Pro headstock repair

[ilan]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274112644892

[doombass]

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! 

[Basvarken]

I don't think I remember seeing that badge logo before on a Newport. When did they make 'em like that?

[Dave W]

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.

[FrankieTbird]

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.

[doombass]

Who knows? They might have found a box of unused badges and decided to use them on a few post '60 instruments.

[gearHed289]

What the heck is this?

[Basvarken]

It's a very dirty bass. 

[uwe]

One of the scourges of humanity: Fender-leprosy!

[lowend1]

What the heck is this?

I'm guessing its an eight-string lap steel pickup.

[gearHed289]

I'm guessing its an eight-string lap steel pickup.

I never would have thought of that, but makes sense.

[lowend1]

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".

[Pilgrim]

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.

[Dave W]

That definitely looks like a lap steel pickup.