Hmm… The only thing I can see on my bass that can give some clue as to where it is from is a serial number, 8908121. My bass’ body also seems to be of some kind of cheap plywood or something… The neck seems to be out of maple or something like that (As my bass has a thick layer of gloss paint I can only see the wood through small scratches and blems). That ebay auction with the same kind of bass that I have stated that the fretboard may be of rosewood, It may be possible (I’m no expert at this), but the wood looks kind of nasty… But that may also be becuase it’s really worn. The tuners also seem very cheap on my bass, and they look identical to those of that cMi jazz bass that SteveShark posted on page 1, the bridge that was on before I replaced it also looks very similiar, though mine was more of a silver colour.

[quote=”1bassleft”]Hi Eirik,

That bass looks typical of the 80s US CMI guitars I’ve seen (except for that finish – a bit like a Fender Antigua). All that I know is typed up on previous pages. I assume that the CMI is Chicago Musical Industries and, by this time, I would guess those instruments were made in Korea. A lot of that is guessing, though.[/quote]

Thank you very much for the information, where did you find all this info on CMI? 😛 Iv’e been searching(googling) for what seems like an eternity and the best thing ive come up with is this CMI catalouge from 1934

http://www.musurgia.com/products.asp?ProductID=734&CartID=7954031252004

Are these basses worth any money (I’m going to sell mine)? The bridge that was on it seemed kind of crappy so I replaced it with a Fender bridge that I had laying around. I like the sound that it produces, though, I have always preffered passive pickups 🙂 .