what bass is this???

[mr.sibs]

anyone know??

Edited June 27, 2008 by mr.sibs

[budget bassist]

Hmm, i'm sure i've seen them before but i can't think what it is...

[mr.sibs]

[quote name='budget bassist' post='228408' date='Jun 28 2008, 03:16 AM']Hmm, i'm sure i've seen them before but i can't think what it is...[/quote]

its an unusual one huh, would quite like to know where to find one

[wateroftyne]

It looks like a Teisco...

[Dr.Dave]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='228505' date='Jun 28 2008, 11:51 AM']It looks like a Teisco...[/quote]

Well , it certainly looks like it might have come from Tesco but you may be right. I think there's something similar in Music Ground 'upstairs' in Leeds.

Sort of a bit of Burns , a bit of Watkins Rapier , a bit of early Japan etc etc. Weird.

[mr.sibs]

yeah i thought it was japanese....i like it

[Sibob]

A homemade piece of crap?

no help....but hey....thats what it looks like lol

Si

[Bassassin]

Not a Teisco, in fact I don't think it's Oriental at all. 60s Eurotrash, in my opinion, possibly an Egmond or one of the more conservative Italian builders.

I'll go & do a bit of diggin'.

Jon.

[bass_ferret]

Captian Japcrap to the rescue again

[Bassassin]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='228530' date='Jun 28 2008, 12:45 PM']Captian Japcrap to the rescue again [/quote]
Well - not quite! This is the closest thing I've found, not identical but there's a family resemblance:

[url="http://www.cheesyguitars.com/musima_v2.html"]http://www.cheesyguitars.com/musima_v2.html[/url]

Although the more I think about it, the more I think I've seen that snot-scratchplated horror before - probably in a nightmare... :ph34r:

[u][b]Edit[/b][/u]: Oh, OK - close, then - it's a Russky, not East German:

[url="http://www.cheesyguitars.com/bas_kavkaz.html"]Ordjonikidze Kavkaz Bas[/url]

J.

Edited June 28, 2008 by Bassassin

[mr.sibs]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='228530' date='Jun 28 2008, 12:45 PM']Captian Japcrap to the rescue again [/quote]

lol, thanks bassassin that looks pretty close to me, il see if i can find one somewhere

Edited June 28, 2008 by mr.sibs

[budget bassist]

Aye, that looks to be the exact thing, why do you ask anyway?

[Kev]

well whatever it is, its horrid!!

[GreeneKing]

You know your stuff Jon. Impressive as usual

Peter

[Oscar South]

Owned by a bloody good bass player regardless of good/bad looks.

[Rodders]

I think its a Panasonic bass

there is one just like it in the John Entwistle Bass Culture book

Rodders

Edited June 28, 2008 by Rodders

[Jono Bolton]

Jermaine uses a similar one if not the same one in Flight Of The Conchords.

Edit: D'oh! Just clicked the piccy and saw that it is his bass :blush:

Edited June 28, 2008 by jono b

[mr.sibs]

[quote name='jono b' post='228706' date='Jun 28 2008, 08:21 PM']Jermaine uses a similar one if not the same one in Flight Of The Conchords.

Edit: D'oh! Just clicked the piccy and saw that it is his bass :blush:[/quote]


yup, thats why i was asking, always thought it was a weird/wonderful looking bass, and i had no idea what it was!

[Dave Dubya]

Sorry to barge in on this thread, but can any of you identify this Epiphone bass, please:

[Bassassin]

[quote name='Dave Dubya' post='228755' date='Jun 28 2008, 10:25 PM']Sorry to barge in on this thread, but can any of you identify this Epiphone bass, please:

[/quote]
'Appen I can, bonny lad.

That'll be an Epiphone ET-280, from around 1974, made in Japan by Aria or Matsumoku. This one has not been improved by the partial removal of its finish.

[url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/catalogs/1974/pg8-9.jpg"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/c.../1974/pg8-9.jpg[/url]

Payment in used Rickenbackers, please.

J.

[mr.sibs]

barge accepted
the link wont let me through though, il try copy+paste

[Dave Dubya]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='228837' date='Jun 29 2008, 01:59 AM']'Appen I can, bonny lad.

That'll be an Epiphone ET-280, from around 1974, made in Japan by Aria or Matsumoku. This one has not been improved by the partial removal of its finish.

[url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/catalogs/1974/pg8-9.jpg"]http://www.matsumoku.org/models/epiphone/c.../1974/pg8-9.jpg[/url]

Payment in used Rickenbackers, please.

J.[/quote]
Yeah I couldn't work out if it had been part stripped, or if it was supposed to have a two-tone scheme.


..used Rickenbacker in the post.