Please Help: What bass is this?

[Teegan Heiniger]

Don't know the brand but it looks decent and I'm thinking of purchasing

 

[bholder]

Looks pretty generic, almost certainly an import. Doesn't even look like the headstock has a logo. Might be decent, impossible to say. Not bad looking though - how much do they want?

 

[two fingers]

Don't know the brand but it looks decent and I'm thinking of purchasing

Welcome to TalkBass!!!

Looks like a homebrew....albeit a pretty good one (first impression).

The determining factors would be playability, neck stability, and price. If you don't yet play, please have a bass player play it for you.

 

[Teegan Heiniger]

Bidding is at about 180 on ebay

 

[bholder]

Probably worth somewhere around that, wouldn't chase it up too much higher though, but that's just me.

 

[GretschWretch]

This might, just might, be an Epiphone LP bass with a cut-down body.

 

[Jeff Scott]

This might, just might, be an Epiphone LP bass with a cut-down body.

And, upside down fingerboard inlays. Was this a Monday or a Friday Epiphone?

 

[GretschWretch]

And, upside down fingerboard inlays. Was this a Monday or a Friday Epiphone?

For me, it really is hard to tell. The block inlays, pickguard, and control layout suggest Epiphone, but the body shape and headstock do not. But then, why would anyone want to cut down an Epi? The results could have been achieved with any number of other instruments.

 

[Jazz Ad]

It looks like a Schecter and a Jazz Bass jumped together in a pod from The Fly.

 

[Jeff Scott]

For me, it really is hard to tell. The block inlays....

...are flipped around 180º. Did Epi make instruments with inlays oriented that way?

 

[wvbass]

Is that a speed knob on the upper body?

 

[JW56789]

Oh yeah, that's one of those Brown Double Jazz Things with the extra Gold Knob, unless it's the crappy Chinese copy.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Bidding is at about 180 on ebay

Stick $180 in your pocket, keep adding to it weekly, and buy something decent when available and affordable. The fact that none of us can identify said bass is not a positive indicator.

Riis

 

[JohnnyChatter]

I think it may be home made but it’s almost worth 180 just to find out what that knob on the horn does!!!

 

[Five String]

Ask for a lot more pictures and details before you spend your money.

 

[Obese Chess]

Do you have more photos or perhaps a link to the eBay listing? As others have stated, the fact that the TB Hivemind is stumped is not encouraging.

 

[timendous]

I saw that listing a few days ago too. My guess on the controls is that it's 4 volume knobs, one for each pickup, and the gold knob on top is a master tone. Looks interesting, I'd be curious to hear it, but I can think of better ways to spend $200+

 

[jd56hawk]

It's an unknown quantity.
Bit of a gamble.
It's up to you to decide at what dollar amount a good bet becomes a bad bet.
Not the end of the world, but the little things would bug me.

Not to mention four jazz pickups?
The thing is, you can buy a brand new bass for less...and I'm talking a good bass with a good track record.

 

[Bass Jones]

Someone needs to buy it so we can find out what it plays/sounds like!

 

[Bass4Brkfast]

Bridge looks misaligned, might be the photo...and the style of bridge is not in keeping with the rest of appointments, at least it appears so to me, further supporting the "homebrew" statements.
I would not consider it unless the price was 2x lower and/or I could try before buying.