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Identify my Bass please

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MasonBass21

Jan 19, 2012
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#1
Can someone help identify my bass?
I got this about a month ago and typed into Google the number that is on the headstock TB-380. The search brought up a Maison TB-380, i found pics of a red, metallic pink/purple and an aqua green one and they are all identical to mine. plus a guy playing one on YouTube that had been rewired and it was sounding awesome.
But yesterday i was looking closer at the finish on mine and found the word Canora very lightly above the E string. I have Googled this as well and found out about Canora's but they have not made one of these that i can find. there is no trace of a TB-380 except under Maison's name. the finish on my is perfect no imperfections at all, needs a new nut and strings.
i know these brands are on the very low end of peoples lists and i know that Canora'a were made in the 60's and 70' in Japan, but i love this and its my first one.
the colour is all the way along the back of the neck and headstock
 

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#2
Either way, have fun with it!! I wonder if Canora made the bass for Maison then even tho its not mentioned in your research so far ---that's a possibility. Did the other ones you saw actually have the name "Maison" on them?
 
#4
No mention of them working together at all, ive searched and searched, the reason i wrote the ^60s-70s is that when it said Canora were building. i found 2 that had Maison printed on them, it was above the E string and on the pick up covers. then there is a Mason as well but i keep coming back to the same websites. the person i got it off didnt even know much about it either, he used to play with it in a band and he got it off another person, so i have no idea how old it is at all
 
#5
It could be an 80's bass - it's based on the Tune Bass Maniac which first appeared in the early eighties. By the late eighties this type of design had become pretty popular, with Bass Collection (by SGC Nanyo) and even the Fender Precision Lyte taking their cue from the Tune.

Other than that, I've no idea about your bass. Sorry.
 

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