The Wife

So here it is. The original "wife". This is the Bass Billy used in Talas, and in fact pretty much every gig he did until he joined the Dave Lee Roth Band, and signed with Yamaha. THIS we can build!

Billy's website tells us he got this Fender Precision around 1971, and swapped the neck out shortly afterwards for a 68 Tele Bass neck. He also added an EB style pickup, routed to a seperate output jack (in 1972), and scalloped the upper frets in '85.

Still a lot to figure out, but not a bad place to start.

Lets start buying some parts!