1978 Heerby Japan PB-550N Precision Bass (Natural Ash)

1978 Heerby Japan PB-550N Precision Bass (Natural Ash)Made by Kasuga in the late 1970's and sold under the well respected Heerby name, the PB 550N is a great example of a vintage Japanese Precision Bass. Ash body with a clear natural finish, one piece maple neck (20 frets), weighs 3. 9kg's. Appears to be all original except for a new Switchcraft jack. Good vintage condition with a few bumps and dings as pictured, restrung and given a basic setup service prior to listing including a truss adjustment, deep

Truss works well and the frets are shiny with plenty of life

Loaded with Gibson 490R/T humbuckers

Fast forward over 40 years and these models have found a new popularity outside of the Ralphs fan base as a rock solid P90's beast

Made in the Fujigen factory in the late 1980's

with pedals prior to this generally being referred to as "soft distortion" (such as the OD-880)

plays well as it sits with plenty of fretlife and a nice straight neck

frets are the "fretless wonder" style and have life left

Plays nice with shiny frets and a straight neck

Has new strings on it and plays well with nice action and shiny frets with plenty of life

This is the rare earlier "OCTAVER" model

Very good vintage condition with a few light bumps and dings as pictured

weighing 4