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As my son is travelling in Australia and New Zealand at the moment I am the custodian of his gear. Whereas I am a precision fan he is into his Jazzes. There is one of his basses in particular that I have enjoyed noodling about on. It's a 2004 American Series Jazz with S-1 switch which has had an ebony lined fretless board added by legandary Scottish luthier Jimmy Moon. A black pickguard was also added to complement the black of the ebony. I think it definitely looks better than the white original. The finish is sunset orange transparent which just sets the whole thing off.

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[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1300909683' post='1173737']
I thought it was a little strange this thread hadn't been started before!

Here's my Jazz:



And my Aerodyne:



Love that Aerodyne! Could be next on wishlist

Note to self: take some better pictures!
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[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1347569860' post='1802682']
I just picked this up from BC'er Orbs (aka Tom). These are Tom's pics which are TBH better than I could do, hence I hope he doesn't mind me using them

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Clarky, that's gorgeous!

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Already posted this in a different thread, but I don't care because I'm a little bit proud of this bass (though it's nothing that special really) as it was my first attempt to mod a bass at the ripe old age of 17:

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It's a MiM Fender Jazz, but a chip of the nut flew out while I was playing live. I then fell out of love with it for a year and let all the hardware rust like mad. I then decided it'd be a neat upgrade project.

I added a new nut and found some black and chrome hardware, a new pickguard (the original was white) and some Seymour Duncan Basslines, though I forget which model. It's currently sporting some Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings and set up in drop B.

Love this bass. It's my current number 1.

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My 83/84 jazz bass (body 83 neck 84) with modifications. As far I'm concerned it was the model with singlecut scratchplate with rosewood fingerboard and 5 digit E-serial number (most singlecut scratchplate basses had maple fingerboard). Other mods: badass II bridge and fender original 62 pickups. Edited by 3cina
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Ahhh, the Jazz Bass. Probably the most versatile bass ever - the "one sound fits all" kind. Every man and his dog has one but there's a good reason for that ;)

Anyway - as a proponent of the thesis that a fretted Jazz sounds and looks best with maple board and 70s pickup layout (and as a man without enough spare change in the pocket to buy an original MIA 70s Jazz) I got meself a Geddy. And got rid of the pickguard immediately because black + maple = sexy.



I've had this bass for a bit over 1.5 year now and this is the one that gets the most practice time at home. I also wish I played more stuff that doesn't require the B string because this baby definitely deserves to be gigged more!

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this is one killer jazz bass.. 96 MIJ non export 75 RI Jazz bass.. now has Lindy Fralin single coil pickups.. the tone is very aggressive 75 jazz bass, but can be very smooth also, the fralins are fantastic pckups..its quite rare for an MIJ 75, as it has 70's spacing.. i now know that it was a special order MIJ 75.... stupidly was going to trade it recently..

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[quote name='Minty' timestamp='1364403285' post='2026032']
Can't afford to buy a custom made scratchplate right now, so I routed my old one for the time being!



[/quote]what jazz bass is this.? sorry i havent read through previous posts. its a 60's jazz with a p pickup mod right.?

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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1366212503' post='2049693']
what jazz bass is this.? sorry i havent read through previous posts. its a 60's jazz with a p pickup mod right.?
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I modeled it on a 61' from various Japanese / American / Mexican Fender parts, but nothing's older than the 80's...

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[quote name='Tweedledum' timestamp='1366635579' post='2055177']

Aaah, I just LOVE lake placid blue!
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One of the main reasons why I went for it :)

And now I've found it to be an amazing jazz for the money as well.

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Hi

This is my Yann Jazz bass.....
Yann is a local Luthier who is very deticated to what he does.....So i challenged him to made me a jazz bass 1975 and here it is........
One piece ass body ,hipsot brass bridge,norstrand pick ups,maple neck,ebony fretboard, shaller tuners,handmade traditional trussrod........
The bass is oil finish........the feeling of wood.......


Enjoy it

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