I bought my bass this summer in some secondhand shop (not specified in instruments or something, it was just coincidence that there was a bass), but I have no idea what it is... Does someone know what it is? There is no information on it at all, on nothing...
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What bass do I have?
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It's a Japanese made something-or-the-other. I'm pretty sure that I have the single pick up version of the same bass. Well...sorta..it's in pieces at the moment but it's a neat little bass.
Looks like some kind of variant on the Fender/Squier Mustang/Bronco/Musicmaster family of short-scale basses. Is it a short scale? I'm having a hard time telling from the pics.
I think it's early to mid 70's Japanese made.
It looks very similar to an Ampeg "Big Stud" model. The pickups,scratchplate,control panel,knobs & bridge look almost identical. The pickups were placed differently(middle/bridge) & there was a different headstock on the Big Stud.I'd wager that the same factory in Japan that built for Ampeg built that.
I don't know what the name of that company is though.
Very cool!
It looks very similar to an Ampeg "Big Stud" model. The pickups,scratchplate,control panel,knobs & bridge look almost identical. The pickups were placed differently(middle/bridge) & there was a different headstock on the Big Stud.I'd wager that the same factory in Japan that built for Ampeg built that.
I don't know what the name of that company is though.
Very cool!
I measured it, but since I have to calculate it from cm to inches, I'm not totally sure, it is about 30" anyway.
And there is no Fender on it or anything.
Someone else said it might be sakai or kawai, a Japanese fender P-bass immitation.
And there is no Fender on it or anything.
Someone else said it might be sakai or kawai, a Japanese fender P-bass immitation.
I found an old Talkbass forum post about the Ampeg Big Stud.There's a photo of one & you can see the similarities including the toggle switch.
Someone posted that the Big Stud was made by Tokai.It's possible that your bass is an early Tokai.
Someone posted that the Big Stud was made by Tokai.It's possible that your bass is an early Tokai.
yeah, now you say so I can see the similarities too, there is some black pick-guard-like thing arount the pups though...
But there is no brand on mine at all, except of WD-40... Neither is there a brand under the sticker on the headstock...
Unfortunately the pups were dead, so there are guitar-pups in it now: It sounds great, but it's not totally original anymore now, although I did keep the elemants and the caps... Some day I'll try and kinda repair them and place them back
But there is no brand on mine at all, except of WD-40... Neither is there a brand under the sticker on the headstock...
Unfortunately the pups were dead, so there are guitar-pups in it now: It sounds great, but it's not totally original anymore now, although I did keep the elemants and the caps... Some day I'll try and kinda repair them and place them back
