1962 Ibanez Stagemaster

[NikNik]

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I've never seen one of these before.

[Pea Turgh]

That looks awesome!  I suspect the scratch plate is a custom affair?

[NikNik]

14 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

That looks awesome!  I suspect the scratch plate is a custom affair?

I would guess so. It looks rather new, doesn't it?

[BigRedX]

Conveniently doesn't show any of the details (like the neck plate and back of the machine heads) that would help track down exactly what it is.

[Bassassin]

Did some Googling & reading, and according to Frank Meyers' 60s MIJ guitars book it's a Hoshino Stagemaster, and (unsurprisingly) not really anything to do with Ibanez.

 

There's only one pic both online & in Meyers' book - and it's this:

 

 

The bass in question is a resto, clearly identified & rebuilt using this pic as a reference:

 

https://www.guitarscanada.com/threads/1962-ibanez-stagemaster.279600/

 

Not sure what it's worth but a lot less than he wants.