Greetings all,

I am new here, so please excuse any slights on my behalf.

After playing Guitars and Drums quite a while back, I recently found myself in possesion of a 5 string Bass, which I intend to learn to play...

Thing is, I cant find a single reference to the instrument on any of the normal channels (ebay, google et.) I haveposted this same topic on Talk bass, which I believe is an American forum and they are all baffled.

Granted, I havent been able to upload a pic as yet, but one will follow. The name on the body is CARSON (not CarLson), there are no obvious model numbers, it has a small "pointed" head stock.

The hardware looks decent and it seems to be quite well made, but i have no idea where it comes from or what it actually is.. I have come to SA from the UK, so maybe this is a local make im not familiar with?

If anyone can shed some light it would be greatly appreciated..

Cheers

I had a Carson 4-String bass. Bought it new from Bothners around 1993. It was a budget line at Bothners, but I do not know who the agents were. If you go talk to some of the older Bothners salespeople (Bill at N1 City or Rudi at Claremont) you mgiht get some more info.

PS: Doesn't take much to baffle the yanks, BTW.

Hi Llokki

I posted this a while ago http://www.guitarforum.co.za/setup-mods-and-repair/carson-bass-wiring/

MoJo JoJoe is right, it's a budget bass, mine is has a multi layered body (which is el cheapo) but otherwise it plays and sounds fine.

Thanks so much for the effort and info guys,

Its just amazing that there seems to be absolutely no info at all on the the web, i have searched for days.

Looking at it its pretty obvious that it isnt a high end instrument, but it doesnt look terrible... As for baffling yanks, i cant argue, just figured with their "resources" one of them would have a clue...

Thanks again guys..

There is no info because it's an importers brand, so you won't find them in any other country. IIRC they were distributed by Tradelius in the mid '90s, probably made in Taiwan by Great Century.

You must have insane resources....

Thanks so much guys, just really wanted to know what i was dealing with, looks like once I have my head around it I may need to upgrade...

Thanks again

LloKki wrote: You must have insane resources....

Thanks so much guys, just really wanted to know what i was dealing with, looks like once I have my head around it I may need to upgrade...

Thanks again

The resources are indeed insane ?