Any Cliff Burton fans?

[JJW]

Any really RICH cliff burton fans.

I still think its really cool,

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=291462076308&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Mm mm,not so rich cliff burton fan here;) Approx £4000 UK pounds? I wonder how much an ordinary original aria model with be? Also, resale value ?
Not sure tbh. I saw him onstage playing both basses ,and the mix sounded the same. Especially anaesthesia .
Jury's out

[Bassassin]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1431549405' post='2772580']
I wonder how much an ordinary original aria model with be?
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Got mine in a straight swap for a (very nice) 70s MIJ Jazz copy, which probably owed me about £55 tops.

This may not be typical.

Jon.

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1431549405' post='2772580']I wonder how much an ordinary original aria model with be?[/quote]

SB-1000 B'n'G? About £1000 tops - but it'd have to be mint & with a branded case. A regular Series II SB-1000 in good nick can fetch £600-800 depending on condition, grain, colour & originality.
One of the guys on TalkBass took another route & created a 'CB Tribute' out of a complete dog of an SB - http://ariabasses.blogspot.co.uk/2014_04_01_archive.html

P.

[bartelby]

[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1431559547' post='2772681']
One of the guys on TalkBass took another route & created a 'CB Tribute' out of a complete dog of an SB - [url="http://ariabasses.blogspot.co.uk/2014_04_01_archive.html"]http://ariabasses.bl...01_archive.html[/url]

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That's what I'm doing with my battered SB Elite. Except it's going to cost nearly as much as buying a original one...

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Looks like a vgc original would be just the job.?
It'd be worn in, and if you hung it on the wall you have something a lot cheaper. Plus , you could actually play it without waiting for the first ding,)

Forgot to add, that I do like display cases . Bass ones seem expensive and hard to track down, while ordinary guitar cases are cheaper and more common.

Edited May 14, 2015 by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[JJW]

Cheaper one, seem to be a new release

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=281669591373&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

[bartelby]

[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1431622150' post='2773343']
Cheaper one, seem to be a new release

[url="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=281669591373&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg"]http://rover.ebay.co...&mtid=824&kw=lg[/url]
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Two different basses.
The first is the Cliff Burton Black & Gold tribute bass
This is the SB-1000 Cliff Burton Sig. bass (Cliff's actual SB-1000 had dot inlays not the "eye" type of the Black & Gold/SB Elite IIRC)

Edited May 14, 2015 by bartelby

[JJW]

Some of the ones he used had the eye markers, but what is the difference between the 2 basses just quality?

[bartelby]

[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1431624084' post='2773372']
Some of the ones he used had the eye markers, but what is the difference between the 2 basses just quality?
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His Black & Gold had the eye markers.

I think (I could be way wrong):
The B&G just has a passive volume and tone control and gold hardware (with the original style Aria bridge)
The SB-1000CB has all the active gubbins and black hardware (with a modern generic Gotoh bridge)

[Bloodaxe]

Eye markers would suggest an Elite-I with the slightly narrower nut & rather wider bridge (much the same as an SB-R). Dots would be the near-parallel SB-1000 neck with the narrower bridge.
There were B'n'G variants of both.

[Bassassin]

Burton played an SB-Elite Black & Gold I, which is basically the same bass as the SB-R60 - single pickup, passive electronics, conventional neck dimensions & string spacing. I think the cheaper (still bloody dear!) bass is a Korean-made SB-CB, a "tribute" which appeared 4 or 5 years ago. Looks like it has SB-1000 electronics & and SB-Elite style fretboard. No idea whether it's got the Elite neck profile, but it definitely ain't got any gold!

J.

[bartelby]

Bass 1: SB-1000


Bass 2: B&G SB Elite

Edited May 14, 2015 by bartelby

[fretmeister]

Cor.

I'm going to buy a lottery ticket.

[The Admiral]

The picture in front of the bus is slightly disturbing, given what happened ultimately. I had an SB Special II which I very foolishly sold in the mud 1990s, and I'd dearly love to get back. Great basses, and underrated at the time, but commanding silly money these days in some circles.

[Bassassin]

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1431669197' post='2773729']
I had an SB Special II which I very foolishly sold in the mud 1990s, and I'd dearly love to get back. Great basses, and underrated at the time, but commanding silly money these days in some circles.
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Is that the bolt-neck, passive, twin soapbar? These have been changing hands for fairly sensible money (£200-ish) recently - it only seems to be through-neck SBs that have gone mad.

Although not necessarily. Bargain/misprice of the millenium?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARIA-SB-BLACK-039-N-GOLD-1-4-String-Bass-Guitar-Black-039-N-Gold-with-Hard-Case-/271813469931"]http://www.ebay.co.u...e-/271813469931[/url]

J.