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Can anyone identify this Solid Body Full Scale Violin Bass???
- Thread starter TheBassmaster27
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The previous owner was not. In fact the previous owner rarely played it. I had it strung lefty. As for what it is, it share similarities with many different basses that have been mentioned. But unfortunately, it's not the same as anything i've seen.
This is always a possibility. In that case it would be cool to know who built it and why, but the person i got it from got it from someone else, and I know for a fact that neither of those owners built it. It came with a hard case. My local music store said it looked like the case was from the 70's, so maybe it was built back then and then it changed hands more than a few times.
Seventies works for me. Hofner-influenced headstock, Eko-influenced body, so the timeline makes sense. I just noticed the three screws for the no longer present pickguard.
I'd like to see the back of the neck. The picture above appears to have no taper to the neck, very wide at the nut.
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The description Google translated from Japanese:
Body cavity, not solid like the GIBSON EB-1 is. Top monkey pot material use and back mahogany set neck, Maple + Walnut 5 neck ebony fingerboard long scale, oil finish finish. (This is the luxury spec) Pickup GrecoTV-7 front & rear 2 tone, sounds cool, dark eyes bass until apear.
Body cavity, not solid like the GIBSON EB-1 is. Top monkey pot material use and back mahogany set neck, Maple + Walnut 5 neck ebony fingerboard long scale, oil finish finish. (This is the luxury spec) Pickup GrecoTV-7 front & rear 2 tone, sounds cool, dark eyes bass until apear.
Absolutely no iID on it of any kind? I may be someones home built. Or a bass made and sold out of a catalog. "Almost" everyone had done away with the zero fret in the early 70's
There is no zero fret. There is a black line running across the nut. As for the back of neck picture, i currently do not have the bass. It's in the shop. But My bass has a bolt on neck.
The last owner removed the pickguard. I'm not sure why. He played right handed.
I as going by what someone mentioned and my iPhone's resolution isn't that great, so i really couldn't see for myself. sorry...
Looks like a bass somebody made for their own use. Body is REAL wide, I hesitate to even call it a violin bass.
