So I picked this up from a pawn shop today for $25 (including tax). No markings other than the made in Japan. Looks like it actually had a pickguard at one time as well, there are screw holes in it where one would mount. Been looking at pics for hours and I can't figure out what it is. Any help would be appreciated!
Though I'm certain it's not a Greco, there were some nice Greco full-scale LP Custom style basses that looked quite a lot like that. Never seen the bridge. Pretty cool find.
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
It was a pretty lucky find. They wanted $50, I got it for $25. It's been played pretty hard, scratched up and dinged quite a bit...in other words....perfect! And I swear it's heavier than my Thunderbird!
I have Hondo II made in Korea, and a Hondo II Pro made in Japan but by Tokai so has a Tokai serial number on the neck plate. I'm not sure if it's that cut and dry with production though, and who else they outsourced to
Mann were made at the Fujigen Gakki, yeah.
I think they ended up changing factories at some point in the 80's and then, fell off the face of the earth.
From memory, they were pretty decent, especially their Rickenbacker 4003 copies.
What bothers me about that in relation to your bass is that every Mann I've seen had pretty obvious headstock branding.
Perhaps the neck plate thing can at least point to a place and approximate time of manufacture?
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