5 String Nanyo - BIN £150

[TheGreek]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Collection-Nanyo-SGC-5-String-Bass-/252778297425?hash=item3adac2b851:g:hkIAAOSwdGFYqerg

[Dandelion]

The best value bass ever.. I have one, it has the lowest action of any bass I have ever owned. The market value of these things is beyond ridiculous... I would never sell mine while they are fetching this sort of cash.

[BigRedX]

Cheap because it's collection in person only.

[Happy Jack]

Hmmmmm ... £150 is not to be sneezed at, but[list]
[*]those knobs aren't original
[*]that brass nut is not original
[*]it looks like a very poor refin to me (rattle can job?)
[*]the one thing I never rated the SGC Nanyo for was the low B
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[i]Caveat emptor[/i]. I'd want to have a very close look at that and play it for a while before making a decision.

[TheGreek]

It is in London, perhaps you can go a test it and give us a review?

[Happy Jack]

Rather oddly, he's just re-listed it but with a new price of £145.

Damfino.

He's in Tufnell Park, not a million miles from me but I'm swamped at the moment - no time for this.

[Shabbs]

I would say the brass nut is original, was on the two 5's I had but has been butchered a bit.

[Happy Jack]

Interesting. My 1988 SB315 had the usual black plastic jobbie, and I didn't think any major manufacturer ever fitted brass nuts as standard ... maybe Alembic?

Perhaps the more upmarket SGC Nanyo 5's had them?

[Dandelion]

My Tune bass maniac has a brass nut, my Sanyo has not.

[Shabbs]

My 2

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[2x18]

Re-Listed again for £130.00!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Collection-Nanyo-SGC-5-String-Bass-/252823943768?hash=item3add7b3a58:g:hkIAAOSwdGFYqerg

[BassBunny]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1490602037' post='3266190']
Interesting. My 1988 SB315 had the usual black plastic jobbie, and I didn't think any major manufacturer ever fitted brass nuts as standard ... maybe Alembic?

Perhaps the more upmarket SGC Nanyo 5's had them?
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I've 3 x 5 String Nanyos and all have brass nuts.

[Sibob]

Yeah my two SB355s (the soapbar 5 strings) both had brass nuts as standard/from new.

Si

[Happy Jack]

Beginning to think I'm right - this is to do with the quality of the bass. Mine was a 315, i.e. the 5-string version of the 310 which was the entry-level active bass.