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1997 catalog / the net Alder with Ash Top Fingerboard Radius- 15" Frets- 24 Scale Length- 34" Nut Width- 2.038" Weight 9.8 lbs (reverb.com) I currently only have the XB-500, these specs may help you estimate if need be. XB-500 Specs, my measurements. The body is 13.500" using widest squared...

Hola all!! I have a request. If anybody has a broken or non functional truss rod, fretted " FORCE ABT" neck from a B-2 / B-10 / B-15 / B-20 / B-30, made in Korea or by Kasuga and you are willing to send it to me for R&D purposes, I will send you one of the first production necks to replace...

That seems to be a variation of the usual Washburn 2 Band set up. The CB or Z is just the wood or finish.

If you are interested, I've repaired three this year and have been gearing up to.build them since used replacements are becoming hard to find. Located in the SW USA.

Nice bass! Didn't these have Eden active PUPs & 3 band EQ? Any chance for a picture of the control cavity?

K would be Kasuga, 85 =1985 . I would guess near the end of 1985 because most, as I understand it, were manufactured by Chushin. Kasuga took on production for 1986 and these models were dropped and new designs came online for 1986 before just about all went to Samick in Korea for 1987. Force or...

XB-500? What's the serial number?

Score! Best of luck with it. I have wanted to try one of these out but have not physically come across any. I did own a Dean JB model but found the neck just too thin for my style. I have also always been curious about his Peavey model. I would assume they are all similar to some extent.

Just briefed your Flickr and a PG article, pretty interesting, awesome collection. If they fold you may have to up your insurance 😊 Of interest to myself is the 86 to 90 period. " I think they did most of the product line through the mid-1980s until their factory burned down. And then after...

From that last pic it looks like a U channel truss rod. That type of truss and a scarf joint are Washburn / Samick staples with many of their designs.

The neck and pre look very Samick-ish to me.

I'm a fan of their designs and always found them innovative at the price points, especially early 80s to mid 90s. I preferred what they offered vs legacy brands until purchasing Yamaha Attitudes then eventually started building my own since I always modified anything I owned anyway. I still...

From what I understand, it's a Korean era Samick format used on Hondo & Washburns manufactured by Samick. They used it on their own models a short time later. It seems pretty consistent other that the 800xxxxx.

Anybody have any clues as to why there are so many 1988 FORCE ABT BASSES that have 00 in the MM of the S#?? Format - YMMPPPP I went back through hundreds of pages and didn't find an answer just more proof of it. Last posted by SP-EB4L WASHBURN MODELS CURRENTLY OWNED BY WASHBURN CLUB TB'ers as...

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