matsumoku

Up for sale is a vintage Aria Pro II SB-R60 in a beautiful see-through red finish. This is a Japanese-made Matsumoku-era SB bass with neck-through-body construction, a multi-piece maple/walnut neck, Japanese ash/sen-style body wings, brass nut, matching headstock, 24-fret fingerboard, and the...

Awesome players bass from 1981. I love this bass and played it a lot in my 80s band but forced to sell for financial reasons. Anyone who knows Aria basses knows that the original pickups go bad at the absolute worst time. This has had a new Kent Armstrong dual coil pickup installed with new...

Alright, buckle up! This right here is an Epiphone Newport, but it's a far cry from the current production budget/beginner model of the same name. *This* Epiphone Newport was manufactured in Japan in the 70s, as one of the most well-appointed models in their range - check out the photos of the...

This is an almost completely original Aria SB700 with the impossible to find original Aria hardshell case. This is the first or second year of production with the batwing headstock and volute neck. MB-II pickup I believe, the reverse P configuration. This is almost the exact bass that John...

Selling my Marlin SG bass. Marlin was the house brand of a Canadian importer in the 1970s, and this bass was built (at least from I can find sleuthing online) in the renowned Fujigen Gakki factory in the early part of that decade. Fujigen Gakki would go on to contract with Fender after the...

I am the original owner of this rare Westone "The Rail" bass that I purchased in St. Louis, Mo. A product of Matsumoku in Japan. I played it for several years. It still sounds amazing and weighs less than 7 lbs! I have upgraded the tuning mechanism to larger screws since the original...

Up for sale is a 1970s Univox "Professional Bass" P Bass copy. I'm not sure of the exact year, but suspect it's between 1976 and 1979. It's a classic "lawsuit era" P Bass made in Japan at the legendary Matsumoku factory. It is 100% stock and comes with the original hardshell case. It's in great...

Westone Quantum X850 1985 Black. Made by Matsumoku, Japan. (Posted on Reverb for higher price, due to their fees and all.) The bass has all original parts, except the pots, which I believe has been replaced at some point in the past, the blue plastic rings between the metal ones on the string...

Greetings TB, I’ve got a very nice 1981 Aria Pro II SB-900 up for sale (no trades at this time). It has the 2 pickup configuration with the dual sound switches (series/parallel) and stacked vol/tone knobs for each pickup. These have the wider nut width (around 44mm) but narrower string spacing...

*PRICE DROP! Up for sale is an Aria EB3/SG type short scale bass. I am pretty sure it is a 1931 model number, but could actually be 1910. They are very similar. I have been on the fence for a long time about putting this one on the block. I love the old 70s Matsumoku "lawsuit era" basses and my...

Here’s a really cool Aria Pro II Thorsound TSB-550, in the more hard to find Black ‘n’ Gold edition! This was made in Japan at the Matsumoku factory in 1982. This is basically a “junior” Cliff Burton SB as it is a medium scale and looks very similar to the SB series. I recently had the pickup...

** Price is listed as 600 USD, which is roughly 750 CAD ** Excellent condition for this kind of bass. All original hardware. It has a couple of dings on the body that you can see on the pictures. Heavyweight build quality and tone that you would except from Matsumoku plant instruments. Neck &...

1980'ish Aria Pro ll TSB-400, Thorsound Bass. Body consists of natural maple in the center with Nato wings colored in Aria's walnut stain. Controls are simple.... pickup selector switch, volume, and tone, managing the 2 MB lll double coil pickups. Bolt on three-piece maple neck with a Rosewood...

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Up for sale is a great sounding and looking 80’s Vantage Bass. It was originally a lefty, but was strung righty. The previous owner flipped the brass nut around and played it that way. So if you’re a lefty, you can just turn the nut around and you’re good to go! I played it using a flat right...

For sale is my Aria Pro II CSB450 bass made in Japan in 1982 at the legendary Matsumoku factory. This is the top of the line Cardinal Model with set neck construction and a tobacco burst finish on both the body and the neck. The Cardinal series was Aria’s better-known mid-scale series thanks...

I am looking to buy a black SB-series 4-string bass. Not the SBK with the natural neck in the middle but basses like the SB-1000CB and SB-Black'N Gold (I'm not looking to spend thousands of dollars, so the R60 BNG and the 80s BNG are the ones in my range). Basically, a black SB series bass guitar.

I'm selling my very first guitar. Just haven't really been playing it. As you can see from the pictures, it's pretty beat up. Cavity covers on the back were long gone even by the time I bought it almost twenty years ago. This guitar is, to the best of my knowledge, a Matsumoku instrument sold...