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chaypup Experienced

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Did anyone here win this Thunder II?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=170888841330&si=xelW80oTVc1vf%252FQjNh1XEF1UdEc%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3AONA%3AGB%3A3160&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_685wt_937

Can I try it out? :)

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Nibody Rising Star

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[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAYA-PRECISION-STYLE-BASS-VINTAGE-SEVENTIES-P-BASS-STYLE-NO-RESERVE-JAPAN-MADE-/261078983571?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cc9852393"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAYA-PRECISION-STYLE-BASS-VINTAGE-SEVENTIES-P-BASS-STYLE-NO-RESERVE-JAPAN-MADE-/261078983571?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cc9852393[/url]

Maya "Electric Bass" - Precision Copy

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[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-Blazer-Bass-Custom-Series-Made-In-Japan-80s-Simply-stunning-/261079215771?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cc988ae9b#ht_4111wt_1399"]Nice Blazer[/url]

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Mega Sexy Ibanez Musician - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bass-guitar-IBANEZ-MUSICIAN-/251125237147?_trksid=p4340.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29%26meid%3D1292656914953663137%26pid%3D100009%26prg%3D1013%26rk%3D3%26#ht_500wt_952

Wish I had some money at the moment!

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alyctes Veteran

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1344774908' post='1768952']
That Hondo Alien is interesting - especially if it does have a wooden neck. I have one of these but without the "Alien" badge and mine definitely has an aluminium neck.
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The Alien is a wooden-neck twin (a knockoff or a licensed copy, I forget which) of the Kramer The Duke, which definitely has an aluminium neck.  I think some of the early Hondos were aluminium-neck though.
My Duke is for sale if anyone wants it :)

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[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1344946321' post='1771427']
The Alien is a wooden-neck twin (a knockoff or a licensed copy, I forget which) of the Kramer The Duke, which definitely has an aluminium neck. I think some of the early Hondos were aluminium-neck though.
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Mine's definitely not a Kramer The Duke - it has a rosewood rather than ebanol fingerboard, 2 bolt string retainer and blank neck pate. But the neck is most certainly aluminium.

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If I didn't already have two - APII SB-R150:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARIA-PRO-II-4-STRING-BASE-GUITAR-HARD-CASE-/271033707072?_trksid=p4340.m1986&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29%26meid%3D1352794513517217331%26pid%3D100013%26prg%3D1013%26rk%3D2%26#ht_500wt_1290

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karlfer Veteran

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Guys, anybody know anything about Yamaha SB-30 basses. There is an absolutely gorgeous looking one for sale relatively close to me and he's asking for offers.
I don't know if they go for £100 or £1000, can find bugger all on T'interweb, Found Yamaha catalogues back to 1980 but this series appears to have been long gone by then.
He says its 1973, original case and it looks in great nick.
It just looks so different and nicey.
Any help/advice greatly accepted,
cheers,
Karl.

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[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1345318713' post='1776304']
Guys, anybody know anything about Yamaha SB-30 basses. There is an absolutely gorgeous looking one for sale relatively close to me and he's asking for offers.
I don't know if they go for £100 or £1000, can find bugger all on T'interweb, Found Yamaha catalogues back to 1980 but this series appears to have been long gone by then.
He says its 1973, original case and it looks in great nick.
It just looks so different and nicey.
Any help/advice greatly accepted,
cheers,
Karl.
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It probably won't be of much help, but [url="http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/archive/sb30/index.html"]according to the yamaha[/url] website it was sold in the 70s for some 40k yen - also, it's got 20 frets and is surely some sort of short scale. It appears to have two bigger (and more expensive) brothers - SB50 and SB70 - so I would say this is the entry level model. In any case, these bloody things are so rare they have got to be collectible :lol:

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The SB30 was the single pickup version. The SB50 was the two pickup version. Modelled along the lines of Gibson Les Paul basses. These were only in production for a short time, between '72 and '74. The 30 went out of production at some point in late '73. Not played a 30, but the 50's I've had my hands on have not been good basses - heavy bodies (even though one had half its back hollowed out for electrics), narrow touchboard/deep neck, and muddy, unfocused pickups. Can't recall what the last one up for sale here went for, but in Japan sell for Y30,000 to Y50,000.

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Thanks lads, Nibody came up with the 1st link, 2nd link is from the guy selling it, hope it works. If nothing else, info for posterior, oops, sorry, posterity :lol:

http://www.stevieglasgow.com/yamaha_sb-30.html

[url="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151238169444845&set=o.222981134445776&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf"]http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151238169444845&set=o.222981134445776&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf[/url]

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Want to see this go to a good home as I dont have the spare cash for it..

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro-ii-1978-Primary-Bass-Custom-Body-/221116709430?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D1699800035317300374%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D4%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro-ii-1978-Primary-Bass-Custom-Body-/221116709430?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D1699800035317300374%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D4%26[/url]

1978 Sunburst Aria Pro II Primary Bass (Top notch Matsumoku Precision copy)

Oh if only..

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chaypup Experienced

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Is anyone else bidding on this lovely Thunder II?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-Thunder-II-Bass-Guitar-Matsumoku-Japan-inc-Hardcase-/150897485499?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item232230e6bb"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-Thunder-II-Bass-Guitar-Matsumoku-Japan-inc-Hardcase-/150897485499?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item232230e6bb[/url]

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