sold Aria SB Black & Gold 1 "83"

[Fitzy73]

Selling my Aria SB Black & Gold ,made in 1983 by matsumoku . Anyone who knows anything about these basses knows how well these are made , play ,sound . its in good nick for its age. its the the same bass that use to be on greames sb pages...will post to uk . looking for 450 euro

Edited April 17, 2010 by Fitzy73

[noelk27]

One for all the Cliff Burton fans, or just about anyone who appreciates APII.

[Fitzy73]

bump

[jaybass 70]

good luck dude ,
I have an 84 black'n'gold , sweet bass

[cocco]

Dude. Hit me with a spec list in lamans terms. I have an sb elite 2 that I love. From what I can see this is a black sb 1000 without the parallel neck?

[cocco]

Or a 700?

[BarnacleBob]

That would have made it an SB-R60 which they didn't do in this finish, an SB1000 would have the rotary tone setting.

Basically this is an Elite-I done in Black and Gold - hence the name

Still very nice.

BB

[noelk27]

[quote name='BarnacleBob' post='793856' date='Apr 1 2010, 10:09 PM']That would have made it an SB-R60 which they didn't do in this finish, an SB1000 would have the rotary tone setting.

Basically this is an Elite-I done in Black and Gold - hence the name

Still very nice.

BB[/quote]

Afraid I'll have to burst your bubble on that one. Correctly, the B&G I and II were limited versions of the SB-R60 and 80, as these B&G versions first appeared in an APII catalogue printed in Japan in early '83 alongside the R60 and 80 models, although the B&G I and II were conceived and first put into production in '82. The R60 and 80 weren't renamed Elite I and II until late '83.

There again got to cure another misapprehension you're labouring under, that the R60 and 80 and Elite I and II are different models. This is not the case. These are the same models - the R60 and 80, first introduced in '81, were renamed when APII repositioned many of its models by converting from letter and number designations to descriptor designations in '83.

And when suggested that the B&G I was a version of the SB700, that was completely correct - the SB-R models, formulated for the US market, featured 18mm spacing at the bridge and a 40mm nut width as opposed to 16mm spacing at the bridge and a 45mm nut width found on the original SB models, but otherwise were technically the equivalent of the then current SB models.

The bass for sale is a nice example of the B&G I from the first full year of production.

[BarnacleBob]

[quote name='noelk27' post='793936' date='Apr 2 2010, 12:40 AM']Afraid I'll have to burst your bubble on that one. Correctly, the B&G I and II were limited versions of the SB-R60 and 80, as these B&G versions first appeared in an APII catalogue printed in Japan in early '83 alongside the R60 and 80 models, although the B&G I and II were conceived and first put into production in '82. The R60 and 80 weren't renamed Elite I and II until late '83.

There again got to cure another misapprehension you're labouring under, that the R60 and 80 and Elite I and II are different models. This is not the case. These are the same models - the R60 and 80, first introduced in '81, were renamed when APII repositioned many of its models by converting from letter and number designations to descriptor designations in '83.

And when suggested that the B&G I was a version of the SB700, that was completely correct - the SB-R models, formulated for the US market, featured 18mm spacing at the bridge and a 40mm nut width as opposed to 16mm spacing at the bridge and a 45mm nut width found on the original SB models, but otherwise were technically the equivalent of the then current SB models.

The bass for sale is a nice example of the B&G I from the first full year of production.[/quote]



Yeah, wot 'e said!

BB

[Fitzy73]

you learn something new everyday

[cocco]

How's the exchange rate and what would postage be to the mainland?

[Fitzy73]

still available

[Fitzy73]

sunday bump

[bassatnight]

Have a bump, Aria made some beautiful basses in the 80's!