NikNik Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Interesting set neck. @Bassassin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Seen a couple of these before - very odd. I think it's a through-neck but with a piece of timber laminated in the body section to raise it to the depth of the body wings. I suppose it let them use less timber for the neck. Only ever seen this on Zen-On branded Fakers, and no idea who made those - Zen-On was one of the 60s Japanese Guitar Boom brands that vanished as that decade drew to a close. Along with the likes of Teisco, Sakai, Guyatone, they're assumed to have ceased to function as a manufacturer by 1970 and like the other two, presumably the name continued to be used because it was a popular & established brand. Some curious differences from most other MIJ Fakers of the era - no centre stripe, black pinstripe binding, inlays that look a lot like real MOP, and that centre section. Annoying that I can't pin down the manufacturer of such a distinctive bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I saw that - costs would ramp up by the time it's come from Japan. As an aside, I have an "Electric Bass" TRC, though it doesn't say "Zen-On" on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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