Introducing “The Duke”. This bass is an early 70’s (1970 to 1973) japanese lawsuit Jazz Bass style instrument, branded under the name “Duke”. The same model has also been branded under various other names like Salvarez, Greco, Electra, Luxor-Greco, Harmony. It was made either in the Matsumoku or Fujigen factory. The pickups are the rare and famous (at least for those into the lawsuit instruments) Maxon “Fakebucker”. They look like humbuckers but are in fact single coils. And they sound very convincing.
I traded this bass about two years ago, against a 90’s multieffects rack that I got for free and managed to repair. The bass was a real wreck at the time, good to go in a recycle bin. I re-built the instrument completly, at least everything that needed to be repaired (which is a lot of things), while trying to keep its original “vintage vibe”. Most of the hardware had to be changed.
It’s a very heavy bass, the neck is huge (much bigger than a P neck), but it’s still very playable. Expect to see The Duke in an upcoming cover 
and a little pickup porn to show how the Fakebuckers are made :
