Vintage Lotus "P" Bass Style Guitar, 1980s, Metallic Blue/Black Burst Finish

Vintage legendary LOTUS brand bass guitar! Made in INDIA!

Vintage legendary brand Lotus P-Bass style 4 string bass guitar, manufactured in 1980s? Unusual metallic black and blue burst finish, with original white pickup covers (99% of P-Bass pickup covers you see are Black). This was a performance instrument and as such has some use related scars: chips (repaired, drop-filled, sealed) and indentations, scraps, scratches, scuffs, and belt buckle rash, mostly on the back of the body (please see final photos in the listing for condition of back of body).  String heights: 1/16th inch at 1st fret. 3/32nds inch at 12th fret. Measurements APPROXIMATE (I used a ruler not a luthier gauge).
Lotus was a “house brand” name put on the headstocks of a line of good-quality electric guitars made in various Asian factories from the late 1970s until the late 1990s.

Lotus- branded guitars started with the elite league of Japanese craftsmen who initially made excellent Morris-branded guitars, Yamaha, and . Lotus' guitar company owners, scrambling for cheaper labor, began manufacturing their guitars in India, but could not compete with Chinese and Indonesian guitar producers, so the company ended production before the end of the 1990s