Washburn B20 Stage Bass MIJ

paulo · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 2:14 am

https://reverb.com/item/26754718-washbu ... dium=share

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 937

The bridge doesn't match the description and is top loaded. The body is a string through. The strings don't line up to the bridge PU poles as good as they might. Not terrible, seen much worse. Replaced bridge or am I missing something?

superheavydeathmetal · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 9:15 am

WOW! Is that bridge pickup ever so close to the bridge, or what? That has to sound VERY twangy and thin.

pjmuck · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 9:28 am

crescenze wrote:

The bridge doesn't match the description and is top loaded. The body is a string through. The strings don't line up to the bridge PU poles as good as they might. Not terrible, seen much worse. Replaced bridge or am I missing something?

You are correct, the bridge is not original. The description says the bass has a Washburn Sure Track with brass saddles, but that clearly isn't the one on the bass.

I have only seen one other lefty B20, and it's currently residing in my studio.

Mine's an '83 (though there is no serial # anywhere to be found, so I had to guesstimate the date). Mine is strung with flats and it has one of the best classic thump P bass sounds I've ever heard. As for the bridge PUP, it is very close to the bridge and is quite honky sounding.

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Matt R. · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 9:36 am

I shouldn’t love this bass but I really do.
The body & headstock shape are overtly butt rock, yet somehow whimsically melded with an appealing vintage aesthetic. I’d buy this thing in a heartbeat if I had the scratch, although I don’t know what I’d use it for. :lol:

donahue · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 10:31 am

Matt R. wrote:

I shouldn’t love this bass but I really do.
The body & headstock shape are overtly butt rock, yet somehow whimsically melded with an appealing vintage aesthetic. I’d buy this thing in a heartbeat if I had the scratch, although I don’t know what I’d use it for. :lol:

100% agree.

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 937

pjmuck wrote:

crescenze wrote:

The bridge doesn't match the description and is top loaded. The body is a string through. The strings don't line up to the bridge PU poles as good as they might. Not terrible, seen much worse. Replaced bridge or am I missing something?

You are correct, the bridge is not original. The description says the bass has a Washburn Sure Track with brass saddles, but that clearly isn't the one on the bass.

I have only seen one other lefty B20, and it's currently residing in my studio.

Mine's an '83 (though there is no serial # anywhere to be found, so I had to guesstimate the date). Mine is strung with flats and it has one of the best classic thump P bass sounds I've ever heard. As for the bridge PUP, it is very close to the bridge and is quite honky sounding.

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The original bridge looks just like the ones I've seen on many Hondo basses.I wonder if they are interchangeable.

jayceofbass · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 7:49 pm

I agree with all y'all. I want this so bad but..... why?!?!

I sorta feel like maybe... just maybe... ZZ Top would have rocked a shape like this and pulled it off.

fivebass52 · **Posted:** August 20th, 2019, 9:50 pm

Despite the flaws you've all mentioned, it's an unusually good-looking bass! and pjmuck - that tight maple grain on yours is beautiful!

tim · **Posted:** August 21st, 2019, 6:46 am

I think it's attractiveness stems from the alignment of certain shapes and angles. The lower horn and the headstock would be goofy on their own, but they match perfectly in angle and proportion. Stuff like that. So it's got a look, but still manages to be kind of retro cool 8-)

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