WEIRD vintage bass.

[poisonoakie]

Has anyone ever seen one of these basses before? I can't even find a picture of one online. It's headstock is marked "Greco" and has a strange amorphous paddle shape to it. It's made in japan and has me baffled. Any info would be appreciated!

 

[JHandley]

Pretty cool whatever it is!

 

[BurningSkies]

Greco has been around for probably 40+ years. They started off as one of the cheap Japanese knock off bass brands and worked themselves into a fairly well thought of Japanese bass company doing knock offs.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

Greco was known to make copies, they made Ric copies.

 

[poisonoakie]

Has anybody ever seen this model? I've seen a couple of their fender and ric copies, but never anything like this.

 

[Flyingfrets]

Most of the better Japanese "lawsuit" makers tried their hand at original designs at one time or another. Most were pretty unsuccessful (except Ibanez).

It's probably pretty decent quality if it's a Greco...just a little odd looking.

 

[Marton]

It's a Japanese instrument from the early-mid 60s. Most of them sound bad and are almost unplayable. But they look pretty cool.

Later stuff coming from Japan was of unequal quality, but they made some great instruments (Univox, Ibanez, Tokai, Aria, El Degas, Greco, and stuff like that). A lot of brand were coming from the same factories.

 

[grisezd]

No, this isn't a real Greco, it's a knock-off.

 

[TheTiptonian]

Never seen anything like it before..looks pretty cool though!

 

[chuck norriss]

I appreciate vintage Japanese instruments. I've owned three Matsumoku basses & a Teisco
Popular among alternative bands Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, and starving artists.

 

[The Lemon]

10 Posts into a Greco thread, and no JimmyM? I'm getting worried...

 

[Avalon]

It appears to have some of the same hardware that was used on this Avalon. I'm always trying to draw conclusions about where this thing is made, but I've yet to get anywhere with the search.

 

[RobJ]

Wow! That looks pretty similar to my first bass which I lost track off years ago, around '76. Mine had no name on it but here's one I found web surfing a couple of years ago like it.

Wish I could find another just to have it. Yeah those played like crap.