foya Posted September 21 Posted September 21 (edited) For sale this rare bird Only a small batch was done.. this is the Blaster, the licensed made in Japan version of the Factor bass Specs are the same as the US model, except the two band preamp without the passive tone. Some dings and dongs on the body.. a scratch on the upper edge. The bass pot is a bit stiffy to turn Original 100% New strings just mounted Neck is very straight Weight 3,6 kg Original leather bag Sold Edited 20 hours ago by foya Sold 13 1
Roadybus Posted September 21 Posted September 21 ...is this the same 32-piece laminated neck, or one-piece? i can't tell from the picture, actually
foya Posted September 21 Author Posted September 21 6 hours ago, Roadybus said: ...is this the same 32-piece laminated neck, or one-piece? i can't tell from the picture, actually laminated!! Exactly as the US factor differences are only in the preamp
Jack Posted September 22 Posted September 22 21 hours ago, foya said: a bit stiffy Listen, we all like looking at nice basses and fiddling with knobs, but TMI dude. 1
floFC Posted September 24 Posted September 24 Very nice. On the picture, what you call a scratch on the upper edge looks a bit more than that, like if a chunk of wood is missing. Do you have a close up of that area? Do I understand correctly that the bass is active only (I.e. no battery, no sound)? Thank you.
Hellzero Posted September 24 Posted September 24 On 21/09/2025 at 13:51, foya said: a scratch on the upper edge. You have a strange notion of scratch... 1 4
briansbrew Posted September 24 Posted September 24 1 minute ago, Hellzero said: You have a strange notion of scratch... Looks more like a dog chewed a bit out 😂 1 4
foya Posted September 24 Author Posted September 24 12 hours ago, floFC said: Very nice. On the picture, what you call a scratch on the upper edge looks a bit more than that, like if a chunk of wood is missing. Do you have a close up of that area? Do I understand correctly that the bass is active only (I.e. no battery, no sound)? Thank you. yes. Active only never tried it without battery 1
Rondoggy Posted Saturday at 14:51 Posted Saturday at 14:51 (edited) An interesting bass, but these were not licensed copies of the Factor. In Phil Kubicki's own words: "The Blaster Bass was never licensed for manufacture by Philip Kubicki. The facts are that we did negotiate with a Japanese company to make instruments for the Japanese market only and they made us a sample Blaster Bass along with another sample of an Extender Bass for approval. We did not approve either of the basses and no agreement was ever signed. The following year we signed a licensing agreement with Fender Musical Instruments. Fast forward 10 years and these 2 samples suddenly seemed to multiply into more. We have no idea when they were made so don’t know if more than a couple of the sample basses were made and they decided to unload them or if more were made later using the tooling. There seems to be a limited supply of them though and replacement parts are not available, so I suspect the company jumped the gun thinking an agreement was going to be signed and made more than just the samples which they later offloaded. It’s a shame because some people buy these basses thinking they were licensed and that we can support them, but the reality is most of the parts on them, including bridge/tuner are not interchangeable with the Ex Factor 4 bass parts so we are unable to help." Edited Saturday at 14:51 by Rondoggy
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