Delberthot Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) I have Ebay inform me when Riverhead basses come up for sale as I am looking for a Jupiter which, unfortunately, this is not. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320334811354&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ME:B:SS:GB:1123[/url] One of these days I will find one - preferably the one I traded in the mid 90s in Sound Control in Dunfermline for my first 5 string which was a white Bass Collection SB305 Edited January 23, 2009 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennysFord Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 These are supposed to be pretty amazing eh.I had a 5 string Riverhead until just before xmas.The build quality was bloody good and it sounded awesome.Shame,i just could'nt mange that extra string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 That's a Riverhead Unicorn - the first headless I had serious GAS for - I remember going up to the Bass Centre, when it was in Wapping to try one, probably '84 or '85. Sadly I was too poor to buy it & eventually ended up with an Aria RSB Deluxe, & a (much cheaper) Hohner B2A a bit later. I'll be watching this, but I suspect it'll go for a little more than the £100 start - these are incredibly, incredibly rare these days. IMO these are about the most desirable JapCrap headless, just for the Burns Flyte ripoff body, if nothing else. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Christ, first I like a Bongo, now this. NURSE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) Ah ha ha... I had two of these in the mid 1980s. A black one and a pink one... I kid you not with that terrible fake leather gig bag which seemed to be in vogue in Japan in the 80s. I got the pair for a bargain price. They are nice playable basses but the sound is slightly thin due to lack of wood on the body. £100 is a good price for it though, as I said, they are very playable basses. The necks remind me of Warwick necks - a nice comfortable "C" shape. Be aware though, these aren't double ball end stringed basses. You use a normal string, thread it through a hole at the end of the fingerboard, pull it tight with a pliers, tighten the grub nut and tune from the other end. Quite fiddley if I remember rightly. Edited January 24, 2009 by WHUFC BASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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