ever heard of Marina basses?

[kurcatovium]

Hi guys, I got trade offer on Marina jazz bass. I've never heard of the brand. Seller says it's Korean made in early 90's. I have few photos, but they're not great: [url="https://picasaweb.google.com/102688194342149552341/MarinaJazzBass"]https://picasaweb.google.com/10268819434214.../MarinaJazzBass[/url]
Is anyone here who can provide some information? Honestly, the bass looks quite cheap and resembles Squiers or so, apart from the bridge which looks like Gotoh 203.

[Delberthot]

I'd heard korean made in the 80s and I also have a vague memory somewhere in the back of my mind that they also made a bass similar to the Maison ones of the late 80s/early 90s that looked a bit like Bass Collection basses

[Ou7shined]

Neepheid and I went halves on one - he got the neck, I got the body + h/ware.
Rugged solid bodied 80's fare with hot pups. Not bad really.

[kurcatovium]

Thank you for replies. I might try that one...

[Happy Jack]

From the big Bass Collection topic (Obscure Musical Backwaters):

[i]In the mid-90’s, probably in 1996, SGC Nanyo went bust.

Almost immediately a new range of Bass Collection basses appeared, made/marketed by a firm called SX, sometimes labelled “through Marina”. SX are probably Korean, but I can’t confirm that. The early SX versions of the Bass Collection range were apparently pretty decent, though not as good as the SGC Nanyo ones. [/i]