New Maestro Bass??

[Grog]

Just came across this on the bay........... Looks loosely like a Les Paul Sig body..............

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAESTRO-BY-GIBSON-HOLLOW-BODY-BASS-/161538640586?pt=Guitar&hash=item259c740aca

[Dave W]

It's not on the Maestro by Gibson site yet and it's more expensive than the guitars in that line. Seems to be legit though.

[Pilgrim]

So would this be the Gibson equivalent to Squier?

[Granny Gremlin]

Interesting; LPSig body with shortie neck.  My dream bass project has some hope.

Though I wonder why Gibson felt the need for another budget line when the Epiphone division already exists (and that's how they have been treating it).  Fine; I guess now they have 3 tiers.

[Grog]

Seems kinda odd that it has a set neck. I thought the Maestro electrics I saw at Target had bolt on necks............

[66Atlas]

Not sure this has anything to do with Maestro by Gibson but I could be wrong.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Arrival-maestro-sunset-tiger-burst-bass-Electric-bass-Guitar-Free-shipping/1642519514.html

[Grog]

Looks like the same bass.............. Maybe Gibson has nothing to do with it.........

Tailpiece & knobs look different, more similarities than differences. Times must be bad when the Chinese have to counterfeit Maestros........ Hurry, only 999 left!

[Dave W]

Gibson has had the Maestro line for several years now, sold in big box stores, not music stores.

I doubt the bass on aliexpress is a counterfeit, who would bother to counterfeit a low end bass? More likely that it comes from the same factory.

[Granny Gremlin]

relisted with lower price.... wonder how low this can go.

[amptech]

Whoa, these Maestro by Gibson instruments popped up at malls in Norway just now. I was not aware they used this old brand anymore.
Have they done it for long?

[Granny Gremlin]

Recent from what I have seen.

I wonder what other fins are available for this bass.... not really that into this burst.

[Dave W]

Maestro by Gibson guitars have been around for at least 6-7 years, maybe a bit longer. Sold by the likes of Big Lots, Costco, Radio Shack, Best Buy etc. Not by music stores.

[amptech]

Ok, so the brandname have been sleeping since the amp line of the 60´s?

Made me wonder, though, I remember reading (could be wrong) that Maestro was a company producing electronic devices and then later (after the intoduction of the fuzztone stombox/ fuzztone bass in 1962 perhaps?) was bought by Gibson.
Can someone set me straight here? Some amps do have a Maestro logo instead of Gibson logo.

[Dave W]

Ok, so the brandname have been sleeping since the amp line of the 60´s?

Made me wonder, though, I remember reading (could be wrong) that Maestro was a company producing electronic devices and then later (after the intoduction of the fuzztone stombox/ fuzztone bass in 1962 perhaps?) was bought by Gibson.
Can someone set me straight here? Some amps do have a Maestro logo instead of Gibson logo.

Maestro was started by CMI (parent of Gibson) as a brand name of accordions starting in the early 50s and on accordion amps starting in the mid- 50s. It was never an independent company. By the time the fuzzbox came out, there were Maestro guitar amps carried by Gibson dealers.

[Grog]

I was lusting after a Maestro Rover a few years back, but that is Uber Rare.............