Wilson Brothers Mosrite basses?

[umcoo]

I found these on t'ebay and they seem pretty nice, maybe as a cool backup bass. Anyone played one before?

[Cat Burrito]

Looks great - I've just spent 10 minutes searching around EBay & Google but these seem to be rare. No idea what they sound like but I do like the look

[umcoo]

[url="http://www.wilsonguitarventures.com/vmb75.html"]http://www.wilsonguitarventures.com/vmb75.html[/url]

Bit more info here

[Bassassin]

At first glance I thought it was the same bass as the Aria Diamond DMB380 - ostensibly a reissue of the old Matsumoku Mosrite knockoffs, these have the correct reverse Mosrite body shape:

[url="http://www.ariaguitars.com/int/03_products/pro_eb_dmb_380.html"]http://www.ariaguitars.com/int/03_products...eb_dmb_380.html[/url]

I had a muck about with one of these at Music Live a couple of years back - it was pretty nice, played well & was surprisingly sexy in the flesh. About £160 ish.

The two basses do look identical, apart from the body shape.

Jon.

[umcoo]

Hmmnn, the ones I posted up the top are 400. Still 'fairly' cheap for what could be a cool bass. Here I go, convincing myself again

[Bassassin]

[quote name='umcoo' post='696788' date='Dec 30 2009, 09:55 PM']Hmmnn, the ones I posted up the top are 400. Still 'fairly' cheap for what could be a cool bass. Here I go, convincing myself again [/quote]
£400??? Someone's 'avin' a larf - or trying to justify having forked out for the "Ventures" branding!

Check out the headstock, bridge, scratchplate, pups - everything. They're from the same factory. That Aria's the same bass with a more authentic bodyshape, a proper JapCrap knockoff brand name - and even the little plastic jewel stuck in the logo, just like the old '60s Aria Diamonds had. All at about 1/3 of the price. I'll have three.

J.

[nash]

bottom horn has to be longer otherwise it's no good

[Stu-khag]

they had a couple of these in denmark street last time i was there- the shop that's selling that old p bass as owned by sid vicious and the bar that plays 50s music downstairs

[gregsguitars]

I have an original I will be posting on my site soon.

[Happy Jack]

Available from Dublin at €219:

[url="http://www.goodwinsmusic.ie/aria/aria_dmb_380_bass"]http://www.goodwinsmusic.ie/aria/aria_dmb_380_bass[/url]

Wonder how much they weigh ...

[Happy Jack]

Pretty decent review:

[url="http://www.gearwire.com/aria-dmb380-demo.html"]http://www.gearwire.com/aria-dmb380-demo.html[/url]