Show your vintage European basses!

Basvarken · Dec 5, 2016

Magic EB2 Bass. Made in Venlo, The Netherlands.
Bought it for sentimental reasons (I was born in a small village 7 km from Venlo).
Sold it because it was such a crap bass...

mikbass · Feb 26, 2017

Here are my european vintage basses; -64 Hofner 500/2, -63 Eko florentine mod no 690 and on the far right a 1980's Eko BA4.

manfish · Apr 6, 2020

birdman14 said:
It seems like among vintage instruments, the euro market gets the least love. I've never understood it, as I've always found them among the most aesthetically pleasing. I'm currently trying to find a Meazzi of some sort, but it doesn't seem like any exist in the US.

Anyway, we'll start off with some of my favorite Italian basses:

Meazzi Jupiter Bass VI

Vox Cougar
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Panarama 1202R
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Crucianelli Spazial
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Finally, the epitome of early 60s italian design, the Wandre Spazial (interesting that it shares a name with the Crucianelli above)
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HI, Im in L.A. and am actually selling a Meazzi Jupiter bass black just like the one in the pics. I never thought Id sell it but I wanna fund another major gear purchase.

birdman14 · Apr 11, 2020

manfish said:
HI, Im in L.A. and am actually selling a Meazzi Jupiter bass black just like the one in the pics. I never thought Id sell it but I wanna fund another major gear purchase.

Messaged you

JIO · Apr 11, 2020

1963 Burns of London Vista Sonic medium scale bass. Resurrection thread here: Project Vista Sonic (rut row, JIO's at it again!)

ac100X · Apr 11, 2020

I have an Vox Escort project bass waiting for me to put it together. I have the bridge, pick up selector switch.

ac100X · Apr 11, 2020

Ok, a Burns Jazz Bass branded by Baldwin. Lets see Fender match this.................

JIO · Apr 12, 2020

ac100X said:
Ok, a Burns Jazz Bass branded by Baldwin. Lets see Fender match this.................
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Love the Burns - only thing my '63 Vista Sonic is missing is the mute base bar and bridge-cover, both seen in your pic of a Baldwin "Jazz Bass". :thumbsup: