Vester acoustic bass

[isteen]

I have been offered a Vester acoustic bass in a trade for my Ibanez short scale bass.

Does anyone know anything about Vester.

 

I have never heard of that brand

[itu]

Cheapo instruments, maybe Korean brand, from 90's? 

[Hellzero]

It was indeed a cheap Korean brand that came out in the mid 80's, and lasted through the 90's.

 

Nothing to fancy there, cheap instruments from the bad Korean period.

 

Tried a few at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt back then, but none of them were great.

 

Edited September 29, 2025 by Hellzero
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[upside downer]

I have a Vester Catalina P-bass copy. Gigged it a few times way back when, did the job.

[Pea Turgh]

If you like the Vester more than your Ibanez, it’s a good trade. Doesn’t matter what is or where it was made!

[Bassassin]

90s/00s Korean brand, apparently good quality, & mostly copies. Got into some bother with Fender over the similarity of the logo on their, erm, Fender knockoffs.

 

They made some originals including the Argus bass, which I had GAS for for a long time. And I still regret not picking up the one that was on here for £100, quite a lot of years ago.

 

 

Yep. I still want one.

[tauzero]

Also made a Warwick, er, tribute. I had one that had been defretted. That did me until I got a cheap Thumb and had it defretted and the neck reprofiled to JD Thumb dimensions.

 

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I got a fretless Warwick thumb copy back in 1996 .Vester custom shop .  Got it to see if I could play fretless ,and how difficult it would be to adapt .It looks the same as Tauzero’s above.

The neck is fantastic, the strings are a very light gauge. I was told by a couple of basschatters who saw the bass , that it was a quality instrument. The strings are groundwound , which are supposedly expensive but make the bass really easy to play. It has a brass nut also.

The only downside I’d say , is the weight .