This one isn’t all that unique other than it’s the only one I ever seen. Circa 1976 coz that was when I bought it by the renown boutique bass builder Johnny Pro II.
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Wow, that Hagstrom really puts the bar in tug bar. (That's what that is, right?) Does it sound as good as it looks? And is the Guild from their collaboration with Salvador Dali?
The Jetstar series was designed to stand up on the floor with an integrated folding leg on the back. I imagine they broke a lot in practice, so the leg went away pretty quick.
Sweet! I have the same bass. I added the white pinstripe. I'm also searching for the tug bar. Took it off and now I can't find it. Mine has a different bridge than yours. How is the intonation on yours?
Nice! Mine's some sort of blue (not Baby, I should look it up) but it's so old that it has an almost greenish tinge in certain unnatural light.
Man, I really want an 8 string. I like the retro style of the Hagstroms, and I love those art deco style pegheads. You aren't helping my aversion to GAS!
That’s me - upright bass player and young music snob - back in my jerkweasel days around 12-13 years of age holding the first “bass geetar” (a plywood Kay no less!) I ever touched while pretending to be faintly amused and above it all.
Because I was a “real bass” player - and don’t you forget it!
Truth was - I was incredibly impressed by the little thing.
By pure chance I happened to come into possession of that very same cheap little bass (much the worse for wear) complete with its original cardboard and faux leather case awhile back. And I plan on restoring it eventually. Because it’s not every day a significant moment in your childhood gets handed back to you.
Because I was a “real bass” player - and don’t you forget it!
Truth was - I was incredibly impressed by the little thing.
By pure chance I happened to come into possession of that very same cheap little bass (much the worse for wear) complete with its original cardboard and faux leather case awhile back. And I plan on restoring it eventually. Because it’s not every day a significant moment in your childhood gets handed back to you.
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@Morgan Koren - Love it! I bought a neck-thru Memphis back around ‘81 for about $300 with hardshell case that I’m betting started life in the same Matsumoku factory that birthed yours. 
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I had one many many moons ago. Same body and thru neck but mine was a PJ with ElDegas on the identical headstock
I've seen a bad like that for sale in Windsor a couple times. It's got some mojo.
This one is pretty unique. A Gibson SB-300 I just recently got. Full story on the SB series can be found [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. There were a lot of firsts for Gibson with this very short-lived family of basses. This one rocks a pair of single-coil ceramic magnet pups rather than alnico sidewinder humbuckers, a set maple rather than the usual Gibson mahogany neck, and a unique bridge design with plastic saddle pieces. Has it’s own tone that’s still recognizablly that Gibson vibe. But it manages to not sound quite like any other Gibson bass despite that.
Very retro-cool looking and sounding short-scale IMO. It’s been getting a lot of play time with me since I got it.
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Very retro-cool looking and sounding short-scale IMO. It’s been getting a lot of play time with me since I got it.
My Ibanez Artist probably falls into the old and unique category.
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And these. Love everything about these track fours@Morgan Koren - Love it! I bought a neck-thru Memphis back around ‘81 for about $300 with hardshell case that I’m betting started life in the same Matsumoku factory that birthed yours.
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