Is This A Rarity?

[spongebob]

http://www.gumtree.com/london/29/50608329.html

Seller says it's a 1998?

Looks original with back binding - am I right in assuming it might be late '80s, early' '90s?

[paologregorio]

Yep. I've seen a 360 WB with that colour/trim combo as well, and at least one other bass.

[s4001]

Mid blue with BB was common thru the 90's. And quite frequently the object of my lust.

[cjj]

There was a time when you could order instruments with black trim instead of the standard white...

[bassduke49]

And for quite a while, Black Trim (BT) was STANDARD on Midnight Blue (MID) and it would have cost you extra to have white/chrome trim! BT supposedly ended in 2002, although some instruments with later build dates have been seen with BT.