Watching the opening ceremonies last night and hearing them talk about South Korea's high levels of technology and manufacturing got me thinking. My two favorite basses were made there! So lets see your MIK basses!
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I forget what year my Skyline 55-02D was made, but it was either from the final or the penultimate year that they were made in Korea, before they started making them in Indonesia:
And my 2008 Schecter Stiletto Studio 8 is Korean:
And my 2008 Schecter Stiletto Studio 8 is Korean:
I thought the title was going to read "Show your Olympic White basses."
So here's a bonus: Korean made and Oly White:
1984 Cort Short Scale Jazz.
I've owned a few other MIK instruments that were decent. Don't have them any more though. I liked the Ibanez SR700. But my Indo SR1205e is much nicer. (As one would expect, due to the price difference, I suppose.)
So here's a bonus: Korean made and Oly White:
1984 Cort Short Scale Jazz.
I've owned a few other MIK instruments that were decent. Don't have them any more though. I liked the Ibanez SR700. But my Indo SR1205e is much nicer. (As one would expect, due to the price difference, I suppose.)
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I am not 100% certain this is Korean. I always suspected it was. My first bass purchased in Germany in the mid 1970’s by the renown boutique bass builder Johnny Pro II....
Theres a few pics of this one around here already, a Squier Pro-Tone PJ. I have also added a Korean L2K Tribute but it is currently taken apart for repairs and the single coil mod.
I already posted this pic in the SBMM thread, but here are the two Korean basses I own - a Ray 34 in Neptune Blue and a Ray 35 in Amber.
My Cort Curbow was built in Korea as was my Traben Neo. Tune TWB-4Z is a Korean model and the Peavey Fury II.
That's what mine looked like about 20 years ago! Except it looks like you upgraded the tuners. All stock otherwise?
Tuners are Gotoh, I was under the impression they were original but I'm not 100% sure. I added a push / pull pot for series / parallel switching of the neck pickup and copper shielded the cavities. Stock besides that though.
Nice. I made mine series only so I wouldn't have to mod the gold pickguard I got to replace the original. The tuners are definitely after-market, but I'm sure they are better than the original.