Interesting MIJ SG bass

[NikNik]

MIJ SG Bass

 

@Bassassin

[Jonesy]

Looks like it could be a Jedson? No idea what they're like, but I think I remember that shape

[prowla]

I've got a Zenta one.

 

[NikNik]

That's nice!

[Bassassin]

I have the guitar version, always fancied the bass so I had a matching pair.

 

These were sold with various brands (including Jedson & Zenta, as mentioned) but very common unbranded. These were most likely made by Sakai Mokko around 1970/71 (they turn up branded Sakai) but the same German-carved SG body appears on instruments made by Teisco Gen Gakki from the same era, so there may be some element of collaboration, or use of post-factory closure salvage parts, one direction or the other. The vandalised neck on this one shows it has a strip-ply construction, like many MIJ guitars from this era.

[Teyeplayer]

My first bass was one of these. Got it for £50 from a backstreet guitar shop in Northampton (‘Pauls’ if anyone remembers it) when I was 13/14. Sold it to a mate when I was 16, but really should have kept it. I hover over these every time one comes up.