A new and very inexpensive acquisition is this old Japanese Kay SG clone made by Teisco back in the late 60's or early '70's. This thing is surprisingly very cool and is in pretty good shape for such an old instrument. This was obviously never a high-end bass to begin with as it's plywood body layers reveal, yet it is really capable of producing a fantastic wide-range of tones. all the electronics and controls function just as they should. It's also nice and light at only 6 3/4 pounds and the slight neck-dive is not too bad. It actually plays pretty well. Should be fun to take out. I'm not sure how it compares with the similar-looking more modern Epiphones, but the fact that it is so old gives it kind of an extra appeal.
