c.1960s Japanese Short Scale Electric Bass


Here's my new recording buddy... a short scale p-bass-ish fellow. It's got a solid slap of Japanese oak for its body, nice vintage sunburst finish, a single pickup, volume, tone, and a solid mahogany neck w/truss and bound, side-dotted rosewood fretboard. How's about that? It sounds good, too. Work on it included cleaning, fret dress, and setup. Unfortunately I haven't swapped out the strings so I've still got "vintage sound" in some old lightweight flatwounds...




Gotta love it as a "working bass." The simpler the controls and settings the more I usually enjoy an electric instrument... from limitations creativity arises.


...that's what you like to see on a vintage electric.





Did I mention the mahogany neck & classic tuners?

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Anonymous said…
Man! I finally found one! Took me a while of searching. I have one of these suckers and I love it. I am trying to figure out exactly what company made them. I've seen a couple with the same exact neck online, but this is the first with the same body as mine.


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Please let me know if you ever sell or find out any info on this bass. Thanks! Drop me an e-mail at Lubow_Courier at Yahoo dot com.
October 11, 2011 at 5:55 PM
Antebellum Instruments said…
Hi there -- this bass was definitely a Teisco-made product. The neck finish, style, build, look, pickup, etc. all conform to Teisco products.
October 13, 2011 at 11:17 PM
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