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Bass with green plastic insert in headstock?

tradernick

tradernick

Mar 19, 2008
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I'm feeling nostalgic for the first bass I ever owned. I have no idea who made it but it was unique. It had a circular translucent green plastic insert in the headstock, maybe the size of a silver dollar or a little smaller? I seem to recall the headstock itself was square-ish with some details cut into the top. I remember it was blonde.

All of this could be inaccurate except the plastic insert.

Does this ring a bell for anyone? This was...a long time ago in Northern Alberta.
 
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M.R. Ogle said:
Hayman?
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Yeah I was gonna say, either Hayman/Burns/Shergold, or Electra MPC...although now that I think about it, the Electra might've just been a 2-dimensional logo (paint or decal) not a translucent insert.
I definitely can picture & am familiar with what OP is talking about, just can't quite get the name out of the nooks and crannies of my brain!

Hayman made drums too; Bill Bruford used one of their kits early in his career.
 
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Just checked the Hayman, maybe, but I think I'm remembering a translucent green that went all the way through. Could be imagining it (or inflating it) though. Long long time ago...
 
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Oh my goodness.... thanks guys. That's it!!

Wow. I had in my mind the straight silver body element with the knobs and the name but wasn't sure, and didn't recall that the name is on it.

What a trip to see it again. So many memories, practicing in the auto body shop that the guitar player's Dad owned. There were 3 of us and a drummer, and we all played guitar (I had just bought my first electric). I had only ever played classical and the other two looked at me and said 'You can play with your fingers and we need a bass player, so...'. I wanted to be in the band so bad, I asked my Dad to let me trade my 6 string electric for a bass.

Any info about these would be greatly appreciated. I'm off to Google now to see what I can find out. Anyone have one? Play one? Got one for sale??
 
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tradernick said:
Oh my goodness.... thanks guys. That's it!!

Wow. I had in my mind the straight silver body element with the knobs and the name but wasn't sure, and didn't recall that the name is on it.

What a trip to see it again. So many memories, practicing in the auto body shop that the guitar player's Dad owned. There were 3 of us and a drummer, and we all played guitar (I had just bought my first electric). I had only ever played classical and the other two looked at me and said 'You can play with your fingers and we need a bass player, so...'. I wanted to be in the band so bad, I asked my Dad to let me trade my 6 string electric for a bass.

Any info about these would be greatly appreciated. I'm off to Google now to see what I can find out. Anyone have one? Play one? Got one for sale??
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That's so cool! This place is amazing that way - huge wealth of knowledge ready to help. :)
 
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PS - insert doesn't look green to me on most of the Google images results. Pickguard or something under the strings maybe somewhat greenish, maybe that's what I remember.

Memory kicking in...dang, did I actually find this bass here when I first joined?

Young guys, enjoy your memory while you have it.
 
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Just google shopping search it - there's a bunch out there right now - reverb and ebay and online vintage music stores - unfortunately they're pricey ($1200 - >$2000). But sweet looking.
 
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bholder said:
Just google shopping search it - there's a bunch out there right now - reverb and ebay and online vintage music stores - unfortunately they're pricey ($1200 - >$2000).
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Thanks, there it is on Reverb.

Darn, I could justify it for nostalgia's sake at a lower price but $CDN 1700 is going to turn into well over $2000 when shipped up here for sure. Darn.

But oh man... what I would pay if someone could magically prove to me that they have the actual bass that I owned then...
 
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tradernick said:
PS - insert doesn't look green to me on most of the Google images results.
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If someone insisted that the solid logo in the middle of this translucent (transparent?) disc was green I wouldn't argue.
1973_Hayman_3030_Hea_4c74de7645.jpg
 
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