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Which 1980 bass is worth looking for?
- Thread starter JACink
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If I wanted a bass made in 1980 I'd be all over this one (or the other one just like it at Elderly)...
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Very rare, very unique and made for one of the bass greats (Stanley Clark)
Or, if you want to celebrate the era of pointy basses look no further than here...
http://www.groovyguitar.com/
They have a killer Mockingbird in an ultra rare color.
Then again if you've got $5000 laying around I'm sure you can find a 1980 Alembic Series One somewhere.
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Very rare, very unique and made for one of the bass greats (Stanley Clark)
Or, if you want to celebrate the era of pointy basses look no further than here...
http://www.groovyguitar.com/
They have a killer Mockingbird in an ultra rare color.
Then again if you've got $5000 laying around I'm sure you can find a 1980 Alembic Series One somewhere.
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devnulljp
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How about a 1980 Shergold Marathon 6?
But the Steinberger L2 is the archetypal 1980 bass.
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If it were me though, I'd look for an Ibanez Musician (fretless!) or maybe an Aria Pro II.
(I recently did the same thing and bought a year-of-birth Fender Tele bass).
But the Steinberger L2 is the archetypal 1980 bass.
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If it were me though, I'd look for an Ibanez Musician (fretless!) or maybe an Aria Pro II.
(I recently did the same thing and bought a year-of-birth Fender Tele bass).
G&L L1000 - 1980 was the first year of production - awesome bass
+1 on the Washburn Force-8 BBR, but these were made from about 83 to 85. If it NEEDS to be 1980, grab a Matsumoku-made Washburn SB-40 if you find one: 3-piece set neck, Reverse-PJ, ParaEQ. Beautiful neck, great sound, great playability. Later made Force-40s will suit you equally well. Look at any Washburn up to 1985, they're all great.
EDIT: here's a pic of my 81 smurf-blue SB-40
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I agree with this. Been looking at picking one up but man the prices are going crazy. A year ago you could pick one up for 3-400. Now, I see people asking $600. It's nutso!
My minty 1980 L-1000. It's in The Vault. No one is allowed to play it. No one is allowed to touch it, or even look at it. Not even me!
Man that's a great looking L1k! Nice bass, you should play it sometime!
