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If I hadn't just shelled out for a brand new German Cali VS4 I'd have had this!

Silent Guitar with Nylon Strings Body: Mahogany Neck: Mahogany Frame: Maple / Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) Fretboard and bridge: Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) 19 Frets Scale: 650 mm Nut width: 50 mm String spacing: 11.5 mm SRT piezo pickup SRT mic modelling preamp system (Neumann U67) Controls: Power, Master Volume, AUX in volume, bass, treble, tuner, blend, smooth control effects (Reverb 1, Reverb 2, Chorus) Weight: 2.1 kg Colour: Natural wood Soft bag Thanks to it’s near silent playing, this guitar is great for everything, practicing, gigging and in the studio. And with a collapsible body you can sling the SLG on your back, jump on a train or in your car and take this guitar with you whenever, wherever. The nylon strings will give you that flamenco, jazz or classical sound, and the SRT-Powered pickup system sounds warm and natural. It will take the pain out of live work too, unlike an acoustic guitar you don’t have to worry about feedback. Here’s what Yamaha say about the SLG200NW. The Yamaha SLG is the perfect instrument for practice, travel or stage use – any time an acoustic guitar just won’t do. Near-silent performance makes discrete practice simple, Yamaha’s exclusive SRT-Powered pickup system gives incredibly natural acoustic tone through headphones or line-out, studio-quality on-board effects enhance your playing to perfection, line-in functionality makes jamming easy and Yamaha’s 50 years of building amazing guitars means it plays like a dream. Coupled with unique, striking looks and a rosewood and maple framed full-size collapsible body SLG lets you play whenever and wherever inspiration hits. It was bought with the intention of being a travel guitar for busking/gigging with a portable PA but has been played 3 times in the house before I realised I may as well stick with my regular Yamaha acoustic. Still retails today for £699 massive saving as it is indistinguishable from new (gig bag has never been out of the wrapper), original cardboard box is even here.

In almost new condition with a stupidly low action (possibly too low for some people but I can tweak it if needs be). Not to be confused with the base model. COLOUR: 3-Colour Sunburst with Aged White body binding BODY MATERIAL: Nato BODY FINISH: Gloss Polyurethane NECK: Maple, “C” Shape NECK FINISH: Tinted Gloss Urethane FINGERBOARD: Indian Laurel, 9.5” (241 mm) radius FRETS: 21, Narrow-Tall POSITION INLAYS: Pearloid Dot NUT (MATERIAL/WIDTH): Bone, 1.650” (42 mm) TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style SCALE LENGTH: 25.5” (648 mm) PICKUP: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil BRIDGE: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Chrome Barrel Saddles PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Parchment KNOBS: Knurled flat-top HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel Supplied with a gigbag. Will be well padded/boxed if you want it couriered in the UK.

...and free (mainland) UK delivery.

Quality bit of kit, I use one of these with my electric bass as a preamp to feed PA/IEM (and direct to bass amps when need be); the HPF is invaluable. Oh and I use it with my acoustic guitar on those alternative gigs!

Thanks for your input, I assume you see these basses for sale week in week out? I am a bit puzzled by your expanded comments as at no point have I indicated that this is the original model (I've had one of those as well) but I'm pretty sure my description of the mag and piezo pups is correct; I certainly didn't mention that that this bass has a drop tuner or an inlaid serial number. In fact nothing in your comment is applicable to my description of this bass, so I'm not sure of their relevance. My comment re. later Ibanez designs based on this design is in fact a reference to all of the later Ergodyne and similar basses... maybe I should have made that 100% clear The only point of possible relevance is that in your opinion it isn't rare. In my opinion it is rare and I'll let potential buyers research and see how many of these they can find for sale today in comparison to basses that certainly aren't rare and they can form their own opinion.

As rare as hen's teeth and not to be confused with some of the later cheaper Ibanez designs based on Rolf Spuler's basses. It has a half through neck construction with a maple body attached to a graphite reinforced maple neck with a 24-fret ebony fingerboard with offset abalone dot position markers at the twelfth fret. The body has a sculpted, asymmetrical double cutaway design originated by Rolf Spuler with distinctive, narrow, curving horns; the AFR logo is inlaid into the guitar top between the pickup and bridge. Components include a single Bartolini X44JX split single-coil pickup mounted halfway between the bridge and neck, an Ibanez two-band EQ w/ piezo active tone control, stainless steel frets, a Mono-rail V bridge with integrated AeroSilk piezos and 19mm string spacing, a barrel-style stereo output jack, a plastic nut and Ibanez tuning machines. Controls consist of individual volumes for the magnetic and piezo pickups, a stacked 2-band EQ for the magnetic pick and an active tone control for the piezos. The gain of each individual piezo can be adjusted via trimpots accessible from the back of the instrument. Comes with the original Premium line case (and instruction booklet). Oh and it weighs 3.53kg or 7lb 12oz in old money.

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