Westenra Posted November 5, 2017 Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) Washburn B20 Stage bass made between the early and mid eighties in Japan. It has a great body shape - firebird style cutaway bound ash body with flame maple top and is a very striking looking bass. It has a three piece bound thru neck made from rock maple and rosewood with an ebony 22 fret fingerboard with circular brass inlays and a brass nut. The great looking ''hockey stick'' style headstock holds the four on a side well made tuners and the ''Washburn'' logo. There are two cream coloured pickups - one a J style and the other a P style, together with two volume and two tone controls plus a three-way pickup selector switch situated on the ''horn''. The bridge/tailpiece is a Washburn Sure Track with brass saddles. This one has two aftermarket mods, which are new machine heads (unsure which brand) and a dice on top of the active switch. Weighs in at 4.5kg She's from the 1980s and shows it, as seen in the close up photos of the buckle rash and a chip at the back of the neck.Collection would be around SW8/SW15 area Postage is fine too and will be packed securely and safely Feedback can be found here; http://basschat.co.u...enras-feedback/ Edited June 7, 2018 by Westenra
dyerseve Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 pups are likely to be Dimarzio I would guess...
zomnius Posted December 26, 2017 Posted December 26, 2017 wow awesome bass, are these dimarzio's. If so this will sound like thunder.
3below Posted December 26, 2017 Posted December 26, 2017 On 09/11/2017 at 15:23, dyerseve said: pups are likely to be Dimarzio I would guess... +1 on this from my memory of the adverts in the 80s.
Westenra Posted December 27, 2017 Author Posted December 27, 2017 On 26/12/2017 at 16:33, zomnius said: wow awesome bass, are these dimarzio's. If so this will sound like thunder. I couldn't be too sure, if that's what the bass originally shipped with then that's a yes!
Bassassin Posted December 28, 2017 Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) I had one of these in 1981, my first serious bass. One of the few I sort of wish I'd not sold, because over the years I developed something of an interest in old MIJ stuff & came to appreciate quite how good these were. Washburns of this era (this one will be '82 or '83, I think - there should be a dateable s/n on the back of the head) were made by Yamaki Gakki, a fairly short-lived and low output workshop who built their high-end stuff to pretty much boutique standard. Unless they've been swapped, the pickups aren't DiMarzios, I'm afraid. Can't tell from the pics (can only see the thumbnails) but the J unit on the original set should have solid poles, not allens. Quick way to check for DiMarzios is to pop a metric key in a pole piece - it won't fit because US-made DiMs use imperial sizes. Catalogue image & spec here: http://www.matsumoku.org/models/washburn/catalogs/1980_fullline/80_wash_cat_pg9.jpg.html Tuners are swapped on this - originals would have been Gotoh Resolite GB528s (or their '80s equivalents) or Schaller M4S clones - mine had the Gotohs. This one is a bit later than mine, the pickup spacing is a bit tighter with the P unit moved away from the end of the neck. Mine also had a lacquered veneer trc which matched the control covers. Very cool & rare bass, GLWTS. Edited December 28, 2017 by Bassassin
Westenra Posted January 21, 2018 Author Posted January 21, 2018 Bump for the new year and price drop to £600
Norm Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 Cool bass despite the neck dive, I had a blue one in the early eighties. Played with a pick nailed the Def Leppard thud as I couldn't afford a Hamer 😉
Bassassin Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Odd coincidence - only about 10 minutes ago found this pic in a random folder on my lappy: 1
Westenra Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 10 hours ago, Bassassin said: Odd coincidence - only about 10 minutes ago found this pic in a random folder on my lappy: Lemmys bass doesn't even hang lower than those shorts!
Bassulike66 Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 Wow, owned one of these myself back in the mid late 80's, if i hadn't got the radar locked on to a MM i would of took a flyer on this, it'd make a great project!! GLWTS.
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