Official TUNE Club

[India_Sierra]

Sorry for the dumb question but...

Are the TWXT tremolo basses still produced in Japan?

Why, have you an interest in playing some Yoshihiro Naruse parts?

 

[matbard]

Why, have you an interest in playing some Yoshihiro Naruse parts?

Not soon

A similar bass (a 4-string TWXT) was presented as a gift by the then-Italian distributor to the late Greg Lake at a concert in Verona. At the time, Greg was endorsing the brand and playing the TWB-4 King Bass live.

I have an old VHS video showing it

 

[Quadzilla]

Just grabbed this beauty. Well played, but for good reason. She plays AMAZING! Sounds great too (as expected). The birdseye top, etc, is gorgeous. Guessing she might be a custom shop (like my other Tune w the LEDs)? Regardless, a wonderful instrument!

 

[woodyng2]

Just grabbed this beauty. Well played, but for good reason. She plays AMAZING! Sounds great too (as expected). The birdseye top, etc, is gorgeous. Guessing she might be a custom shop (like my other Tune w the LEDs)? Regardless, a wonderful instrument!
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Wow, that’s gorgeous!
Congratulations!
…and Those Rickenbackeresque knobs are interesting…..

 

[Quadzilla]

Wow, that’s gorgeous!
Congratulations!
…and Those Rickenbackeresque knobs are interesting…..

Thank you!
Yeah, not a fan of the knobs that the previous owner put on the bass. Going to go through my parts bins and look for some better ones (or go shopping online).

 

[Watchootognbout]

Thank you!
Yeah, not a fan of the knobs that the previous owner put on the bass. Going to go through my parts bins and look for some better ones (or go shopping online).

Yeah!Those knobs gotta go!
Howsabout some black abalone topped dome knobs?

 

[Quadzilla]

Yeah!Those knobs gotta go!
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Have those on one of my other basses. Great knobs! May go that route

 

[RodRy]

Have those on one of my other basses. Great knobs! May go that route

wouldn't gold knobs seem more appropriate?

Or maybe maple?

 

[AllFifths]

Not soon

A similar bass (a 4-string TWXT) ..

Not sure if you're still looking but this one just ended...they may be willing to talk...use Paypal to not get ripped off! LOL!

 

[matbard]

Not sure if you're still looking but this one just ended...they may be willing to talk...use Paypal to not get ripped off! LOL!

Yes I saw that ad... But it seems a scam to me. The same bass was sold thru Reverb many weeks ago

 

[AllFifths]

Yes I saw that ad... But it seems a scam to me. The same bass was sold thru Reverb many weeks ago

Ah...got it! Thanks!

 

[AJDaze]

Anyone have any information/value amount for this beauty? I believe it's a Korean model but it plays and sounds great. Any help is appreciated

 

[MAcsSNAcs]

This might help:

Tune 5- and 6-String Basses | Reverb

 

[kodiakblair]

Anyone have any information/value amount for this beauty?

It's a TWX52-BLK and your correct about Korean manufacture.

This one is for sale in Italy , fella is asking €470.

 

[AJDaze]

Thanks for your help. I could probably count on one hand the number of people I know who have heard of the brand. I love the versatility and it plays great!

 

[India_Sierra]

Just grabbed this beauty. Well played, but for good reason. She plays AMAZING! Sounds great too (as expected). The birdseye top, etc, is gorgeous. Guessing she might be a custom shop (like my other Tune w the LEDs)? Regardless, a wonderful instrument!
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That pinstripe around the body edge is so elegant. Swap those control knobs and you'll have a real beauty there!

 

[sixway]

Just grabbed this beauty. Well played, but for good reason. She plays AMAZING! Sounds great too (as expected). The birdseye top, etc, is gorgeous. Guessing she might be a custom shop (like my other Tune w the LEDs)? Regardless, a wonderful instrument!
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I'm a Lefty, currently own 48 basses - 4's, 5's, 6's, EUB, 2 Ukulele Basses, 5 Acoustics - all of various brands/prices... have reigned my GAS in the past several years... but!, have always wanted one of these basses; if I could find a Lefty 5-string like this, and purchase it, I could die happy... a beautiful bass!

 

[mngnt]

Friend of mine has this - it was his first bass that he managed to buy back from the person he sold it to years ago.

He doesn't know much about it. The body looks mahogany - anyone know what the top wood is?

He swapped the original gold hardware out for black, and the original pickups just died and were replaced (with geezers I believe).

Any info would be welcomed!

 

[RumbleBot]

Man, I've been offline for a while! In the interim, I finally got to start playing live again!
Here's something from a show earlier this year while my TWB-63. I friggin' love this bass. It's cuts right through a mix without being too dominating. And so responsive.

 

[Post-]

Hi TUNE club,

Here's a few pics of my Tune fretless 4 (TB-4?) that I suspect is roughly as old as me. Bought 2nd hand sometime between '98 and 2000 from the store The Bass Player in Sydney. Can't recall the year exactly. That era is all a bit of fuzzy distant blur to me now. It came with the original soft case that I tossed way back.

Probably an early to mid-80's build. There's no serial numbers or any other info except for "TUNE TB 058" printed on the electronics circuit board. Anything you TUNE fans can tell me about it? Anyone hazard a guess as to what the wood might be? What were they building guitars with in Japan backs in the eighties? (Edit: Just checked the tune site. The current model TBJ42-NT is an ash body and looks very similar. Probably that)

Gigged a lot years ago, experimented with odd tunings and piccolo strings but rarely played since the mid-00s. Completed my final high school music exams with this one too. So What and Portrait for Tracy. I'm in the process of cleaning it up now and might replace the pickups and active circuit with some passive Aguilar PJ pups.