maxoges Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Any one have info on this bass? I bought it from a pawnshop. Birds eye maple neck, gotoh bridge and tuners. Recessed knobs and Output jack. It has an active/passive switch and stacked humbuckers. Made in korea in the early 90ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I know absolutely nothing about it (other than Esh being a well established German high-end bass brand (http://www.esh-bass.com) and Vester being a Far Eastern budget MI brand in the 80s/90s)), but I really quite like it. Think you might have a bit of a find there. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Played a 5 string one of these in translucent honey in a music shop about 15 years ago. Was about 5 or 6 hundred quid at the time new if I remember rightly. Do remember thinking at the time it felt like a more expensive bass than that. Never tried it through an amp though so can't really comment on the sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Nice looking bass. It's a Vester Platin 1 apparently - I have no first hand knowledge of the bass but here's a review from a Russian forum - [url="http://forum.guitarplayer.ru/index.php?topic=252971.0"]http://forum.guitarplayer.ru/index.php?topic=252971.0[/url] How good's your Russian?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 That's bloody lovely! Never seen this before - although I know the Vester brand (and their historical run-ins with Fender over their logo & the Fender copies it apeared on) and have some GAS for a Vester Argus. It's good to see a take on a Jazz that's not a slavish copy, Vester had a reputation for decent quality instruments and a Platin I is now on my GAS list! Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxoges Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) [quote name='ikay' timestamp='1387823969' post='2316177'] Nice looking bass. It's a Vester Platin 1 apparently - I have no first hand knowledge of the bass but here's a review from a Russian forum - [url="http://forum.guitarplayer.ru/index.php?topic=252971.0"]http://forum.guitarplayer.ru/index.php?topic=252971.0[/url] How good's your Russian?! [/quote] Yes I did a thurough google search and used google translate on that russian site. I wanted to know if someone had more info. The guys at Esh had no info to give. Thanks for everyone's input!! Edited December 24, 2013 by maxoges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTM Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) I own one of these too. What I extremely like about it is the playability of the neck. Just a few more information about it: - 2 piece canadian ash body - 2 piece maple neck with a thin mahogany veneer between - rosewood fingerboard - birds-eye maple veneer on the headstock - active/passive mode - 2 Vester L-N humbucker - was available in red, blue, ocean and black - price was about 2100 DM (german currency before the €) which was equal to around 1400 USD or 690 GBP back in 1990 I do not know why Esh cooperated with Vester. All I know is that Vester wanted to penetrate the European market much more by cooperating with Esh. I bought mine for 300 € a while ago including its hardcase and shipping Edited October 12, 2016 by DanTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The body shape reminds me of the Guild Pilot. Looks like a good pawn shop find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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