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Mystery Bass Guitar - can you help me identify it?? Ventura 5 String


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Hello people! I bought this bass around 10 years ago from a music store in Glasgow, Scotland. It was my first foray into playing a 5 string so I wasn't wanting to spend a lot of money on it in case we didn't get on. I saw this hanging on the wall and thought it looked like a pretty nice bass, obviously a Warwick inspired design. I plugged it in (it was active) and although the neck felt a bit a bit chunky it sound pretty cool. The name on the headstock says 'Ventura', the guy in the shop said it was a prototype for a new line they were considering getting in. I played it all through Uni, and it has quite a grunty Warwick-y type tone. I guess the store never got the line in because I never saw any basses with that name in there again.
I got it defretted about 6 months ago and the guy also thinned down the neck a bit which makes it way more playable. I also ripped out the active electronics so it's now just got 2 volumes and a tone control and sounds fantastic!
So my question is, can anyone tell me anything about this bass or the company?? I have tried extensive google searches but nothing really turns up. Does anyone else on here own one??
I've attached some pics and an mp3 of the bass.
[url="http://soundcloud.com/stonecoldbass/boybubble"]http://soundcloud.co...dbass/boybubble[/url]
[url="http://soundcloud.com/stonecoldbass/fretless-noodle"]http://soundcloud.co...fretless-noodle[/url]
[url="http://soundcloud.com/stonecoldbass/the-9th-day"]http://soundcloud.co...ass/the-9th-day[/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/7143744341/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/7143744341/"]photo[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/7143744387/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/7143744387/"]photo2[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658354/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658354/"]photo3[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658466/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658466/"]photo4[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658510/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658510/"]photo5[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658668/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/6997658668/"]photo6[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/7143744791/"][/url]
[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53964437@N02/7143744791/"]photo7[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/53964437@N02/"]stonecoldbass[/url], on Flickr

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