Yamaha Banana (SB-1C) Should I keep?

[Eilif]

Well in Australia where I am located these seem to be rarer and i can only find two that have been sold online and they both went for around $1000, so i guess around $700 in America atm. The higher holes for the tub bar is original but did not come with the bar lower two arent original, but its cool to see one with the bridge cover and knobs intact!

That sounds completely reasonable to me. These bases are very uncommon. I wouldn't be surprised if the right buyer came along and you got even more than that.

Do you have any recommendations?? Im not to familiar with single coils of that size!

DO NOT mess with the electronics. That will destroy the resale value. In fact, don't do anything to the bass.

Even with the repositioned (replaced?) string guide on the headstock and the extra holes in the guard, it's still nearly stock. Cleaning it up and oil the fingerboard (lemon oil or a specific fingerboard conditioner will be fine) but asside from changing the strings anything you change about the bass will only hurt the resale value.

Best of luck whatever you decide.

 

[Fender_Bender]

According to the link provided by B-line it's a 31 1/2" scale so the strings should have a slightly taughter feel than a 30" scale. I see that the tuners have been changed out so I wouldn't feel too bad about getting the pickup rewound if you felt it anemic. I'd try a few different types of strings on it first though. Also, it looks like the pickup pole pieces are adjustable so they can be fiddled around with to see how the tone responds.

 

[Hahaha]

Do you have any recommendations?? Im not to familiar with single coils of that size!

No. I wouldn't change the pickup.

 

[cnltb]

Sorry if I missed it; These are still (again)made?