Apollo Bass Value?

[phunt2019]

I have an Apollo bass that is the spitting image of the “apollo/greco VB-300 hofner copy bass guitar ca. 1968” pictured on your site. Aside from the fact that the headstock reads Apollo there seem to be no other distinguishing marks or numbers on the bass. It has a few minor dings and is missing the pick guard, however works perfectly.

My question is simply, what would a ballpark value for this guitar be? And or what else do I need to find out about this bass to properly price it

Thanks

[VintAxe]

Hi phunt2019,

It has probably been 6 months to a year since I have priced one of these Kawai violin basses. I have a Teisco violin that is missing the pick ups and controls so I would watch the auctions looking for a damaged one to use for parts. I eventually gave up looking since the parts guitars were selling for so much I decided it wasn't worth my effort to put the Teisco back together. Discovering a slight twist in the neck of the Teisco also drained my enthusiasm.

At that time they were selling for around $350 - $400. If I had yours, I would expect to get around $400 eventually, realizing that I might need to go down to $350 for a quicker sale.

Here is a Domino violin bass that is roughly comparable to yours that sold for $440. Looks like the original asking price was $500 which is pushing the market value pretty hard.