Show your Japanese basses !

[pnut166]

I really have a fondness for alot of those Japanese basses made back in the day. I`m not talking so much about Fender MIJs, or run-of-the-mill Ibanezes. I`m talking about the kinda kooky ones or the clones. Anyone else share my interest in that chapter of bass design ? Let`s see `em !

 

[ClassicJazz]

Please change the title to Japanese!!! The term "MIJ" is insulting.....This is not WWII

 

[bassdaddyfive]

+ 1

 

[bassdaddyfive]

+ 1 Change it soon.........

 

[pnut166]

got it. No offense meant. My apoligies.

 

[pnut166]

Pics...

 

[5StringBlues]

^ I'm digging that yellow jobber.


What is it?

 

[pnut166]

A Kawai.

 

[mr.mow]

Don't own all of these anymore.. And most have been seen on here at some stage before!

89 Greco Fretless 'P'

89 Fender PBAC

ESP

Killer Simmony

79 Greco Speedway fretless custom order (still have this!)

68 Yamaha SB-5a

79 Heerby RB

 

[pnut166]

Very cool. I love lookin @ the uniqueness in design - good or bad - in the basses imported during that time. Those are some nice basses - what`s the story on that Fender ?

 

[Fetusyolk]

crazy these basses are all ive been able to think about for the past few days. i'll have an old teisco-ish bass in my stable one day, preferably an NB-4 or TB-64, god i love everything about the way those basses look


These aren't mine but in case you don't know what those specific basses look like..

NB-4

TB-64

 

[lowphatbass]

68 Yamaha SB-5a

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I don't think I've ever seen one of those before. That's got to be rare.

 

[mr.mow]

Very cool. I love lookin @ the uniqueness in design - good or bad - in the basses imported during that time. Those are some nice basses - what`s the story on that Fender ?

They were made in the late 80's through to the early 90's. There were PBass and Tele bass versions, fretted and fretless, Lace sensor pickup and a piezo under the bridge.. They sounded like.. well.. a PBass to be honest, not as different as you would think.

I don't think I've ever seen one of those before. That's got to be rare.

Somewhat, though they don't get huge money, they are ok, super shorty scale (30 from memory), very weak pickups, it was filthy when I got it, cleaned it up and sold it, it didn't really serve any purpose aside from being 'cool'! They were reissued in the late 90's

 

[hieronymous]

I can only find these shots of my Tune 8-string (which I no longer own, unfortunately):

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Wish I could find a normal pic from the front!

 

[Avalon]

Here is my Avalon. Don't ask who manufatured this monstrous meeting of chrome, plywood and louisville slugger. Any investigation you may endeavour to take will get you nowhere. However, I believe it could be an early ancestor to the much reviled Mothman...

 

[lowphatbass]

Sweet!

That has to be one of the "clunkiest" headstocks I've seen in a while. That's a compliment BTW, and the string wrapping execution is very appropriate as well, this gets overlooked a lot and is highly underrated, IMO.

 

[pnut166]

Dig that headstock. You could open beers onstage with it !

 

[Thornton Davis]

My 1967 TeleStar T2B, semi acoustic teardrop bass. Made in Japan by Kawai, imported to North America under the TeleStar brandname.

TD

 

[guitarchaser]

Hope this qualifies, got it imported over a year ago....pics aren't that great but the only ones I have at the moment

EDWARDS E-T-170BD

 

[Avalon]

While this bass looks pretty modern, it does have a certain quintessential Japanese quirkyness to it. I say it passes muster for this thread.