearHed289 on December 06, 2019, 08:31:54 AM
I never would have thought of that, but makes sense.
...something that cannot be said of the rest of the - ahem - "mods". Phrases that DO come to mind are "any port in a storm" and "close enough for government work".
That twin-bolt neck repair puts me in mind of a column I once read in Car & Driver where one of their guys was describing his project to build a circle-track car for a local track.
The comment was something like: "My welds were very confidence-inspiring; they were all the size of a clenched fist."
That image has stuck with me.
That definitely looks like a lap steel pickup.