Feeler - Tune Bass

[noirpunk]

Hi everyone,

Just looking for some insight into a bass I could potentially buy.
It's a Tune Bass Maniac. EMG pickups (a P style and a J style), Brass nut and looks like an Ebony fretboard. It's go a natural finish.
Has anyone had any experience with these and how much would a fair price be?

[Machines]

No sale here ?! Moving topic .

[noirpunk]

[quote name='Machines' post='544787' date='Jul 19 2009, 05:26 PM']No sale here ?! Moving topic .[/quote]

Sorry, was unsure where to post this. Thanks for putting it in the right place

[Smash]

Yep I had one a few years back sounded fantastic, colour was purple with black hardware and looked great, very similar to a Bass Collection, neck was super skinny very fast and the preamp was good too. I sold mine for £240 thinking now that seemed too cheap for such a nice bass.

Edited July 19, 2009 by Smash

[noirpunk]

Any ideas what model number it could be? I'd like to do a little research and find out how old it is etc

[acidbass]

One of our members on here, [b][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=64"]Phaedrus[/url][/b], currently owns a Tune, and I think may have had a couple more in the past - might be worth dropping him a PM to see if he has anything to share?

Danny

[Musky]

I couldn't give you any idea on price, though I can tell you that they were god enough for Bass Collection to copy the design and sell it cheaper to huge success. And even the Bass Collections were mid range basses.

The Bass Maniacs were hugely influential and spawned the whole fashion for small bodied lightweight basses in the early nineties.

Edit: In a bizarre coincidence, I happened to have the first edition (Nov 94) of Bassist in front me after scanning in a review for someone the other day and I've just noticed it's also got a review of a Bass Maniac STB11-2. List price was £799.

Edited July 19, 2009 by Musky

[BigRedX]

Tune Korea still do a version of the [url="http://www.tuneguitars.com/store/wizmart.php?code=000701&lv=2"]Bass Maniac[/url]. Current price for a natural finish 4-string $972.

[noirpunk]

Interesting! Any idea of how I could tell if it's an original Japanese or a Korean?

[doctor_of_the_bass]

Just for info. Tune were part of Washburn. Superb basses - I always wanted a pink one!

[Musky]

Interesting thread about Tune over on [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503443"]talkbass[/url]. It seems they are still in production in Japan by the original and entirely separate company. The Korean company appears to have started in producing them in 1999 and hold the rights to the bass everywhere outside of Japan.

BigRedX - don't happen to know any history on this do you?

Edited July 19, 2009 by Musky

[daveybass]

I've got a Korean SJX-4 up for grabs..do a search in the sales section and it should come up.They are lovely basses and getting really hard to come across.
I only found out about my one from some Korean website, can't get them new now so could potentially be a bargain...

[noirpunk]

Thanks Musky, seems to me that the Tune brand is a massive mystery... at least identifying the origin of the instrument.

[noirpunk]

Ok so I bit the bullet and bought it. Here's some photos, if anyone could identify it or give me a little information I'd be very grateful

[JanSpeeltBas]

That's a nice Tune. The original Bass Maniac (MIJ from '84 on) however had 25 frets, so this one is a later model. Up to the 90s Tune made beautiful quality basses but suffered from poor distribution.

[noirpunk]

Cheers for that Do you think it's Japanese or Korean?

[WHUFC BASS]

Looks like a good spec indeed - with an ash body too. How much did you pay for it ?

[noirpunk]

Got a swap

Edited June 5, 2014 by noirpunk

[RhysP]

Bargain!

[noirpunk]

Even though I wasn't too familiar with the brand I thought it was a good deal on spec I'm desperate to know which Tune it is and how much it would've cost new

Edited July 20, 2009 by noirpunk

[JanSpeeltBas]

My guess would be a later MIJ model. The current japanese Tune (Guitar Technology) company isn't really making Maniacs anymore though there's one in the "outlet" section of their website, 24 frets like yours. The Korean models (like sold by Bass Centre) are 25 fret models with a square fingerboard end.

[Tune]

Hi,
Have someone any kind of idea what modell my Tune is and when it is produced. See enclosed photos.
Best regards,
Tapsa
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[OldGit]

[quote name='noirpunk' post='545622' date='Jul 20 2009, 07:10 PM']Cheers for that Do you think it's Japanese or Korean?[/quote]


There's one on the Ishibashi used box just like that, well with a fancy facing. It's up at 50,000 (yen, I'm afraid )

Item 326190201-14
[url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/"]Ishibashi Used Box. [/url]

No model info but I can ask my friend there if you'd like me to.

Edited July 30, 2009 by OldGit

[leschirons]

Early Jap made Tunes are great quality. (Newer ones not so bad either) Seem to remember the bassist in Aswad using one. They made a fabulous 6 string bass also. Heard one at a function one night many years ago. The guy was a good player admittedly but it was only through an old Trace 715 and sounded superb. Really high tech. I reckon you've had a serious result. Cheapest 4 I've seen has been about €600 here and about £450 in the UK.

[bassibz]

If you want real Japan Tune (high end instrument), [url="http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~tune/"]http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~tune/[/url] is website what you looking for!