nick Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Thought I'd post a pic of my new Samaurai banana bass. Picked it up a couple weeks ago off Ebay, at what I thought was a cheap price, & had been after one for years. It has a really fast neck, I'm more acustomed to P-Basses. Pickups are surprisingly quite good IMO - which is just as well, as I don't think I'd be able to find replacements that fit. Delivers a nice punchy tone, with plenty of growl - restrung it with some heavier Elites rounds as opposed to my usual flats. Doesn't balance too briliantly, but that's to be expected with it's weird shape. Nicely fits a Jazz Bass hole in my collection.... Needs playing in, as it seems (to me) to be in virtually unplayed condition. So far, very happy with it - looking forward to roadtesting it at next gig [attachment=10706:002.JPG] Quote
Jono Bolton Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Nice! I love SBVs, they look brilliant IMO, but I'm sure thousands would disagree. I quite fancy a sunburst one myself. Quote
BigRedX Posted July 11, 2008 Posted July 11, 2008 Very nice... Is this an original or a re-issue? Quote
nick Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) [quote name='BigRedX' post='237579' date='Jul 11 2008, 08:26 PM']Very nice... Is this an original or a re-issue?[/quote] Thanks! It's a (SBV500) reissue, believe they were made for a short while from 2000(?) It's my youngest bass! The original (SBV-5A) looked slightly different. [url="http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/eg/database/sb/sb-5a.html"]http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/eg/...e/sb/sb-5a.html[/url] Edited July 11, 2008 by nick Quote
Bassassin Posted July 12, 2008 Posted July 12, 2008 I do like SBVs - folk here from the original Bassworld site will remember Mr Arrowhead Guitars (reincarnated on BC as Paul C) went through a rather strange phase of collecting these - I don't know how many he had, but his avowed intent was to collect them all, Pokemon-style: every model and colour permutation! I don't think he quite achieved that - but he had loads, as well as the SBV-500 and its numerous colours, in Japan there were various different pickup permutations, special edition models & feck-knows what else. And then there were the vintage ones... Anyway, with any luck Paul will drop by this topic & post a photo of The Collection, but mine was originally one of his (a duplicate) and look - there it is, being played by a gonk in a dodgy hat: I love mine (must gig it again soon!) but because I have a penchant for maple & blocks, I really want this version: Jon. Quote
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