Aha , here she is : as you can see this The Asama has a MIJ stamped in the neckplate .This The Asama is completely identical as mine,see previous post .Since she's from a seller at a guitar convention I couldn't asked to be screwed apart to check out the interiors of that guitar...(or perhaps I could , why can't or may I not check the guitar entirely before buying it...have to remember that in the future...ahum...)
Statistics: Posted by lordbizarre — Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:57 pm
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I'm sure it was a challenge moving the Museum
I hope you are located in place you enjoy.
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:56 pm
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Since ,on the sticker , the name of Bobby Sands is mentioned it could be from around 1981 ...????...
b.t.w....if someone has some spare parts , as the tuner knobs ,laying around : I'm interested !
Statistics: Posted by lordbizarre — Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:43 pm
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What seems interesting is that the body appears to be made out of Oak (or another open-grained wood). It has a burgundy satin finish, with a maple fretboard. I put Seymour Duncan quarter pounders in it, but still have the original pickups.
It still plays pretty good!
Statistics: Posted by Stratcat_70 — Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:46 am
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Statistics: Posted by jedistar — Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:24 pm
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I have the neck-thru Asama bass and am going to try to link to some photos. Please bear with me, as I haven't done this before. Please let me know if this works:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/103337517565 ... evkYqV-gE#
Although I'm a beginning bassist, I've had this bass for 30 years. My dad bought it for me when I was 19, but I can't ask him about it because he's died. I thought sharing my photos here might help us discover a little more about what seems to be an obscure vintage bass of Japanese manufacture.
Eager to hear what anyone might have to say!
Joy
Statistics: Posted by joy — Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:11 am
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I presume you will take a few pictures of the guitar for the Museum. If you send copies to steve@vintaxe.com I'll host pictures of the Asama for this thread.
thanks, sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:54 pm
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http://www.fernandes.co.jp/others/catal ... 01/27.html
There's clearly an Asama/Fernandes connection going on - does anyone know definitively who was building Fernandes at that point?
Can you post some pics of yours, Ivan? I've never seen a bolt -neck version.
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:38 pm
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So...again nothing much to be said about the Asama...but since the Asama is a mountain in Japan I presume a Korean brand wouldn't use a Japanese name ?
Statistics: Posted by lordbizarre — Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:29 am
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Since I am in the process of buying a MIJ LP and my uncle has one I wanna find out more about it.
Unfortunately my uncle is in Italy and I am the US and I'll be going home only in December. His guitar has 2/3 effects and from what I can remember it is similar to the description in this page http://www.geocities.com/stompbox2001/asama.htm
Now I am gonna email that guy, if he's still around and I told my uncle to check his guitar to see where it's made. He doesn't know much about guitars so I can't really ask him for an opinion, too bad. But at least he can tell me about fret wear and where it's made.
Statistics: Posted by Sir Punk — Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:17 am
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Does Tombo Co., a Japanese company, ring a bell to someone? I found a [unique and weak] source mentionning them as the manufacturer of Asama guitars.
Nowadays, Tombo Co. is apparently producing harmonicas.
Statistics: Posted by GuitarDir — Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:02 pm
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However, I've seen 2 basses with identical construction & body shape to this guitar, and conveniently, they're both pictured & discussed in this thread on the Mat forum:
http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic.php?t=3525
Unfortunately the original poster never came back to disclose what name he found under the brown paint on the 8-string.
I'll see what I can dig up about the Asama brand.
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:29 pm
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