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Re another of these, there's one on eBay for €599 from somewhere in Germany (new).

Welcome to the semis. Looks very Gretschesque to me. Used to have an EB2 and I'm sorry to say it played like a dog so if this plays well you're better off!

I remember seeing Ashey Huhcings in the Albion Band using one of these. Funny how 2 bass players renowned for being folkies used such modernist instruments!

So everyone talks about them being light. Having given up Ps and Js as too heavy what do these weigh?

Brilliant! You are so fortunate. Did you still get caught for VAT on import?

Are you sure it was the bass that sounded good not the amp? I'm told that they are really difficult to re-fret.

I don't understand where this "glossy is sticky" comes from. There was a time when all guitars and basses had glossy necks and now we call them vintage and ask ridiculous prices for them! Just keep them clean.

The guy selling this has only been on eBay for 1 month, to be avoided.

Ibanez SRF700 or Aria FEB (semi) both come unlined.

Much nicer than a Fender.

Looks great. I think all basses should be chambered! I wonder what it weighs?

Have a look at voxshowroom.com where you'll find an article about it. The bass player of Paul Revere and the Raiders who were Vox endorses had one and says the neck was awful. He e rntually took the neck off and replaced it with a Fender neck to make it playable. There's another for sale in the US for a tad over £1700, bit cheaper than the eBay one.

I always thought they were short scale, ass many if not most basses were I. The 60s other than Fender and Ricks.

Looks ace. Was it new? When I have seen previous Violin basses of this brand I thought they had the incorrect Y tuners, but this has proper small tuners which I have always suspected were just guitar tuners on Hofners.

I'm old enough to remember these from the 60's. I believe they were made in Italy for Vox, but thought the quality was not very good, a bit better than the Rossetti Lucky 7 but not as good as a Hofner! I suspect the modern version, even if made in China ( or elsewhere in Asia) may be better. They do look cool though, the late Brian Jones of theStones famously used the guitar version and Hilton Valentine of the Animals used the 12 string version before he got his Rick 12. I wonder if the neck dive is still as bad.

I haven't tried any of these either, but I have a Hartke 15w and it's brilliant even with a 5 string.

A Rebop and a Spectorcore 5 are my arsenal. I think the Spectorcore is particularly good, great ebony board and action, I think more people should play these they are great value and quality.

I think the Danelectros mentioned here don't count as they are short scale. Marusczyzk Elwood L is a chambered body at around 3.5kg and my Spector Rebop also weighs in at 3.5 kg. I've read that Mike Lull makes some of his at a similar weight or less.