BarnacleBob

[quote name='noelk27' post='793936' date='Apr 2 2010, 12:40 AM']Afraid I'll have to burst your bubble on that one. Correctly, the B&G I and II were limited versions of the SB-R60 and 80, as these B&G versions first appeared in an APII catalogue printed in Japan in early '83 alongside the R60 and 80 models, although the B&G I and II were conceived and first put into production in '82. The R60 and 80 weren't renamed Elite I and II until late '83. There again got to cure another misapprehension you're labouring under, that the R60 and 80 and Elite I and II are different models. This is not the case. These are the same models - the R60 and 80, first introduced in '81, were renamed when APII repositioned many of its models by converting from letter and number designations to descriptor designations in '83. And when suggested that the B&G I was a version of the SB700, that was completely correct - the SB-R models, formulated for the US market, featured 18mm spacing at the bridge and a 40mm nut width as opposed to 16mm spacing at the bridge and a 45mm nut width found on the original SB models, but otherwise were technically the equivalent of the then current SB models. The bass for sale is a nice example of the B&G I from the first full year of production.[/quote] Yeah, wot 'e said! BB

That would have made it an SB-R60 which they didn't do in this finish, an SB1000 would have the rotary tone setting. Basically this is an Elite-I done in Black and Gold - hence the name Still very nice. BB

That is one nice bass my friend! Dont see too many 5 string XPs at all. Had it been a four........ Best of luck with the sale. BB

[quote name='cd_david' post='791536' date='Mar 31 2010, 09:05 AM']Aye maybe you are right Leo, I will have a serious ponder about. The trouble is if i have a lump sum in the bank it will dwindle away, I know myself from old! Cheers[/quote] Well said! I have a 'war chest' reserved for the right Steiny XL2A (if it ever comes along) but I get seriously tempted by other things all the time (like this for instance ) Also worse than that it could fritter away bit by bit on nothing at all really and then your Holy Grail is gauranteed to suddenly appear for sale somewhere. Sods Law, innit? BB

That looks fantastic. Never seen one like that before either. Not sure about the black (coated?) strings Would there be any custom charges due within the EU on this? Best of luck. BB

Still loving this.............................. Having poked about Steinberger world web site and others - the XL2A looked the same but controls would be Vol, Bal(?) and centre notched Bass boost and bass cut? I believe the 2 i had were XL2As but does anyone know if an active circuit is available to convert an XL2 to an XL2A? Cheers BB