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SG style bass, CL Brand - anyone know anything about these?


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[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-CL-SG-Short-Scale-Bass-Guitar/251366855913?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D74%26meid%3D2369664105079952479%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D301005476822%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-CL-SG-Short-Scale-Bass-Guitar/251366855913?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D74%26meid%3D2369664105079952479%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D301005476822%26[/url]

Looks quite old, and quite nice!

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Ooh - it does, doesn't it?

The "CL" brand isn't ringing any bells, but from the look of it I'd say it's 70s Italian. I've seen those bass humbuckers on a few 70s/80s Eko basses, and the stepped neck joint & odd-looking neck plate is remeniscent of Gherson. Shame about those horrid tuners bodged on, but that's easily fixed.

Who's going to have a punt so's we can get a better look? :D

Jon.

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[quote name='el borracho' timestamp='1383256922' post='2262367']
Clarissa? Think they were Italian made which would tie in with what Jon said.
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Excellent detective work! A quick Google gives us this, from an acoustic:

[url="http://i317.photobucket.com/albums/mm380/ebonyandivoryltd/Clarissa/ClarrisaClassicalGuitar007.jpg"]http://i317.photobuc...alGuitar007.jpg[/url]

And a search on Fetishguitars comes up with this:

[url="http://www.fetishguitars.com/?s=clarissa"]http://www.fetishgui...com/?s=clarissa[/url]

Ignoring the bass, which is blatantly an unbranded Japanese EB copy, the guitar is very closely related to the CL on Ebay - most tellingly the unusual scratchplate. Shame there's no back pic, as a matching neckplate would confirm the ID - but I think we have a winner!

J.

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[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1383314350' post='2263052']
It really is hard to imagine who might have thought they were a good idea.
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From the front the smaller keys look better IMO. Pity it looks such as mess on the back and they used a 4-in-line set instead of 2+2.

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[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1383312428' post='2263013']
Excellent detective work!

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Rather sadly, it came from my memory. I've no idea where it was but I can recall somebody I knew with a roundback acoustic with that logo and that it was a Clarissa. Amazing how much music related irrelevance is in my head! If only I could divert that bit of memory to things I really need to know :D

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