New name to me

[alyctes]

Martinez?  Not a name I know.  Evidently long out of business. 

I'm fairly sure of two things here:

- it's overpriced by about £100;

- it dives like a loon.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Martinez-Fretless-Bass-Used-Excellent-con-5-piece-thru-neck-w-mahogany-body/113187459271?hash=item1a5a7f90c7:g:z~UAAOSwW3dbaW4t

[TheGreek]

Looks like one of the 70s Matsomuka basses which come with a variety of names on the headstock. I think you're right about the £100 price tag.

[Happy Jack]

I'm genuinely impressed that Google returns no hits, nothing at all, not a sausage, bugger all.

I honestly didn't think that was still possible.

 

[Bassassin]

That's a cool old thing isn't it? Never seen that brand before, or the exact same bass. There are plenty similar though - around 1980 or so every Japanese & Korean factory (and there were literally dozens - not just Matsumoku!) made a range of  through-neck, symmetrical double-cut basses - usually with a single P pickup.

This one's unusual (and more interesting to me) being a P/J but while £200 is a fair price IMO, I don't want it enough to pay that!

Edit: Did a bit of digging - Martinez is currently a Chinese based manufacturer of handcrafted acoustics, which claims to be a international company established in 1978. I'd guess originating - or sourcing from -  Japan. I also found this - looks familiar, and a lot less likely to be neck-divey than the bass:

https://best-vintage-guitars.de/martinez_neck_through.html

Also looks familiar because it's a variation on a very common design made by Kawai & sold under a bewildering number of names.

Edited August 8, 2018 by Bassassin