Mark Elliott

In response to The Greek and Breadbin - yes, the neck plate was upside down! - the Luthier has swapped it round. we are just revealing all the issues it has prior to hopefully fixing them..

Hi - yes, I did buy it off ebay a few months back. Sadly the original owner had passed, and his son put it up for sale.

Thanks again for the comments everyone, and thanks to Bassassin for all the information! It ties in with some other information I received about the Hoshino/Tama connection, so it has filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge.

Ha! true. The colour has oddly grown on me...

Hi everyone! I have recently acquired Antoria hollow body bass which is a bit of a mystery to me. I'm used to seeing the model 1917's from the early seventies, but I cannot find a picture or any information on this particular model anywhere on the web. I think the 1917's were Matsumoko made, but this one seems unlike those. It has Van Ghent tuners for a start, which I have never come across on a Japanese guitar before? I have seen some articles which say Guyatone used to make Antorias before Fujigen/Matsumoku, and also that some were made in Europe as well, but nothing substantive. My feeling date-wise is that it is maybe late sixties, but it's just a hunch. Can any of you give me any more information on it? - it's a sweet old thing and I'm quite fond of it. I believe the colour is genuine. Thanks!

That's some collection! - I've never seen so many Pangborn's in one place at one time.. Odd fact about mine... the wiring cavity plate has Ashley's writing in the shielding foil (serial number, date of manufacture, woods selected, etc.). However it doesn't describe this bass... could he have mixed it up with a sister bass produced at the same time?

Just for you Will...

Hi Will. I don't have at the moment - the bass is still with the Luthier. I believe it's pretty much finished, but the last job we have is trying to source some knobs for it currently. I'll happily post some pics when I pick it up.

Thanks for your help everyone - if I could please tap in your knowledge one last time? The knobs on the Pangborn bass are a strange mix - there are volume, tone and pickup selector knobs which look like standard guitar fare, but there are also three smaller knobs which look more like something you would get on a mixing desk or hi-fi. Could anyone give me an idea of where I could get some replacements please? - I don't recognise the shaft type at all. Thanks In advance

Thanks all. I'll get a photo posted asap

Hi. I have an old Pangborn Warlord bass which is equipped with an XLR jack? - it's been disconnected, and we have no idea where it should be connected to! - can anyone out there help out with some advice please? Thanks!