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I know a bit about old MIJ stuff, this is 60s which is a bit before the eras I know. Will have a dig around & see what I can find out. Pics of details like neckplate & tuners might give clues.

With something like this it'll be a manufacturer rather than a brand name we'll be looking for.

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Well - despite the internet being the Suppository Of All Global Knowledge, I actually found it in a book!

Frank Meyers' History Of Japanese Electric Guitars has a pic of this exact bass & calls it a Tulio EB-2, made by Fujigen Gakki.

I have to go out now but I'll do a bit more research when I get back & see if I can find any more detail. Fujigen's one of the best-known & longest established Japanese factories, but I'd never heard of Tulio before. I'll see what I can find.

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Found a bit more detail - "Tulio" is just a US importer brand so not really an ID - but as an unbranded bass, it's a Fujigen EB-2. A proper oldie too - this is from a 1965 catalogue for a US importer brand called St George, owned by a New York music shop chain.

1924886566_FujigenStGeorge1965.jpg.0219704a74b074f9ae1a537a369bea0e.jpg

Apparently one of the first US importers of Fujigen instruments, when the company was still in its infancy, and operated from an out-building on a cattle farm owned by its founder, Yuichiro Yokouchi.

All important information... :D

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17 hours ago, Bassassin said:

Found a bit more detail - "Tulio" is just a US importer brand so not really an ID - but as an unbranded bass, it's a Fujigen EB-2. A proper oldie too - this is from a 1965 catalogue for a US importer brand called St George, owned by a New York music shop chain.

1924886566_FujigenStGeorge1965.jpg.0219704a74b074f9ae1a537a369bea0e.jpg

Apparently one of the first US importers of Fujigen instruments, when the company was still in its infancy, and operated from an out-building on a cattle farm owned by its founder, Yuichiro Yokouchi.

All important information... :D

Ohh, I like the one on the right, very Surfcaster--ish.

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