Washburn Force 40 Bass

[Hornisse]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Washburn-Force-40-Japan-1983-/110617274059

I just love the look of these basses.  Neck through and just a great looking instrument.  Wish I was closer to the UK!

[Freuds_Cat]

That does look nice.

[Droombolus]

I had one of those in the late 80s ....... Looks good, sounds OK but nothing spectacalar. Had a grandmother of a dead-spot on the 7th position of the E string and ridge in the middle on the back of the neck that got very irritating after playing it for a few hours ....... In short: Not one of my better choices .........

[gweimer]

My old guitarist worked in QC for Washburn back in the '80s.  He once told me that their necks sucked.  He was finally let go because he actually wanted to send out decent instruments.  The company preferred kids who did things fast and didn't care.

[nofi]

can you return it after a week.

[Freuds_Cat]

Washburn has always been a crapshoot brand. Had some great ones and luckily avoided the bad ones but I have played a few bad ones.

[Dave W]

Washburn (U.S. Music) was busted by the feds and fined $1 million about 10 years ago for taking the Made In Korea stickers off guitars that they were representing as Made in USA.

[Hornisse]

I'm partial to their late 70's and early 80's basses.  The stuff they put out in the late 80's/early 1990's was a crap shoot.  I did like my MB-8 and original Bantam Bass. (Steinberger clone)  Those Status licensed basses were cool too.

[Freuds_Cat]

I'm partial to their late 70's and early 80's basses.  The stuff they put out in the late 80's/early 1990's was a crap shoot.  I did like my MB-8 and original Bantam Bass. (Steinberger clone)  Those Status licensed basses were cool too.

I would guess that we didnt see many of the US made basses here.

[Dave W]

I would guess that we didnt see many of the US made basses here.

You didn't see them here either since they weren't really made in USA. See my post above.

I know someone who worked for them from the early 80s to the early 90s. I won't post what he told me in confidence, but I'm convinced there were no guitars manufactured in the Washburn factory during his years there.