Hello there 
So I've been wanting to get a 5 string and was a bit too lazy to run shops and go see people to do the "try out before you buy" thing. Yesterday was talking to a close-by neighboor I hadn't met before and it turns out he's a bassist that happened to have a 5 string he wanted to sell because he had too much gear. So went to his place to try it out After jamming it out with him on guitar (was an extended tryout, we're actually getting along real nice^^) and lots of music talking he tells me he'll let it go for 100 euros and so I jumped the gun as it sounds f**king amazing. I'm starting to try and find information on the bass ('cause I like knowing what I have).
So I know it's a SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB325, made in Japan in 1995. Has Godoh tuners (strangely the B and G tuners are inverted but seeing pics of this bass that's how it seems it was shipped). It has 4 knobs: Volume, Bass, Treble and Balancer (which I may need to replace as it seems to be a bit quirky). High mass bridge of some sort and SGC JJ pickups. From what I have found it seems to be a maple neck on a Sen body (japanese wood much like Ash but lighter). Preamp is a pretty big PCB board with the pots directly soldered onto it.
It's pretty lighweight, haven't put it on my scale yet, but about as heavy as my Gretsch G2220 4 string shortscale.
Neck is really nice to play, although I have to get use to the 5th string and the extra width, and the sound is amazing to my ears with very warm and deep sustaining notes I like the sound so much that I'm considering ditching my Ibanez SR500 that I already love very much... that's saying something isn't it?
Only thing is I'm not a fan of the orange-y gloss finish... I may take off the finish to get it back to natural wood with a matte coating on it.
If anyone has any more info on this bass and would like to share, i'm all ears
Few (obligatory) pics of the bass :
So I've been wanting to get a 5 string and was a bit too lazy to run shops and go see people to do the "try out before you buy" thing. Yesterday was talking to a close-by neighboor I hadn't met before and it turns out he's a bassist that happened to have a 5 string he wanted to sell because he had too much gear. So went to his place to try it out
After jamming it out with him on guitar (was an extended tryout, we're actually getting along real nice^^) and lots of music talking he tells me he'll let it go for 100 euros and so I jumped the gun as it sounds f**king amazing. I'm starting to try and find information on the bass ('cause I like knowing what I have).So I know it's a SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB325, made in Japan in 1995. Has Godoh tuners (strangely the B and G tuners are inverted but seeing pics of this bass that's how it seems it was shipped). It has 4 knobs: Volume, Bass, Treble and Balancer (which I may need to replace as it seems to be a bit quirky). High mass bridge of some sort and SGC JJ pickups. From what I have found it seems to be a maple neck on a Sen body (japanese wood much like Ash but lighter). Preamp is a pretty big PCB board with the pots directly soldered onto it.
It's pretty lighweight, haven't put it on my scale yet, but about as heavy as my Gretsch G2220 4 string shortscale.
Neck is really nice to play, although I have to get use to the 5th string and the extra width, and the sound is amazing to my ears with very warm and deep sustaining notes
I like the sound so much that I'm considering ditching my Ibanez SR500 that I already love very much... that's saying something isn't it?Only thing is I'm not a fan of the orange-y gloss finish... I may take off the finish to get it back to natural wood with a matte coating on it.
If anyone has any more info on this bass and would like to share, i'm all ears
Few (obligatory) pics of the bass :
Not even talking about the B & G string being on the inside of the peg. I mean, just laid through the slot with a half-turn of winding (or less!) and then cut sticking out. Please tell me you didn't string those strings like that. (And if you did, please lie to me.) 
