I didn’t pay enough attention in history class, I know that, but this Baston Delfi Bass Guitar has me all mixed up. It’s a 70s era bass guitar from Poland, said to be a Soviet Vintage Guitar. Didn’t the Soviets not allow music? Then why were they making guitars? Is this what that whole Cold War deal was about…. music? Is that why we celebrate that hockey game from the 80s, you know the one….
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I love the vintage white color on this Fender Japan Jazz Bass JB62 Electric Guitar. Sometimes I just want to jam on a bass, and fade off into my own world for a bit. Slap it, pull it, head bob and just let it flow. The first bass line I ever learned was to Green Day’s track Longview from their 1994 album Dookie. I’m going to start there and then work myself up to Primus and that’s…
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I love a good story and this 1984 Yamaha BX-1 Fretless Electric Bass Guitar from Japan sure has one. Seller is the original owner and bought it new and fretted (he doesn’t even know if it was offered as a fretless model). Seller had a buddy at Schecter—we should all be so lucky—pull the frets, fill them in and, as you can see, he did a remarkable job. This kitty’s been rocking ever since. Seller says…
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You up for a little fun with a Traben Neo Limited Electric Bass Guitar with a vintage sunburst? Good! Traben is a shop operating out of Clearwater, Florida. You can read up on them here. This kitty rocks a nice Basswood body with a Spalted Maple top, Maple neck and Rosewood fingerboard with 24 frets and abalone dot inlays. She brings two Traben SB soapbar pickups to the party as well as a Traben T3 active preamp….
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Wowie, zowie, it’s a 1981 Kramer USA Flying V Electric Bass Guitar! You don’t see scads of these running around every day. Let’s start with her great looking blue burst on her awesome Flying V body. Mmm, tasty. Then there’s her 4-string metal/aluminum neck with Maple inserts that are topped with an Ebanol board and “capped off with a split headstock.” Kapow! She rocks a single humbucker with volume and tone controls. Most importantly. seller…
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Well, here’s a very cool kitty—a 1960s Airline Pocket Bass Electric Guitar. Wikipedia says all Airlines of that era were made by a company called Valco and sold through Montgomery Wards. Read all about it here. Seller doesn’t say much about her. Apparently she has “superb tone and an upright bass kinda lively feel and thump.” I love me some lively feel and thump. She’s got a transducer in pickup in the bridge as well as…
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Tick tock, ready to rock? Well, so is this made in the USA 2009 Rickenbacker 4001 C64-S Electric Bass Guitar in solid matte black. She’s light (9.5 lbs), in good shape (seller rates her 8.5 out of 10) and all original, including her hardshell case. Of course she has some dings and such. She’s been played. But her neck is straight and she’s ready to go. Seller decided to let his pictures (69, all HD and quite…
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Let’s see, have we heard this story before? A guy starts a company building axes. A larger company, in this case Gibson, comes alongs and buys the company. The company hires the founder (in this case, Mr. Michael Tobias) to make axes like this Tobias Renegade Electric Bass Guitar, but eventually the former owner goes his own way and starts another company making axes. Kinda like when Leo Fender sold to CBS then worked with Music Man before starting…
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The Japanese have a saying that our name is our first face. So what is the first face of this American-made Zon Sonus Electric Bass Guitar? Is it in the zone? Or maybe it’s pronounced Zun, like son? Kinda like the Prius and I still don’t know the answer to that one. But I’m willing to look past such things to consider the gal who bears the name and she holds up just fine, thank you very much….
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Mmm, mmm, mmm, there’s nothing quite like an American made Tangerine Pearl 2014 Music Man Bongo Electric Bass Guitar to put a smile on my face. This naughty 6-stringed kitty rocks a Basswood body, Maple neck and Rosewood fretboard with custom (and funky) half-moon inlays. Then there are her dual Neodymium humbucking pickups plus a 4-band active preamp, Schaller BM tuners with tapered string posts and graphite acrylic resin-coated body cavity for superb noise shielding. Seller…
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