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Daion Washburn Matsumoku HELP!!

#64
MEKer said:
Heya weston417............. What does it say on the pickups, whats the serial number and year of the bass? Having the humbuckers IS quite a thing also.

I am so pea-green with envy I could puke! So here is an idea: If I go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel and survive, would you...well...give me your Force 40 as a token towards my bravery? If you agree I will paint your name on the side of the barrel for the world to see----that'll make you famous. Sounds like a good deal to me. You?
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Lol I dunno about the whole barrel thing. Maybe Sprint or some other mega company might give you a sponsorship in your barrel. The mystery bass in the original post looks a lot like the later years washburns but with the early years headstocks. Also the pickup placement is farther apart than the others. The mystery continues...!
 
#67
iriegnome said:
As I am looking at your bass, weston, it is a 1984. If we could see the controls it would help. Usually the basses have a pickup selector and a phase switch.
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This is a pic before the Badass bridge. The knob closest to the pickups is a volume knob. Closest to the bridge is the high knob. The black toggle is a pickup selector. The mini toggle is a three way switch and the lowest knob is like a mid knob but different. It's 18v active as well.
 
#68
Your dealing with way different electronics than what mine has. I am sure yours is more closely related to the SB-40EQ or the later B-40EQ, but the 4 in-line tuners makes it different still! Obviously yours is a Force series, but still way different than mine
 
#69
Huh. I bought what I thought was a Scavenger a few months ago to replace one I had as a teenager- Neck-thru, 1 pickup, bridge & tuners like those pictured in post 60, serial number 800610. Looks just like the ebay bass in post 52, down to the wooden truss rod cover- which I assumed was a homemade retrofit. Is there any information to be gleaned from the serial number? I've had no luck finding a Washburn serial number guide.
 
#72
Dluxe said:
I've got one that is from 1981. (according to the serial number) The interesting thing is that the P bass pickup is the opposite of an SB-40. This one has the brass nut and wood covers for the controls and truss rod.
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I have this same exact bass, 1982, with a broken off headstock. Got it for free in pretty beat up condition in 1996. Always wondered if it was worth it to have it fixed. The break is behind the brass nut. I could post pics if anyone's interested.
 
#74
I'm a little late to the party, but looky here what I scored today:hyper:

It's in very good condition too. I love the neck. The serial number starts with 81. Should that be when it was made? It has a brass nut and the brass saddles.

With the toggle set to center position, when you turn either volume up or down it controls both volumes at once. Is that normal for p/j config?? Thanks for the thread and info.


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#75
Goodlawdy, you do indeed have a Washburn/Daion bass there. While your tuners are very Washburn, the bridge and electronics are not the same as Washburn had for the SB-40's. Check post #67. That is what the SB-40 looked like. Sweet bass. With your's being a 1981, I am not sure. MEker is the specialist. We think mine without the serial number dates to about 1978 or so made in Waco, Texas.
 
#77
iriegnome said:
Goodlawdy, you do indeed have a Washburn/Daion bass there. While your tuners are very Washburn, the bridge and electronics are not the same as Washburn had for the SB-40's. Check post #67. That is what the SB-40 looked like. Sweet bass. With your's being a 1981, I am not sure. MEker is the specialist. We think mine without the serial number dates to about 1978 or so made in Waco, Texas.
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Based on this link Link Removed, I'm calling it an '81 Vulture II. Whatever it is, it's gonna stick around for a while. It sounded amazing at practice tonight and played like a dream.
 
#78
Look through the whole thread. MEker is the specialist on this thing. The giveaway is the truss rod cover. Also the electronics. The SB-40, B-40, B-40EQ and so on have 3 knobs and 2 switches and the Daion's have 4 knobs and 1 switch. Also if you check inside, the electronics are pretty different. Again, check pic's in earlier posts.
 

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