Aria SB Fretless Basses

[BobVbass]

Just a quick query for the Aria experts on here - did Matsumoku do unlined versions of the SB basses in the early eighties? I've only seen lined & marked versions but I'm looking at one at the minute that appears to have a plain fretboard - checked the usual reference sites and haven't come up with any examples; just wondering if it's a refitted fretboard

thanks

Bob

[Grangur]

Do you mean like this one?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-SB-40-Fretless-Bass-with-Hard-Foam-Case-/331112999547?"]http://www.ebay.co.u...-/331112999547[/url]

I don't know if it's 80s

Edited February 13, 2014 by Grangur

[Annoying Twit]

That's much later than 80s, and was on sale in this forum for some time.

[BobVbass]

[quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]You could get unmarked touchboards from '83 onwards. [/font][/color][/quote]

perfect - thanks

[BobVbass]

[quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I don't know if it's 80s [/font][/color][/quote]

yeah thanks mate - that's a 2000's + one

[Dingus]

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1392318686' post='2367374']
Quite possibly. Before unlined touchboards came in as a standard model with the R variants, special order fretless models would be prepared by the FujiGen custom shop.
[/quote]

I deleted the original post because, after some You Tube research , I think he was playing a fretted Aria SB and an unlined fretless Spector bass. I'm getting to be the age where my memory is starting to play tricks on me!

[BobVbass]

[quote]Like this http://basschat.co.u...of-aria-basses/ [/quote]

Yes that's one of the ones I'm looking at