Can anyone identify this Japanese Bass?

[Rick McKay]

Hi

I’ve had this bass for a while and I’m currently restoring it for my daughter to play. She has a Squier P-Bass, but she fell in love with this old thing when she saw it. I have a feeling it might be an old Jedson, or one of the other brands these guitars used. 
there are a couple of holes in the headstock that seem to have metal in them, as though a logo got broken off.
many further help would be appreciated. 
Thanks,

Rick

Edited Wednesday at 07:46 by Rick McKay

[Pea Turgh]

Cool bass!  I love an old Japanese mystery.  That scratch plate doesn’t look original - would look 10 times better if you made a new one that followed the contours of the body.

[warwickhunt]

My money is on @Bassassin!  

 

[Rick McKay]

7 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

My money is on @Bassassin!  

 

Funny you should mention @Bassassin His info on another thread about these Jap basses was the inspiration for me posting this thread. 😎

[Rick McKay]

12 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

Cool bass!  I love an old Japanese mystery.  That scratch plate doesn’t look original - would look 10 times better if you made a new one that followed the contours of the body.

Me too. I’ve had this for ages and forgot about it. It’s got lots of character, plays and sounds great, even before I start working on it. It’s probably only going to need a clean up and new strings. 

[HeadlessBassist]

Looks like a late 60s/early 70s Teisco 'Top Twenty' Short Scale or the Kay version. My money is on it being the Teisco.

 

 

[lemmywinks]

One here:

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/teisco-short-scale-bass-sunburst-2nd-hand/

[Rick McKay]

7 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Looks like a late 60s/early 70s Teisco 'Top Twenty' Short Scale or the Kay version. My money is on it being the Teisco.

 

 

I thought about Teisco too. My uncle has a Teisco 6 string (sunburst) that looks a lot like this bass. Same pickups and similar fittings.

Edited Wednesday at 08:34 by Rick McKay

[Rick McKay]

8 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

One here:

https://richtonemusic.co.uk/teisco-short-scale-bass-sunburst-2nd-hand/

Ahhh, that looks like the one. Mine may well have been hand painted and could easily have been a sunburst originally. This looks like the bass version of my uncle’s 6 string. 
Thanks!

[lemmywinks]

34 minutes ago, Rick McKay said:

Ahhh, that looks like the one. Mine may well have been hand painted and could easily have been a sunburst originally. This looks like the bass version of my uncle’s 6 string. 
Thanks!

 

Yours might be this one:

https://www.guitar-auctions.co.uk/sale/159/26/1960s-Japanese-bass-guitar-probably-by-Teisco-refinished-red-body-with-many-imperfections-some-corrosion-to-hardware-particularly-on-the-edges-of-the-pickups-electrics-in-working-order-condition-fair

[JJMotown]

1 hour ago, Rick McKay said:

I thought about Teisco too. My uncle has a Teisco 6 string (sunburst) that looks a lot like this bass. Same pickups and similar fittings.

It's as HeadlessBassist says a top twenty short scale. Kay never made a version like this, and it's not teisco, like people say it is because it bumps the value. Teisco closed in 1968, this was made after that time.