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Anyone know about SUZUKI BASSES?

Aaron D

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Jan 27, 2017
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As my title suggests I'm attempting to find whatever knowledge of Suzuki basses that anyone can tell me. I have a SUZUKI P bass that fit and finish stands up with American Fenders,it's from the 80s ,it needs a new neck,but that's only because I tried making a fretless bass out of it,didn't like it. I could get the neck refinished,it's repairable. I swapped out some Geezer Butler signature pickups in it about a year ago I'd say. I live this bass and want to get it back in top shape,but I can't find any original parts for it AT ALL. I'm most likely going to buy a cheap neck,until I find a luthier willing to tackle the jib,. But any info anyone has please let me know,I know it's called an SB 10,that's it,oh I've been told the logo makes it rare,I guess they changed the logo style a lot whenever they made them,it has no serial numbers or any other ud marks. Thanks in advance
 
Confusingly, there seems to have been three distinct Japanese companies using the name. "Nagano" Suzuki began manufacturing violins and other stringed instruments as early as 1887, and was active up to about 1990. After WW2 (1951), "Kiso" Suzuki was split off from the parent company, developed into a sizable OEM manufacturer, and was taken over by ESP in 1985. Then there is the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation, with no relation to the previous, which began in 1953, owns the Hammond name since 1991, and has instruments built in China. All of these have produced electric basses labeled Suzuki. If you have any photos to post it would help.
 
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I hope the pics can help you help me,I'm guessing just from what you described it's an ESP made bass,I'm telling you it's a tank of a bass,solid. It was one of the early axes in my collection,the fretboard us real solid rosewood not laminate,. Ok well thanks for your help with everything I greatly appreciate it! I added a pic of the headstock because the scratched out logo is the INLY real iding marks on it