ProfJames Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Just bought one of these 1988 Taiwan built in very good condition with OHSC and paperwork, a few slight scratches but for a 32 year old bass it;s in great nick. Yet there are ones on eBay for 850 and nothing under 475....if they are all the same why the difference? Most seem in the same condition, is there a huge difference in the build from Taiwan to Japan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) I bought a 1985 Japanese one for €300 a few years ago. It had a bit of damage and had been up for a while with no takers. The asking price of a lot of instruments has multiplied over the last couple of years. Asking prices are getting stupid, it’s up to buyers not to entertain them. The 1100S is a very nice instrument, all the same, with a quality level which puts many of its US made peers to shame. Edited June 27, 2020 by Doctor J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I cannot deny that I am yet to play a poor instrument from Yamaha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Interesting. I have a Taiwan one just like that. I read up on the history via the Facebook Yam BB group and as far as anyone knows the Japan and Taiwan models are identical in every respect apart from the pickup covers/surrounds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, nilebodgers said: Interesting. I have a Taiwan one just like that. I read up on the history via the Facebook Yam BB group and as far as anyone knows the Japan and Taiwan models are identical in every respect apart from the pickup covers/surrounds. The earliest Taiwan ones had the Japan surrounds etc. it was an 1986/7 “transitional model” I had an 88 white one, with the ramped pickups and it sounded brighter/less warm. the 90/91 bb1100s had slimmer bodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfJames Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Have been looking at the BBP34............any opinons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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