Fitzy73 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 (edited) Hi . i got this vintage mosrite bass copy off a friend who asked me to set it up for him . i have seaching the web for find out what make it is with no luck , i think its a early 70s Teisco ,Eko or univox . any help in identifying this bass would be great .the headstock has 2 screw holes for missing emblem . sorry about poor pictures Edited July 20, 2009 by Fitzy73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 [quote name='Fitzy73' post='543904' date='Jul 18 2009, 12:06 PM']Hi . i got this vintage mosrite bass copy off a friend who asked me to set it up for him . i have seaching the web for find out what make it is with no luck , i think its a early 70s Teisco ,Eko or univox . any help in identifying this bass would be great .the headstock has 2 screw holes for missing emblem . sorry about poor pictures[/quote] Can you get bigger pictures? It's hard to see much detail from these. I'm fairly sure it's not an Eko, I don't think they made a Mosrite copy, and Italian guitars tend to be quite idiosyncratic - you wouldn't be likely to confuse them with Oriental instruments. Univox Hi-Flyer basses (and Matsumoku copies with different brands) will have a German carve around the body edge, two black single-coil pickups and the same castellated headstock as the original Mosrite, so this isn't one. Also, Univox was an American brand so are very, very uncommon in the UK. It is possible it's a Kawai/Teisco product, it's quite reminiscent of their style. However, lots of old budget instruments are - do an Ebay search for Teisco & 99% of what comes up are nothing of the kind, it's become Ebay Shorthand for "kitsch, cheap & tacky 60s-looking guitar". Most of these will have come from unknown factories in Taiwan & Korea, probably in the early-mid 70s, and I suspect this bass did too. The angular tuners look a lot like the ones on many Kay basses of the era, and they were predominantly Taiwanese. I don't know if there was a Kay-branded Mosrite copy, but I wouldn't be surprised. The headstock badge might have provided a clue, but realistically probably not - these guitars would enter the country unbadged, and importers, distributors or retailers would put their own brands on - or they would just be sold unbadged. Clearer pics might give some clues from components & construction, at least to what country it's from. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 My first band used to have to borrow our bass guitar from one of two class-mates who owned them. One had a home-made P-ish shaped bass and the other had something that looked very much like the one pictured here and had a Kay badge on it. From what I recall the home-made bass was better (and that wasn't particularly good...) As Jon said, bigger pictures please, and I'll try and find some photos of the version we used to use for comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy73 Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 thanks for help will get better pics by monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy73 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 a little better pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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