Identifying my Bass Collection guitar

You could ask on the Bass Collection group on Facebook.

 

Looks to me to be an SB-301, assuming that it is passive. See:

Bass Collection SGC: SB301 - Cerx's Pictures | Ultimate-Guitar.Com

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/bass-collection-5-string-passive-help-630809/

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/bass-collection-sb301-166426/

I have the SX licensed copy:



the one on the left is fretless.

 

these look very similar to the tune bass maniac basses...

is there something in common ?

what price range are these basses ?

 

That fb group might be your best bet. In a way, they all "kind of look like an SB301."

IMO, I'd think it's a higher model. SB301s have opaque paint. I see grain there. The lettering on the cavity cover looks nicer too.

 

For a partial answer, check out the post by Jazz Add here:

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/archive/index.php/t-1232811.html

 

ok.

so it seems, that what used to be TUNE in japan, became bass collection in korea, latter being renamed to TUNE later.

can somebody confirm that ?

 

I don't think you'll find any definitive information to say that. You'll definitely find where someone said that or something like that in a post somewhere. It seems to be more speculative than anything else. The idea apparently comes from the fact that he Bass Collection basses share some contours with the Tune Bass Maniac and there's a timeline that can be referred to without any detail. They looks somewhat similar but are hardly identical.

The Bass Collection line was produced by SGC Nanyo from the early 80s to the early 90s. The Bass Maniac was first produced in 1984. That timeline really doesn't work for the Tune story...or the idea that the SB is a "knockoff" of the Bass Maniac.

The Bass Collection series is still being made by a small British company and they are still sold their. They don't seem to be exported (possibly beyond the old person here or their getting one shipped).

Edit - I found them being sold by a company in England when I was selling my SB301 a couple of years ago. I can't find it now. They must have stopped making them too.

Edit Edit - I think this was it, but the site isn't the same one I remember http://www.basscentre.com/bass-collection/SpeakPro.html

 

seems legit. and still, the SB and the bass maniac have the same body contours, the headstock is not the same, but it's obviously the same idea (keeping it small, with the tuning machines as close as possible).

anyway, just tried to find out what that bass collection and tune thing is all about.

as far as i know, a company called rondo and also SX produced the SB bass...

 

Hi,
You do not have an SB301 . . . it is an SB501. The difference is that the SB301 has a rosewood fingerboard but the SB501 has an ebony fingerboard (yours is black, correct?). I have the exact same bass from 1987. Black lacquered body, black hardware, black fingerboard, active electronics with SGC pups.

 

Hey everyone,

Nice thread !
I was especially looking for one of these babies, but in left-handed version.
I unfortunately couldn't find anything on the past few months Would anyone recommend a place / channel to find this great instrument ?

Thanks a lot in advance to all

 

Yes, I'm not clear on the legal connection, but at least some Bass Collections are (licensed?) copies of the Tune Bass Maniac. And then BC further licensed it to SX. I have one real Tune, a couple of BCs, and a couple of the SX clones. All great basses for their price points. I love the shape. Don't know if there were ever lefties though.

 

Now at Bass Collection Speakeasy as the "Speakeasy". What an unfortunate model name. Still good looking basses, though, don't know how the quality compares to the others, but yet another descendant.

 

I turned my 301 into a lefty with a jig saw.
Also defeated it.
Great basses they are

 

These Speakeasy models look great as well ! I only some of them were lefties ! Unfaaiirrrr...