Here's a cool find that might seem kind of familiar. Yes, we like our Mosrite copies, and none are quite as cool as the Japanese-made Univox Hi-Fliers of the 60s and 70s. We've had one of the Phase One basses before, but this one is a later (mid-70s) Phase Three. You can tell right away because the Phase Threes were the first Hi-Fliers to be available in a natural finish.
The Phase Three was also the where they switched to using the clear plastic-covered humbucker pickups instead of the older P-90-style single coils. Those funky-looking pickups have the bruisingly loud output that has helped make the Hi-Flier guitars and basses the weapon of choice for many a rock-and-roll noise merchant.
The Pac-Man-esque Univox logo is the cherry on top. No wait, I take it back - one of their purple-and- teal-tolex'd bass amps from the same era would be even sweeter, but we haven't got one...yet! As you can tell, we're pretty big fans of the old Univox stuff here, but check out this fan page for a nearly exhaustive look at pretty everything they ever made.
