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Suggestions for 1975 year bass

Yamaha77Yamaha77 Frets: 77
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Thinking of buying a friend a surprise 1975 birth year bass later in the year for their 45th birthday. They like traditional looking instruments like Mustang, jazz, p bass, ricks. Just wondering good places to look other than eBay and this forum as would likely have to be a card purchase. Also wondering what other brands or maybe Jap builds from that era. thanks in advance.
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  • JezWyndJezWynd Frets: 6060
    The Epiphone ET280 is around that era - certainly has that 70's vibe. Ovation made some cool basses around that time too iirc.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14426
    Trawl t'web for Matsumoku made instruments.
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72337
    Funkfingers said:
    Trawl t'web for Matsumoku made instruments.
    Much as I'm a big fan of the company, I'm not sure they made anything of an original design and really decent quality as early as 1975 - that was more the copy era, and the original designs can best be described as interesting rather than great...

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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5835
    You could have a look and ask a few questions on Basschat,. They're very helpful and knowledgeable over there, just as they are on here.
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