ChunkyMunky Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I was playing a festival up t'north a while ago and the bassist from one of the other bands had a beautiful upright. It was a Japanese one and I simply loved the quality of it. I've always had a fixation for Japanese made musical instruments. Does anyone have first hand experience with the MIJ DB stuff at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 No never seen one, the principals behind everything else they have managed to do like motorbikes, cars, white goods etc would be welcome in the lower priced bracket IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubsonicSimpleton Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Are you sure it wasn't good quality chinese, manufacturers like Shen make some really nice instruments at the top of their range. I'm sure there are strings luthiers in Japan, but never come across any info or discussion about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Lots of very good quality instruments come from China these days. Jay Haide labelled basses and cellos are pretty much as good as you can get for less than about £6k, and the Shen instruments are up there too. Don't know of anything of that quality from Japan though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I didn't know the Jay Haide ones were Chinese? They are very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheG Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Yeah Ive got a Jay Haide. Designed in California and made in China. Excellent bass! When I bought a new bass I fully intended to buy an old bass but this was one of the few basses I tried that spoke out to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzCat13! Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Gollihur Music lists a man named A. Hashimoto in their luthier directory. It mentions he builds basses. Maybe that's the luthier in question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 The Japanese have been making modern style concert instruments for almost as long as their european counterparts. Bloody excelent quality. Wish I coudl afford a good Japanese DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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