Tanara P/J P-Bass Clone (1980s, Olympic White)

For your consideration is this Tanara P-bass copy with the P/J pickup set up. This one has a very nice patina, lightly worn and scratched, but not beat to hell. Plays pretty great and has that wonderful range of tones that you can get with the P/J pick up config.  

You want punchy mid range?  Crank the p-pup up and the j-pup down.  

You want fat jazz tone?  Crank the j-pup up and the p-pup down.  

You want to sound like a milder version of Geezer Butler?  Crank both pick-ups up, and face the facts that none of us sound like Geezer.  

As far as history, I can't find much on this run of basses.  I have seen them labeled as both Korean and Japanese made, so it is hard to pin down exactly which it is.  If I had my guess, I would say it was either made by Matsumoko (Teisco's Holding Company) or Samick, both of which make great guitars and basses.  

The only real work I did to this was rebuild the nut with a little bit of plastic epoxy in the nut slots to stop a buzz.  The original slots had worn down and I did not have a bass nut handy to fit, so I just too a little hard platic epoxy and reshaped the nut.  Should be just as good.  

This is 100% a bass I would keep for myself, because I have one just like it in a Fender make.  P/J.  This is why I bought this one, this is a bass I would buy myself and recommend for all bassists, beginner to expert.  The P/J bass is a swiss army knife of bass tone. As always, I cleaned it up, polished the finish, oiled the board, changed the strings, cleaned the electronic components and set the action as low as I could.  This bass doesn't come with a case or gig bag.