mattochan
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Post by mattochan on Dec 31, 2014 17:49:17 GMT -5
Hey All, This is a bass I had at my dads and recently brought to my house. Anyone know what kind it is? I got it at a Sears outlet store 25 or 30 years ago. The paint is exactly as I bought it but there are no marking anywhere. I mean none. Nothing on the pickups or on any of the covers, inside or out. Thoughts? Thanks Matt
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Post by newey on Dec 31, 2014 23:13:37 GMT -5
It's fairly generic, so nothing jumps out at me. Sometimes, opening up the innards will disclose a manufacturer, or there may be some markings underneath the neck, if it's a bolt-on.
Sears used to sell their own house brand, "Silvertone", back in the 1960s and 1970s, but I thought they had pretty much stopped the house brand by the '80's. I don't know what they were selling in the 1980s. There may be an enthusiast's website for Sears guitars somewhere . . .
I understand that the fact you got it out of a Sears outlet store doesn't make it a Sears guitar, but it's a logical assumption, as Sears always sold a house brand as far as I can recall.
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Post by mattochan on Jan 5, 2015 15:05:35 GMT -5
Funny you said Generic. I was originally going to paint BASS on it in big black letters and tell people it was a generic bass.
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Post by newey on Jan 5, 2015 23:17:45 GMT -5
I think Yamaha was the first to come out with a P-Bass type, but with rear access instead of a pickguard. They still make a few versions of basically the same guitar. But there have been a gazillion clones of that design since then, and your headstock doesn't strike me as a Yamaha.
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