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In fairness, there were about five basses around at the time with remarkably similar appearances, all from different Japanese manufacturers.

I've often wondered if that was the main reason that SGC Nanyo failed ... they were up against the likes of Ibanez and Yamaha, and their products didn't look particularly distinctive.

 

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Agree with Jack - this was a pretty generic late 80s/early 90s format, the Ibanez SoundGear range being the most successful & still going strong. I think the Tune Bass Maniacs were the first but if you look through old brochures (like saddos such as me do), every Japanese & Korean manufacturer did a version of this in the early 90s.

So, looks like a Hohner version of that style - looks a bit different to the B-Bass to me - weren't those basically the Hohner Jack with a headstock?

 

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On 3/19/2018 at 22:32, Happy Jack said:

In fairness, there were about five basses around at the time with remarkably similar appearances, all from different Japanese manufacturers.

I've often wondered if that was the main reason that SGC Nanyo failed ... they were up against the likes of Ibanez and Yamaha, and their products didn't look particularly distinctive.

 

Or it was just plain ugly.

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