Jimryan Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Ok, my house mate has had this bass a while. He doesn't know what it is and I don't recognise/remember it. He doesn't play anymore and I'm not a big enough fan of it to warrant keeping it. Any info on it would be fantastic. If anyone has/had one even better. Cheers [attachment=101985:photo.JPG] [attachment=101987:photo(1).JPG] [attachment=101986:photo (4).JPG] [attachment=101988:photo(2).JPG] [attachment=101989:photo(3).JPG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 It's a GTX Bass of some description - GTX being discontinued a sub-brand of Kamen Music Corporation who also own Ovation and Hamer amongst others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1331219521' post='1569679'] It's a GTX Bass of some description - GTX being discontinued a sub-brand of Kamen Music Corporation who also own Ovation and Hamer amongst others. [/quote] Is that the same factory that make the 'Masons' brand of basses? If not then they all have a very generic 'Bass Collection' look about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemonCello Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Yeah, I was thinking Bass Collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1331220788' post='1569711'] Is that the same factory that make the 'Masons' brand of basses? If not then they all have a very generic 'Bass Collection' look about them. [/quote] It's the compact headstock with the strings winding on to different sides of the machine head post. Something that most likely originated with either Tune or Atlansia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1331388657' post='1572207'] It's the compact headstock with the strings winding on to different sides of the machine head post. Something that most likely originated with either Tune or Atlansia. [/quote] Yes I realise that the BC basses were copies of Tune etc. but wondered specifically if the OP's bass was made in the same factory as the Masons brand from the 90's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I would have thought same far east factory that the other budget guitars that Kamen sold were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRichards Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Yes it's a Kamen/Ovation GTX. Short lived, mid price bass. Actually decent basses, and one of the few instruments to sport these type of burst colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 That is the weirdest colour Ive ever seen! I thought the pics where negatives until I opened them up! How bizzar! A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLT48 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hey mates, sorry to ressurrect a zombie thread from across the pond, but I've been looking for a bass like this since I traded mine away back in approx. '92 or '93. This is a Kaman GTX-53 five string active bass. As I recall, the treble knob on this beauty mainly added noise, so I kept it rolled off, but it had super deep low end(and I'd always wondered what it would've sounded like with upgraded pups). The neck has a super -fast feel on the fretboard(but the finish on the back seems to be really slow), and the weight is not bad. Hey JimRyan, does your housemate by any chance still have this and would he consider selling it and shipping it to the States? Here's another example of the same bass in the only other color I've ever seen on this model. (BTW, I nearly freaked when I saw this one in a pawn shop in Nashville, not too far away from where I live!) http://shop.berryspawn.com/gtx-bass-guitar-p279590-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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