1987 Greco VB-50 Violin Beatle Bass (Brown Sunburst)

1987 Greco VB-50 Violin Beatle Bass (Brown Sunburst)Made by the Fujigen factory in early 1987, the VB 50 was Greco's premium "Beatle Bass" model. With a spruce sycamore semi hollow body and a set maple neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard, it weighs 3. 6kg's. Loaded with a pair of Maxon produced bass humbuckers and traditional Hofner style controls wiring, this one appears to be all original. Good overall vintage condition as pictured with light cosmetic wear and tear as pictured. There's some

The finish is clean and is possibly an aftermarket refinish

Aria branded tuners and harmonica-style bridge although the tailpiece was replaced with a Trap-eze style system at somepoint and has been screwed to the body to secure the strings into the bridge nicely

Features the original HSS pickups with a 5-way selector and master volume/tone controls along with a Stratocaster style tremolo system

Good used condition as pictured with a reasonably clean fretboard and a straight neck with an adjustable truss

Embedded Two notes Reactive Load & Virtual Cabinets

Fretboard has some scratches where a previous owner has likely tried to polish the frets

The frets are perfect after the aforementioned refret and there's a brand new bone nut installed

good used condition as pictured and received a full professional setup prior to listing

there's a lot to love about these

they have life left and play smoothly with some light playwear and pitting

Good cosmetic condition with some finish checking and some sticker tan

Seems to be all original as pictured with Gotoh tuners and a 6-point tremolo