fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
- Joined
- May 3, 2007
- Messages
- 24,796
- Reaction score
- 8,929
- Location
- Central Virginia, USA
- Guild Total
- 5
I saw this somewhere online but have, of course, forgotten where.
My memory says her first Guild was a M-85-II in the non-hollow configuration. Hence 1973 or later and humbuckers.
This bass, with the cover where the bridge PU would be, is similar to factory configured JS I's from the 1970's so there is no real question about authenticity. Similarly it is more likely to be a factory M-85-I than a conversion of a II to a I. The width and absence of back binding also makes this the non-hollow configuration and hence 1973 or later.
Zooming in it looks like there is a Deep-Hard switch that looks to be in the Deep position. I am bothered by the knob locations but what I am seeing could be just camera angle since they seem to be where they are on @The Guilds of Grot 's 1973 M-85-II.
So my conclusions...
This is a 1973 or later M-85-I and I can't recall ever seeing one like it before.
She has or had more than one M-85 since that is simpler than concocting a story where her M-85-II was converted to a M-85-I or my memory is wrong and her first bass was (this?) M-85-I and it was subsequently converted.
I'm sure I could obsessively search for interviews and such like and get an answer, maybe in her own words, but what would be the fun of that?