Obscure Musical Backwaters - The Great SGC Nanyo Thread

[Happy Jack]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

No concept of that…it’s blue 😂
 

edit - it’s active, so still not sure

 

Then it's an SB310. There's only 24 pages of this topic ... surely you've read them all? 🤨

[AndyTravis]

30 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

 

Then it's an SB310. There's only 24 pages of this topic ... surely you've read them all? 🤨

Haha - when I had the Godlyke about 3 years ago yes…

[AndyTravis]

Serial number 914978

 

don’t know if that’s a sign of age

[Happy Jack]

54 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Serial number 914978

 

don’t know if that’s a sign of age

 

91 = 1991

[AndyTravis]

8 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

 

91 = 1991

Thought that might be the case!

 

Lovely stuff - it looks well for 31 years old

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2022 by AndyTravis

[Machines]

5 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Well. I’ve been after one since I picked one up for @TheGreek

 

and @Machines has spotted one in the wild…and picked it up for me.

 

need 2 sgc knobs as it has some speed ones on

 

happy though

 

In no rush to send it up it sounds great. In fact, might send your money back 👀

[TheRev]

19 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Well. I’ve been after one since I picked one up for @TheGreek

 

and @Machines has spotted one in the wild…and picked it up for me.

 

need 2 sgc knobs as it has some speed ones on

 

happy though

 

I have 4 SGC knobs in a drawer from when I replaced the stock pickups & electronics with EMGs.

Can post them to you if you want them?

Dave

[Happy Jack]

Ah but who do you post them to ... @AndyTravis or @Machines? 

[AndyTravis]

8 minutes ago, TheRev said:

 

I have 4 SGC knobs in a drawer from when I replaced the stock pickups & electronics with EMGs.

Can post them to you if you want them?

Dave

That would be ever so lovely…

 

I will cover postage and a donation to a Charity of your choice x

[AndyTravis]

Well…

 

Thanks to @Machines and @TheRev

 

Here it is…

[AndyTravis]

And the badgers got £15 🤣

[steviedee]

Picked up a SB315 for peanuts but the cost keeps going up! Absolutely great bass and slightly unusual as it has a transparent finish. I’ve removed the stock pre and installed an Audere which sounds tremendous. The plan being to replace the black hardware with gold but I can’t find a drop in bridge and I am scared of drills! I’m all set for the 80s revival.
 

[TheGreek]

Peanuts you say?? I'll swap you for some peanuts and a packet of Wotsits.

 

Not a fan of red basses but love a nice Nanyo.

 

Congratulations.

[TheGreek]

Currently on eBay at a reasonable price.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115704516683?hash=item1af086d04b:g:~SsAAOSwQ61j8Lb9&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJCUMvUkSd58Owggz%2BaTKgWKjJ27tvbiaNOLpyiDWtm5tgaxulUOHsRaSjv%2FlwFvZAO5m770GqD29IGB8%2Fl0EWMoIzndIKRgBGEy1fsNfKIw8PoleyAT1BbfqRwyfogt2LO6z0P9EWsLJnl6PYj%2Bk8PbZ2M1%2FWPN4Qi4%2FYEQi4%2F213Z3gxjaFqeC1II7QtHjFiy4eSDANQBBgX0JGanYRis%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_aDg4TQYQ

[Happy Jack]

If the right SB320 with gold hardware turned up, I could be tempted.

[pete.young]

Something like this, you mean?

 

[TheGreek]

There's one ( a 301 IIRC) for sale in St Albans on various online marketplaces. 

[TheGreek]

Sorry Jack...Sod's Law - it's fretless...

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234891595327?hash=item36b0a14e3f:g:YDMAAOSwiedj5Rgr&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHPfyGNK8g6Qfx%2FcePNYS0%2Fm511XiGn1rh1pw2P9nBifWQLWdgXAMV0v4dyvErM753PDzvB3RkXzQ3bSALCpt6KNZTekxPzmBEf%2BYgTFKfxEcmf9Ov0kO6h80YLPlH%2BZmokP7%2Fw7uQCw0fgaNY%2B%2FPrp28mItrepKd28qjwayXu2%2Bqo3yoIBw4c5hYQ4gZlSbi%2FdixBtgQDxaPsj7WLsaTvs%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7Tk3JrTYQ

[bagsieblue]

4 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Sorry Jack...Sod's Law - it's fretless...

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234891595327?hash=item36b0a14e3f:g:YDMAAOSwiedj5Rgr&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoHPfyGNK8g6Qfx%2FcePNYS0%2Fm511XiGn1rh1pw2P9nBifWQLWdgXAMV0v4dyvErM753PDzvB3RkXzQ3bSALCpt6KNZTekxPzmBEf%2BYgTFKfxEcmf9Ov0kO6h80YLPlH%2BZmokP7%2Fw7uQCw0fgaNY%2B%2FPrp28mItrepKd28qjwayXu2%2Bqo3yoIBw4c5hYQ4gZlSbi%2FdixBtgQDxaPsj7WLsaTvs%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7Tk3JrTYQ

Nice but at least double the price it should be. 

[Happy Jack]

Yes, I saw that one.

 

Agreed that it's way too expensive  and yet, and yet, and yet that's actually a far better price match for the quality of that bass than the piffling numbers they used to change hands for.

[BreadBin]

That's a de-fret rather than an original fretless

[pete.young]

5 hours ago, BreadBin said:

That's a de-fret rather than an original fretless

I was going to say the same thing BreadBin, the fingerboard dots are in the wrong place. And what is going on with that terminal block?

[Happy Jack]

So me old mate @TheGreek spotted this on Gumtree ... at first glance an SB320 with an unusual finish, but the backplate ... oh that backplate.

 

 

 

 

[Happy Jack]

The guy was in Christchurch and I happen to be visiting Salisbury a lot just now, so it wasn't much of a detour to take a look at it. He wanted £110 for it.

 

Now I know you'll think me naive, but up until this point I'd never realised that such things as Chase Collections even existed. I've never before seen a "cheap Chinese knock-off" of an SGC Nanyo so I was really quite curious, especially since there are frankly very few cr*p basses coming out of China these days.

 

Apart from the usual screw-up with the string routing at the headstock, other features included a very high action (even for me) despite the saddles sitting flat on the bridge, an odd-looking neck pocket,

 

 

and at least one of the neck screws sitting at a slight angle.

 

[Happy Jack]

The bass felt absolutely fine and played perfectly well (apart from the high action). I'd expected it to be way heavier than a genuine Bass Collection but it weighs 8.25lbs which is very much ballpark for these basses.

 

So I bought it and brought it home.

 

Obviously it was in dire need of a setup ... a shim to the pocket-end of the neck, tighten up the sloppy tuners and the loose control knobs, replace the battery in the preamp, re-string properly,

 

 

and Hey Presto! a very passable bass for £110 plus a little petrol money.

 

One oddity was those neck screws. When I took the neck off I discovered that the factory had used four identical screws (as you would expect) but the slim-ness of the neck, especially above the 24th fret, meant that the two screws closest to the pickups would have protruded through the fingerboard. You or I might have chosen to substitute two slightly shorter screws to avoid this ... the factory had roughly 'snipped' the last 5mm of each screw to leave a blunt 'point' and gone ahead regardless. 😂