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I think they are made by Mayones in Poland. The Fame-branded instruments are a single dealer offering - available from Music Store Professional in Germany.

 

I don’t have one, but Mayones is a well regarded boutique builder.

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With a name like 'Fame' I'll be honest, I was expecting typical, low priced dustbin fodder, but those look lovely really. Obvious Warwick inspiration, especially with the MEC electronics, and I'd have loved to see the two piece bridge, but I guess that might have been a step too far along the knock-off line for them. 

 

Definitely being built by Mayones too. Interesting that they're selling 'handmade in Europe' instruments for such a reasonable price too. I'd like to see a walkthrough of their process to see how much hand-work is going into these for them to make that claim. 

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That's a fair old wedge for a blind purchase on an instrument manufactured and sold exclusively through two retailers.

 

Conflicted with stuff like this.  While I'm never going to buy one, even if I did I'd be asking myself how much it'll be worth (or how much I'm going to lose) when it inevitably gets moved on and whether I just should have simply have - given the inevitable comparisons - saved a bit more swag and pulled the trigger on a Warwick or Spector instead.

 

 

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10 hours ago, PinkMohawk said:

With a name like 'Fame' I'll be honest, I was expecting typical, low priced dustbin fodder, but those look lovely really. Obvious Warwick inspiration, especially with the MEC electronics, and I'd have loved to see the two piece bridge, but I guess that might have been a step too far along the knock-off line for them. 

 

Early (1990s) versions of the Fame Baphomet and the Mayones Be4 and Be5 it was based on actually did have the 2-piece Warwick bridge! :)

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I used to have a Mayones BE4, it had genuine a Warwick Schaller-made two-part bridge, Schaller tuners, MEC active pickups and pre, a very nice bass for sod all money. They all seem to be quite plain looking though, perhaps they might command more cash if they used fancier wood.

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