jaybass 70 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Don't see many of these Beuties around , wonder how much it will go for ?,, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-SB-R150-FRETLESS-BASS-/260774913682?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cb7656692"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-SB-R150-FRETLES...=item3cb7656692[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsixties Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Wonderful bass! Do it has the same electronics specs and quality as the SB-1000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Mmmm, tasty. Better than my SB600 fretless. Nice find. I will keep an eye on this just to see what it goes for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybass 70 Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Its the Same Electronics as a SB1000 but with two pick ups ,, and the SBR's had a wider string spacing than the 1000's, Exactly the same build Quality, lovely piece of wood , I'll have a wild guess it will go for £878.59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsixties Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thank you for the info Jay. One cent below is my bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 The combination of zebrawood and chestnut wings in the R150, as opposed to ash in the 1000, makes these different beasts tonally (although pickup placement could be a factor in that also). There aren't many R150-s around. There's one BC-er holding a fretted version; and there's my APCS fretless version. The model wasn't in production for much more than 18 months. The last fretless one I recall seeing, listed on US eBay, sold for around $1,700 (although it came with an original SB hardcase). If it closes under £1,000 then someone has got a bit of a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybass 70 Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 Holy Moly Batman !!! £596 !! thats almost giving it away ,,, is the market really that bad?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 [quote name='jaybass 70' post='1221507' date='May 5 2011, 07:21 PM']Holy Moly Batman !!! £596 !! thats almost giving it away ,,, is the market really that bad??[/quote] To a casual observer it's just another Aria, another SB, and those are thirteen to the dozen. But, like the LTD, and the 800, the R150 was only in production for a very short time, and, when it was dropped from the catalogue, never reproduced or reinterpreted. If I didn't already have one I'd have been bidding on this, and delighted to only have to part with circa £600. Hell, at circa £600 it would have been worth buying and having the work done to convert it to fretted. (Which would have been a first for me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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