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Can you ID this bass for me?

bassgod76

bassgod76

Garbage bassist, but I love this goofy instrument
Mar 13, 2003
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#1
I know the pic is blury.
The bass on the left.
:help:
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#4
late-70's to early 80's Matsumoku Vantage Bass. That one looks to be the neckthru version. I sold a bolt-on one just 2 weeks ago. 33" scale (or was it 30"?) with P pickups and an ugly Gibson style bridge that actually worked quite well. I was impressed with it.

Someone's changed the pickup & knobs, though. They came in cream.
 
#6
+1 to this, I had one back in the late 80's that looked exactly like this, except the wood stain was a bit darker.
Decent bass actually.
awilkie84 said:
late-70's to early 80's Matsumoku Vantage Bass. That one looks to be the neckthru version. I sold a bolt-on one just 2 weeks ago. 33" scale (or was it 30"?) with P pickups and an ugly Gibson style bridge that actually worked quite well. I was impressed with it.

Someone's changed the pickup & knobs, though. They came in cream.
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#12
The top bass is probably a Vantage (definitely NOT a Curlee) and hard to tell if it's neck thru, as they made a good faux neck thru.

The second bass is the nicer of the two judging by pics only. Lots of info here:

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You think you bought it?
 

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