1985 Yamaha Japan BB3000 Neckthrough Fretless Broad Bass (Wine Red)

1985 Yamaha Japan BB3000 Neckthrough Fretless Broad Bass (Wine Red)Japanese made in 1985, the BB 3000 was a brief high end addition to the Yamaha Broad Bass range. Maple neckthrough construction with an alder body and a stunning factory fretless striped ebony fingerboard, it weighs 4kg's. Aftermarket Bartolini's and a chrome bridge installed otherwise it appears to be all original. Overall good condition with some fading clouding to the finish but no breaks or repairs. The neck is straight and the truss adjusts

electronics have been flushed and sound great

thanks in part to its all-mahogany body

Components include Ibanez pickups with an Super 70 humbucker at the bridge and Super 7FT single coil pickups at the neck and middle positions and an Edge double locking tremolo bridge with a locking nut

this is a Squier SST-30 model from the 1984 catalog

The frets are shiny and the fretboard was oiled

These came factory loaded with the full Sustainer system that features two mini toggles (on/off and harmonic selector) for a variety of sustain options

the APB-1000 was Greco's interpretation of the Dan Armstrong/Ampeg lucite bass

a master tone control and a pair of coil split mini toggles

Made in Japan in the 1990s

a single active EMG humbucking pickup

Loaded with the original Maxon PU humbuckers and Greco stamped tuners

Made in Japan in 1990 (dated using the neck pencil date)