Aims bass

[i play the bass]

I have an Aims bass, I'm not too sure on the year, but it has to be 70something because these were only made for a brief period. The information that I have found so far indicates that they were made by Randall. Ill post a pic later on.

[VintAxe]

Hi i play the bass,

While AIMS amplifiers were Randall, their guitars and basses were imported from Japan.

I've never taken the time to figure out which factory AIMS instruments came from but the majority of Japanese electric copy guitars imported to the U.S. from early to mid 1970's were being cranked out by four major factories.

In order of quantities shipped, I think it was:

1. Matsumoku
2. Fujigen
3. Kasuga
4. Terada

This period is very confusing when trying to ID the origin of an instrument. Hoshino (Ibanez) had guitars made at both Matsumoku and Fujigen. I think Aria and SLM (Electra) got guitars from both Matsumoku and Kasuga. To make matters worse, I've heard Kasuga bought necks from Matsumoku and put them on Kasuga bodies.

Is it good enough to know your bass was made in Japan and likely came from one of the big four?

[i play the bass]

I have seen a few vintage ads that say "manufactured and distributed by Randall" so I just took them at face value. I purchased this bass for 100 dollars. Its a jazz copy, with maple fretboard and block inlays. Also has the pickup cover with the script "A" engraved in it. Was this a good deal? Is there a possibilty of selling it for a profit?

[i play the bass]

[i play the bass]

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