BrunoBass Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 I’ve never seen one of these before - what is it? Is it legit? If so is it any good? Is the low feedback scoring seller trying to pull a fast one? Or is it a long lost classic?! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254458806764 Quote
Reggaebass Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 I’d say it’s legit, I vaguely remember seeing one in the early 80s Quote
AndyTravis Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 Pulser series, also went through a stage of being the PB400 etc. I had a body from one and it was easily as nice as a Fender if not nicer. Wouldn’t mind a full instrument... Quote
AndyTravis Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, BreadBin said: Lawsuit era That replacement machinehead deserves a lawsuit of its own. It’s too rough for £400 that. Needs to be £200/£250. I’d pay £4-500 for a very clean one. 2 Quote
Reggaebass Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 This one doesn’t sound too bad 🙂 1 Quote
Bassassin Posted December 27, 2019 Posted December 27, 2019 It's proper. Here's a better condition (and also overpriced) example of the same model for comparison: https://reverb.com/uk/item/30776354-70-s-1978-yamaha-pulser-precision-bass-pb-400-nat-japan-with-hardcase-and-flatwound-org-strings Agree in that condition it's well over the odds - it would clean up better than it is but the hacked-up logo & missing original parts don't help it. Quote
bassaussie Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 I had a friend who used one of these as his main gigging bass for quite a while. Definitely one of the better copies from that era (you know - the "Lawsuit" period!!!! ). I'm not a huge fan of the Fenders that were made around this time (say mid 70s to well into the 80s), and it always makes me laugh to think that people back then would derisively smirk at the "Jap Crap" that was being produced in Asia (mostly Japan), when in fact, a good percentage of those instruments were far better than the Fenders being made (and other major brands, in fairness - Gibson certainly falls into this category). I guess it was just the mentality at the time - we'd always believed that the Asian brands were inferior (not just with musical instruments, but generally), and that the European or American brands would always be better. 1 Quote
musiqman Posted February 13, 2022 Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) Here is my ‘77 PB-400 Pulser Bass. Edited February 13, 2022 by musiqman Quote
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