dave_jagged Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I have two 4-string Fernandes basses which I am looking to offload but I'm not sure what the models fo them are. I want to be sure before I put them up for sale so as people know exactly what they're looking at. One of them is the standard 90s bass they had out and the other is from the 80s. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can identify them please. I'll attach photos of each. I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Hi - probably your best bet is to ask on the [url="http://www.vintaxe.com/boards/index.php"]Vintaxe.com[/url] forum. Vintaxe is a subscription guitar porn (OK, vintage catalogue scans!) site but the owner's usually happy to help with one-off enquiries on the forum, without expecting you to sign up. These are the Fernandes catalogues he has, looks quite comprehensive: [url="http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_fernandes.htm"]http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_japanese_fernandes.htm[/url] There are a couple of Japanese sites with Fernandes scans: [url="http://brochures.yokochou.com/index.html#FERNANDES"]http://brochures.yokochou.com/index.html#FERNANDES[/url] [url="http://www.geocities.jp/guitarofworld/FernandesCATALOGUE.html"]http://www.geocities.jp/guitarofworld/Fern...sCATALOGUE.html[/url] Had a quick look, but I think these are both too early to feature your basses. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_jagged Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Thanks very much for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 First bass is a APB - 90 from the 1995-96 catalogue Second one must be from after 1986,as this is the closest I could find,and there are too many differences I hope I helped a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Just putting this over to 'Bass Guitars' Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_jagged Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks for the help with that. You're right about the second bass. What makes it rather unusual is that it's got a graphite neck, but very useful nonetheless. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_of_the_bass Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I think this was an FRB-120 model...can't find anything on the net but there was a review in Guitarist magazine around 1987 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennysFord Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Yup, The first is the APB 90 or APB 4 as it's also known.I have the same one here. They get very good reviews over on Harmony central btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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