Recent content by Steve Heine

It’s definitely an original Jolana and NOT an Ibanez. cdef found the actual listing from 2016. This bass was offered on Polish eBay in 2016 as a Czech-made Jolana Superstar, with the amendment "has reworked a headstock and the inscription "Ibanez" varnished, as well as new tuning pegs" (Yandex...

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Cannot believe you found the actual bass.

Just wanting to sell it and don’t want to mislead anyone.

Tap tested only so far. Trying to figure out what to do with it still

not trying to make a mystery. plenty of experience in the guitar world with partscaster and there are ALWAYS some pretty obvious tells or mismatches. the colors are spot on and aged identically

Here's the neck pocket photos

it looks like a VERY OLD truss rod version but then again my expertise ends in the Fender world...

someone mentioned that above that the truss rod was possibly swapped

i can't even say that someone swapped the Jolana logo for an Ibanez because the headstock is definitely the "Soundgear" Ibanez style vs the similar but different original one on the Superstar.

bassobrutto nailed it on the body and electronics. however, the exact headstock and body color match, truss rod cover, and dot layouts are identical to the actual Jolana which was also a 24-fret instrument. if someone cobbled this together and swapped the truss rod etc, this was painstakingly...

Strange, the colors on the headstock and body are identical are identical. And the neck is attached with inserted threads not screwed into the wood and they match perfectly. Is this a parts caster or was this built this way?

Greetings everyone. I picked this bass up at an auction and have scoured the web looking for it's equal and nothing has come close. No serial number anywhere and no markings in the electronics cavity or the neck pocket. It appears to be VERY well made and in working order. Very unique truss...