mavuser
Enlightened Member
I belive the 1968 SF Bass 2 Sb I recently acquired (below) has the bridge pup in the "sweet spot," and the one Phil Lesh is playing in the picture above is flirting with the same location. Most of the other SF 2 basses I have seen have the bridge pup a little further back, closer to the bottom of that top control knob on the viewr's far right. After doing a google image search, it looks like there is definately some slight variation, but most have the pup further back. I think the difference in location of a "sweet spot" and "bridge" pup location is maybe a half-inch (or less, possibly a quarter-inch). My bass below and Phil's above both left the factory that way, as SF Bass 2's...
Like I said I am lining it up with the control knobs on the right, mostly the highest one on the far right...and also the f-holes
here are a couple "regular ones" (one is Twocorgis' ...thanks!)
here is a "true sweet spot" (1965-1966)