Aria SB1000 Fretless 1982 - price drop £975 - *SOLD* £1250 Cambridgeshire

[bassatnight]

For sale my 1982 Aria SB1000 fretless in natural finish with a stunning grain. Comes with non original hard case. Very sad to be seeing her go, but she is increasingly more of a collection piece, living in her case rather than a working instrument.

 

She is in generally good condition but has the odd mark and a very small chip from below the final fret line on the G string which has no affect to the playability of the bass and everything works as it should. She really is a stunner. The fretless variant is rare, as are increasingly all Matsumoko Super Basses from this time period.

 

This is the fourteenth SB bass I have owned since 1983 and to say I love them is an understatement, so big wrench in seeing the last one go but needs must. 
 

With a double octave 34" scale 5-ply maple / walnut neck, all-brass hardware and a Canadian Ash body she really packs a punch. I can take further photos if required, just give me a shout. 

 

Apologies, but UK sale only, happy to courier at cost to your good self.

 

Cheers,

Steve.

 

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by bassatnight

[police squad]

that's a beauty

GLWTS

[Stingray5]

This was the bass to have back in the day and, as you say, even rarer being fretless. Lovely example. GLWTS.

[andyneeds]

Agreed - back in the day, maybe buy a Thunder active & dream about owning an SB - lovely bass !! Having said that , I bought a Wal Custom mk1 in ‘88 for 600 quid & sold it for 700 so what do I know 😂😂 GLWTS 👍👍

[bassatnight]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

[mrbacco]

It's a great musical instrument.

Edited October 15, 2023 by mrbacco

[J66Bass]

Lovely Glwts 

[bassatnight]

Price dropped to £1150, please don’t make me use a shop/eBay. 😉

[J66Bass]

On 27/09/2023 at 12:41, bassatnight said:

Price dropped to £1150, please don’t make me use a shop/eBay. 😉

Are already a member of our group FB aria pro 2 basses ? Try there before eBay or reverb ,JM

[bassatnight]

I am a member of the Aria FB group. I did consider it, but too many ‘experts” on there happy to screw up any sale adverts with their own personal views on what Arias should go for. 

[J66Bass]

I understand what you mean, personally there were undervalued for far too long compare for example to the fender market which is completely overvalued .Aria sb definitely deserve to be and are going up , it’s a beautiful bass I play mine every week , there are different in sounding compared to the usual market bass and there are stunningly beautiful,highly collectable..GLWTS Jean Marie 

[police squad]

On 04/10/2023 at 18:14, bassatnight said:

I am a member of the Aria FB group. I did consider it, but too many ‘experts” on there happy to screw up any sale adverts with their own personal views on what Arias should go for. 

agreed. I tried to sell on there and an expert told me I'd never get that much money. I did!!!

[bassatnight]

Now advertised elsewhere for more, preference to Bass-chatters.

[bassatnight]

Dm answered.

[bassatnight]

Off to the bay for a little more, still available for current price to fellow bass chatters.

 

Steve.

[Harlequin74]

Get bass bros to sell it for you?

 

( then i can get it on part ex!)🤗🤗🤗

[bassatnight]

3 hours ago, Harlequin74 said:

Get bass bros to sell it for you?

 

( then i can get it on part ex!)🤗🤗🤗

Not had a good previous experience with them, so won’t be going there.

[Harlequin74]

6 hours ago, bassatnight said:

Not had a good previous experience with them, so won’t be going there.

Sorry to hear that. Only been a positive for me, and done quite a few deals…..glwts

[TheGreek]

Is this one of the neck thru models?

I always wanted to convert one to a headless system. 

Let me know if the headstock gets broken. 

[bassatnight]

Sold