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I have two friends that bought Samicks, one had the same model. Here in Poland samick is pretty expensive tough, so Ii prefer older basses. But its not bad eh, so good luck

Quite wooden. To me its good because not every PB have to be maple or alder

I keep buying guitars n basses if I find them ultra cheap, that may need some work. Dont need new guiitars, because they are new, and Im more a DIY guy, that likes to setup and repair gear. Sometimes only because I feel that if I wont buy the cheap stuff itd be destroyed and die in slow hard...

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It's not a bad thing that I don't want to sell basses. It's a bad thing I don't want to sell basses, while I bought them only to be sold sooner. But seriously, I have only one "additional" bass now. I bought it as damaged, but after doing some work with neck bolts, adding new tuners, fitting...

Roden ,made in USRR. Pic soon

Knobs are quite individual. Personally I love strat style knobs, but dont like the speed knobs. In this case I'd go with non-guitar knobs, but rather those: Invalid Link Removed In my country you can easily buy those in specialistic audio shop.

I thought that only Defil brand used plastic bass tuners. What a discover. Thanks mate !

Saw relicd MM on TB by somee time

Made by Polish manufacturer Jacek Kobylski in Piastow near my hometown. Dont know if he exports his basses worldwide, but here in Poland its quite known brand

Yup, to me its a Warwick based homemade, but with a proper cleaning it can be really good

By some time I got my hands on DDR made Musima Deluxe bass. That was a nice bass. Have no suggestions thats yer project, I like DIY basses. Id reccomend looking at eastern made basses. Also very interestingly shaped

I own now an another Defil in my collection, that was kept since early 90s in the barn, and it doesnt look that bad. Even after some really cold winters

Thats the reason I started to make pickguards on my own when I have the old one as a template. It works well with monocromatic, because Im using plexi sheets.

I own few basses now, every single one has different sounding. I havent ever been bored by any bass, even with my first one, that I left, because its a machine for metal (I mean design here), not for rythms I'm playing now

Mark ? Where ?

Jerzy Drozd actually is from my country, and its east of Europe :P But he liked more Spanish climate ... Yup, Jabba is one of the basses that actually made it outside Poland. Pity most of bassist in my country still prefer Fenders ... I owned an old Mayones by some time, but a guitar not a bass...

Hello all ! Seeing all those bass clubs I thought this would be a good place to share any bass guitars made behind the iron courtain. Of course if there are any out here except me. It'd be also a good place to ask a question/get more info. So ... Am I alone there ?

Thanks. This is the bass itself [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] The bag was a freebie. Actually I dont have any videos that shows how does it play, but maybe in near future I'll make one. It was probably used in home only, because it was in perfect condition. I know this oldschool design...

Most of my basses are from local manufacturer, from the real-socialism times. Every single one was cheap, mostly because people hates those basses from the times they wanted a Fender, but couldnt afford anything different. The cheapest I bought was approx 9$, and it belongs to my friend now. And...

Current look of the bass. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I'm mostly satisfied with things done. I decided to stay natural. I only screwed up with electronics - I'm more a carpenter than electronic. Anyway I have a friend that will take a look soon. The pickups so far are in quite nice...

What I'm seeing now in this thread isn't going anywhere. If there are any people that actually can recognise if a guitar was made from mahogany chopped out 13th september 1979, and the other one 1st june 1980, they arent in majority now. Dan proved that most people cannot recognise material...

May I have a number ? This thread is PERFECT FOR ME ! Most of my guitars n basses has necks from beech (or beech with mahogany), some has beech bodies too. Every single one says "its unluthier wood", while it plays perfectly. PS. Dan, you're my man !

I was interested more in this case. I went to local guitar shop, and asked for a 5 string Beatle bass, but the seller threw me away, and closed the shop immidately. An old hobo sunbathing nearby took my hand, and hold me to his lockup. His small room in very old building was full of the most...

WIth this scale iId find it more possible to make a six string Beatle

That looks very good ! How much the neck costs ? Here in Poland those parts are quite expensive - cheapest one costs about 130 bucks (and is of course made in china). Now I can buy two used ones for occasional price (first one for approx 30, with tuners, frets etc. and headstock shaped more...

5 string is unplayable to me

Dont be afraid at any way. I'd love to have anything that looks like Rickenbacker, but its almost impossible in my country, if you dont have money. I'm not that poor, but right now I'm up to save for my own flat, rather than buying expensive bass. I could spend maximum amount of 100$ (with...

I dont care about the cheap made or anything. I love old stuff ! If someone would gave this to me I'd be very pleased !

You know, my calculations aint best, but I own MIJ 1990 Maison Flying V guitar, and believe me, the body is really huge - to me it will easy fit the 34". I'm only not so sure about Stagg - its kinda one of the popular brands in my country, but makes similiar stuff than cheaper brands. One of...

My fav cheap bass of all time - Defil Luna 22. Price paid: approx 45$ [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Tele Bass shortscale handmade lookalike with Defil Lotos neck - 40$ [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Defil Lotos - handmade bass from 1960's, changed neck from another Defil bass...

I own a hand made short scale bass from 1960's, and this was so far my cheapest bass. Equality of 30 bucks. Still needs some refinish, but an argument that cheap bass must be a bad bass is just nonsense. Sure, some pros uses cheap basses, just like Brian May still plays his homemade Red...

I had some guitars made in Poland that you wont buy new ever, and were covered with ridiculous stickers. To me thats gross, because you dont see them often, and are pretty unique. To me adding a stickers has a point tomake your bass unique - why to make it unique when its unique already ? If you...

Even tough I play punk rock, some songs just need more metallic sounding, and some more casual. Thats why when my shows will start Im gonna bring with me at least two basses, and maybe one backup bass. I cant imagine playing everything with one bass. This is just impossible to me. Even if its...

Except the origin is VERY heavy, but it plays quite well

I never thought about it ,but I think id say yes. As a conservative I prefer the older bass design. Same with cars, eveb a bit with my clothing (but only a bit)

Maybe I superlatived this, I'm sorry. But in fact during the 1960's in Poland a small DIY oriented newspaper "Young Technician" actually made several articles how to make an electric guitar. And because I live here, and I see whats been going on, I came across many strange DIY pieces. Many pics...

The thing I DONT like about Mayo is the same stereotype. In the 80's it wasnt a big problem to get an electric guitar or bass. Except minor luthiers there was a national factory, that produced guitars, and if you had good amount of money you could order a custom one. Except that you could go for...

To me Pbass dont have to be the best. Its just most popular in the bass world. Thats it. Just like McDonalds - many rich guys that eatat exclusive restaurants wouldnt eat here, when some people just love it for whatever reasons - just like with Pbass In my country most bass players wanted a...

Personally I cant stand the look of modern basses - I cant even tell the shape of it ! As a long life fan of classic design I'd just get rid of it, or take the hardware and put it in another nice lookin bass.