poor thing...

[Basvarken]

eaten away by maggots...


zombie bass on ebay

[Barklessdog]

Looks like the hand of Scott, with that Model G in there.

[gweimer]

"all wood is good" - not counting the maggot holes, and the headstock repair along the sides.

[drbassman]

Ugh!

[Nocturnal]

Even the good Doctor isn't interested in trying to save this lost soul! It does look like a lost cause. I'll never understand what makes some people do these things. 

[Dave W]

I have it on good authority that the former owner was Freddy Krueger.

The extra cavity came from him trying to play fingerstyle on his hit "Do The Freddie".

[eb2]

Dang.  I was outbid.  Oh, well.  The good thing about these beasts is that they make good projects.  I thought the good Dr might take a stab (no pun intended) at this one.  It would be a fine specimen to try doing a flame maple laminate on top of.  Or a picture of Che, or some such nonsense.  Nice and flat.  Long scale?  Whatever - someone is paying too much for it.

[Dave W]

From the bridge position I'd guess long scale.

eb2, remember Aabe's? This reminds me of something he'd carry.

[uwe]

Looks like the hand of Scott, with that Model G in there.

I was just about to say! But then I saw how he left the bridge intact, so it can't be him.   

[ramone57]

I like the ground wire running to the bridge from the control panel.  nice touch!


edit:  I've never seen plastic saddles on a 3-pointer; it's a custom shop!

[godofthunder]

Looks like the hand of Scott, with that Model G in there. Yes the Model G tends to be a signature of mine but I'd like to think my work is of a higher caliber than that.

[Barklessdog]

Do you have a 5 year old son of Scott?

Maybe a child's handy work?

[uwe]

The very early three points in 1973 and 1974 all had plastic saddles - my SB 350, SB-450 and my Triumph from that era all have them.Not a bad combo IMHO, I like the plastic saddles for their lack of buzz and the relative ease with which you can cut the saddle grooves deeper.

Uwe

[Blazer]

Even the good Doctor isn't interested in trying to save this lost soul! It does look like a lost cause. I'll never understand what makes some people do these things. 

Heh, they were probably going "Oh it's just an old bass, no harm done..."

[Barklessdog]

I like the plastic saddles for their lack of buzz and the relative ease with which you can cut the saddle grooves deeper.

I agree, I was surprised how these hated saddles actually do perform well.