Reply With QuoteCool! It's got a 60s sort of vibe to it.
Regular Fretter
Bought an old Univox Hi-Flyer bass!
Pretty nice old thing, apparently was built around 1974 (still researching the serial number). Was incredibly badly setup...I basically dissassembled the whole thing, adjusted the neck, polished frets, intonation, etc...Now it plays very, very nice! Came with nice flatwound strings. THe thing is pretty light (I think these are made of poplar), and the maple neck has a pronounced D-profile, never had a neck like this and it feels nice to have so much "shoulder" on the edges of the neck. Tuners work nicely, surprisingly so. Pickups are two huge single-coil thingies that sound nice, kinda unique.
Here's a quick clip testing bridge, neck, and both pickups, with tone and volume on 10.
http://cyberjamarchive.com/uploads/M...flyer_test.mp3
And some pics:
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Reverend Rawk
Cool! It's got a 60s sort of vibe to it.
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Hey, way cool! Put it in your AMC Pacer and head to the gig!
P.S. I mean this in a good way, just cause I think it picks up that 70s design vibe.
Steve Thompson
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/\ yeah, I agree, very vintage, like a rick 4001 mixed with a fender jazz mixed with a gibson EB-0. Pretty sweet!!
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Hey, I just listened to your clip that I missed earlier. Way, way cool! Total 60s-70s vibe to the sound too.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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Luke Skyrawker
Very nice!
That looks like a keeper. A very nice slice of Japanese guitar history.
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wow i dint know they made those anymore my dad has a old early 60s univox i dont know what model it is but it looks like a 335
Regular Fretter
Ah... my friend uses one of these almost exclusively in her band. Always sounds good, looks great on stage, feels reasonably well made. Definitely a cool bass. And the reason it has a "60s" vibe is because the univox hi-flyers are patterned after Mosrites (think: Ventures, later the Ramones). Eastwood makes a modern copy of this bass as well. Good find there Kerc!
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