Help me identify this electric bass guitar....???

[elf]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Hi there,[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]I'm looking for some help to identify this electric bass guitar, possibly vintage, that I was given some time ago. [/size][/font][/color]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]The only markings I can find are "Bolero" on the head, and "Made In Japan" on the silver plate on the back. No make or model number.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]As for age, the person I got it off had it from a young age, so I'm thinking somewhere between 25 - 30 years, but I can not be sure.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]There are photos attached for more detail.[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Does anyone who has any idea or information on what kind of bass this is??[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Thank you so much for your help![/size][/font][/color]

[Evil Undead]

Looks a bit like a Burns

[backwater]

Made by Teisco, probably 1960s - a very similar bass was under the silvertone brand : [url="http://guitarz.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/silvertone-1490-bass-by-teisco.html"]http://guitarz.blogs...-by-teisco.html[/url]

Andy 8)

Edited December 2, 2016 by backwater

[HowieBass]

These old Japanese basses turn up on here from time to time and the usual answer is it'll be a retailer badged Silvertone/Teisco bass in the style of the British Burns company instruments. As for value, it's whatever somebody is prepared to pay for that instrument; it looks in good condition - does everything work (including truss rod) and does it play well?

EDIT: Beaten to it! LOL

Edited December 2, 2016 by HowieBass

[Norm]

Join "the vintage japanese guitar fanclub" on fb, there is a huge bank of knowledge & they are very friendly, helpful & ready to share that knowledge!
:-)

[Roger2611]

I think Jedson would be another generic of this type of bass

[Bassassin]

I've seen a lot of variations on this thing, would not want to point to any particular maker but I don't think it's a Teisco. These were around throughout the 70s and the same design was even produced in Korea in the late 70s/early 80s.

From some of the details (the machined aluminium knobs, for example) I'd say this was early 70s or perhaps even late 60s. The brand name doesn't give any real clue about it, during the Japanese guitar-making boom from the mid 60s onward, there were hundreds of different workshops producing instruments for export, many of them very short-lived and long since forgotten. Distributors would badge instruments to customers' requirements, meaning the same instruments would be sold across the world with any number of different brand names.

It appears to be near-identical to the one pictured in [url="http://www.matsumoku.org/models/aria/catalogs/75_aria/75_aria_catalog_pg1.jpg.html"]this early 70s Aria catalogue[/url]. However that doesn't mean it's an Aria, and I very seriously doubt that it was anything at all to do with Matsumoku.

[elf]

Thank you very much everyone for your posts and the information, it is all very much appreciated!!! Cheers.