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A rare Yamaha SB-50 Bass for sale from around 1973. This is a cool bass, well gigged but solid and sounding great. It has a medium scale and a distinctive German carve - or pie crust look. It’s all original but missing the bridge mute and pickup ashtrays. These appear to be quite collectible and crop up on Talkbass occasionally with the predictable daft prices on Reverb. It’s one of Yamaha’s first original basses and it’s quirky ‘Les Paul by Dali’ looks will make you stand out on stage! It’s also very red….. It weighs around 4kgs sounds really very good from old school rock to modern tones. I was amazed by how versatile it is. Plays well and the neck is great too. Not sure how to price it but it’s definitely a sale only and I won’t be sending it overseas - sorry. Let’s try £295 - certainly a change from a MIM Precision. Note there is a crack on the lacquer in the body but this hasn’t effected neck stability. My cat loves it! More pics to follow.

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I bought this from Vintage n Rare Guitars in Bath and it has been in its case since then. It's in very good condition with some lovely figuring on the carved top which I havnt been able to photograph. There is a small ammout of buckle rash but nothing that has gone through the finish. IMHO this is a very vibey rock n roll bass with a heavy versatile sound.... This is the original advert "Thunderous sounding Gibson Les Paul Bass from 2000 – this is the second version of the Les Paul Bass with a chambered body and passive TB Plus ceramic humbuckers. Also features a carved maple top, mahogany neck and body with an ebony fingerboard and a 34” scale length. In excellent condition with the original Gibson hard case." https://reverb.com/uk/item/22656992-gibson-les-paul-bass-2000?locale=en-GB Shipping to be arranged.

I received this bass as a trade and I was (and I still am) amazed how good can be. I wanted to keep it, but, unfortunately, it's the only one of my basses with a narrow string spacing at the bridge (17 mm) and I prefer 19-20 mm. A little confusing when moving from one to another... It has some traces of use, but considering its age (made in 90s), I think it's not a catastrophe Also, (I think) has a midi pickup in the past, so you can see the places when the screws were mounted. The holes were filled, but not in a very professional way. The bass has two "facelifts", made after I received it: 1. New side dots, much more visible. BIG difference in a dark environmental. The original ones remained only for the second octave (frets 23-24), so you can see the difference in one of the photos. 2. The back of the neck has a satin finish now, much better (in my opinion) than glossy. Not refinished, only "treated" with steel wool. Specs (all explanations for the unusual terms can be found on Zon's web site): Mahogany body with bookmatched Koa top. I'm not sure about "mahogany body". I received the bass with this specification, but the grain and the colour tell me it can be ash (please see the last picture) Composite set-neck, no truss rod Phenowood fingerboard 24 silver/nickel frets in very good condition (slightly marked) Graphite nut Dunlop Straplok Dual Design strap pins Schaller tuners Schaller 3D bridge Dual coils Zon/Bartolini pickups. The pickups setup system is similar to Alembic, so there is no lack of screws. Zon/Polyfusion ZP-2 preamp - 9V Controls: Volume, Blend, Bass, Treble. The mids "pot" is inside, on the electronic board (can be seen in a picture) 34" 4.2 Kg 17 mm string spacing at the bridge (can be adjusted) 9 mm string spacing at the nut (46 mm nut width) I'll send the bass through DPD and I prefer the bank transfer payment. Only in Euro and only for EU, please (sorry!!! 😥) The price is firm, 2100 Euro, and the shipping is not included, but you'll receive a new set of LaBella Super Steps strings, stainless steel, exposed cores (045-065-085-105-128). No trades for the moment, please! I can send more detailed pictures on demand. Please excuse these photos, you know it's hard to photograph a glossy bass like this. ...and I think was not a good idea to make pictures in nature.

I think you may have just purchased a pedal I was looking at that would have made me say yes to that! 😂 Ill let you know if anything comes up I fancy, keen to trade as I know if I sell without replacing it right away, the money will disappear into the endless void that is life.

Righto Update 1x15 cab is sold! Update Head sold subject to completion. This is a chance to get traditional trace gear in good working condition for a bargain price. PICKUP ONLY..... You'll need a van or a friend with one! Up for grabs is a 4x10 cab, 1x15 cab a 2x10 cab* and a GP12 SMX 280w head* (the head was removed from the 2x10 combo to give more options as a stand alone head) Tatty covering on some parts ( the head especially, nothing a bit of tolex wont sort out) everything working fine. All cabs and amp are the Maldon factory years. All drivers are original Celestion for Trace all work perfectly. Any Questions fire away! Can split but mainly looking to give someone a bargain!