1980's Yamaha Japan SB500S Super Bass (Sunburst)

1980's Yamaha Japan SB500S Super Bass (Sunburst)Japanese made in the early 1980's as part of Yamaha's "Super Bass" series, the SB 500S was a mid range model aimed at competing with Fender's Jazz Bass. Solid Nato body with a brown sunburst finish, maple neck with a walnut skunk stripe (34" scale, 44mm nut width, 21 frets), it weighs a beefy 4. 9kg's. This one appears to be all original and in great condition for it's age. The neck is straight and the truss adjusts as it should, the frets have plenty

cracked pickup ring and some paint chips

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but it received a full setup and service prior to listing to verify exactly what it is

these were made alongside the Fender branded models of the same era and are every bit as good

maple neck and rosewood fingerboard (32" scale length)

special Manson designed bridge humbucker and a kill button that allows a wide range of guitar effects to be created by the player without resorting to outboard effects

This is a late 90's model made in Korea by Samick

Bridge pickup isn't working but the neck pickup has a great output and tone

Ideal for modern metal

Chinese made in 2007 (an exclusively Epiphone factory that's considered a notch above most)

Believed to be made in Korea by Tokai and sold to the Japanese market

This one's seen plenty of use over it's 50 years but is still rock solid