having trouble identifing these, hoping someone can help me out. no serial numbers on anything, no brand name on anything. im pretty certain the one is a model of a kawai 67 concert bass, no flippin clue what the brown semi hollow is. anybody have any ideas? going nuts here.
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Anybody know what these are?
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The one on the left might be a Framus, the headstock is Framus-ish. The pickup looks a lot like a 60's Teisco.
Gaolee
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As long as we have mysteries, any ideas what this is? It's got a short scale, chunky bolt on neck, and the only identifying feature is "Made in Japan" on the neck plate. The pickguard isn't tort - it's more like a semi-transparent leopard print pattern. I believe it is a 1960s Japanese bass, but it may be later. It sounds great both unplugged and through an amp, and I would like to know what it is, if there's any way to find out.
Violin bass is definitely a Kawai.
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The double-cut hollow with one pickup sure looks like late-60s Japanese, too.
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The double-cut hollow with one pickup sure looks like late-60s Japanese, too.
Is it just me or does anyone else think the maple looking bass might not be wearing it's original body? the neck and hardware looks like the old Japanese stuff but the body doesn't... Wonder if the body is a one off someone made?
As long as we have mysteries, any ideas what this is? It's got a short scale, chunky bolt on neck, and the only identifying feature is "Made in Japan" on the neck plate. The pickguard isn't tort - it's more like a semi-transparent leopard print pattern. I believe it is a 1960s Japanese bass, but it may be later. It sounds great both unplugged and through an amp, and I would like to know what it is, if there's any way to find out.
Pick your poison. There are a few here
https://www.google.com/search?chann...=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&imgdii=_
and a few here
https://www.google.com/search?chann...=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&imgdii=_
(Once again, Google offers us a results filtering system so sloppy and imprecise that none of us would wish our cities' water filtration systems to mimic it.)
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Thanks. It appears to be a Canora or Sekova Vulcan. I know the tailpiece isn't original, and the wiring is a bit of a mess, but at least one of those is pretty close. Mine isn't red - it is more of a lurid sunburst, so it may be the exact same thing only sold with a different brand name. Whatever name the factory stuck on the headstock is long gone, and the headstock itself is a little sawn off. The finish appears intact on the flattened out portion, so either it got refinished or it was like that from the beginning. I seriously doubt anybody would bother to refinish something like this, so it must have been made as a house brand for somebody, somewhere in the early to mid 1960s. Gotta love Gozilla meets Bambi style instruments.
Those are some funky lookin basses that's for sure. Especially the violin bass, the headstock looks like it could fit another 2 tuners up there!
We had/have the Guitar version of the black one in the shop I used to work at. I can find out about that one. The blonde is beautiful but looks like a frankenstein as previously noted. something about that bridge and the pot plate looks experimental
