JottoSW1 Posted July 13, 2024 Posted July 13, 2024 (edited) Looks rather nice. Hasn't posted a price mind you https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6gjLXSrPwYhXK6TN/ Edited July 13, 2024 by JottoSW1 Photos plus calling Bassassin 1 Quote
Bassassin Posted July 13, 2024 Posted July 13, 2024 8 hours ago, JottoSW1 said: Looks rather nice. Hasn't posted a price mind you https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6gjLXSrPwYhXK6TN/ There were Italian & Japanese versions of these - I think this one's MIJ (from the pickups/tuners) but can't really be sure without pics of the back - Italian ones were made by Eko. Never owned or seen one in the flesh, so unfortunately can't help beyond that. @prowla - D'you know anything about these, Paul? Quote
prowla Posted July 13, 2024 Posted July 13, 2024 12 minutes ago, Bassassin said: There were Italian & Japanese versions of these - I think this one's MIJ (from the pickups/tuners) but can't really be sure without pics of the back - Italian ones were made by Eko. Never owned or seen one in the flesh, so unfortunately can't help beyond that. @prowla - D'you know anything about these, Paul? I had an old one for a while; it's common for them to lose the "S" on the tailpiece. The RM shop also did a reissue 10-15 years ago and they really hiked the price (£899.99, I think). This is a 1970 RM catalogue which matches the one in the pic. I think 1970 and those tuners makes it Italian (Eko). 2 Quote
Bassassin Posted July 13, 2024 Posted July 13, 2024 4 hours ago, prowla said: I think 1970 and those tuners makes it Italian (Eko). Cheers for the catalogue pic. The tuners are what makes me think MIJ - they look a pretty close match for mid/late 60s units used by Teisco, amongst others. Quote
prowla Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 8 hours ago, Bassassin said: Cheers for the catalogue pic. The tuners are what makes me think MIJ - they look a pretty close match for mid/late 60s units used by Teisco, amongst others. It's possible I got it the wrong way round and they started off being MIJ and then swapped to Italy. I think the edges of the tuner keys are fluted outwards though. Quote
JottoSW1 Posted July 14, 2024 Author Posted July 14, 2024 Luckily it's not left handed, I would need to get some money sharpish. Quote
dudewheresmybass Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 Colin Grigson (Rik Mayall) used one of these flipped over to play lefty in the original Bad News Comedy Strip programme 1 Quote
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