BaggyMan

Fugigen (matsumoku) build gear is fantastically high quality, japans best imho. If i had the bendy spendy i'd be on this. Sweeeeeet.

Dang! just bought this exact bass but as a five string, would have preferred the 4 stringer... +

Here is a almost new very Geddy Lee like (ok its a black Jazz with a maple neck and block inlays). 5 strings, Wilkinson hardware. and P'ups. I bought this a short time ago driving a fair distance to pickup as a 'sold as seen' with supposedly a broken truss rod. I had a spare neck and thought i'd swap it out, but closer inspection I found it just needed a long Allen key to adjust. restriung it and It all works just fine. There a few little push dents in the paint on the front but I didn't manage to get a representative pic to show they are that difficult to see. Scratchplate and control plate still have the protective film on. So basically a brand new VJ75 for half the cash of new. I am only selling it because I have been hankering big time for a Yamaha 425x and blow me if one didn't turn up this week. So bargain, comes with a gig bag, new strings and set up to fender specs, no buzzes or rattles. Nice weight Alder body Neck:Hard Maple bolt on neck Frets:20 Medium profile frets Nut:39mm white graphite stays friction-free Scale Length:864mm/34" Bridge:Adjustable.Machine heads:Wilkinson WJBL175 Pickups:Two Wilkinson WOJB5F (N), WOJB5R (B) single coil pickups Passive. Weight : 10lbs All marks on pics are reflections or dust.. Can post, at buyers expense.

PRICEDROP: the market is dead at the moment and I would like to see this re-homed. So a basically as new SUB5 with over £100 of mods. £300 TRADES CONSIDERED Here is my Sterling by Musicman SUB5. I have modified it up to a higher spec than a stock one. But I have bought another 5 string and have decided to let this go Mods are: New bridge (more like the ray35 style) Korean Made, very solid. New three band pre amp (Musicman clone circuit, very, very close to the original), worth £80 in itself. Side mounted Jack socket Carbon fibre effect pickguard. Kent armstrong Musicman style pickup (poleless) ... The 3 band pre-amp is better balanced than the original and mates well with the KA pickup and has a good strong low end response that the original circuit didn't have. Four controls on the scratchplate meant I had to add a side mounted jack. Its a direct clone of the Mman circuit (even down to the board config) Really well made. Much more consistent than the sub5 original. Body unmarked, Neck has a few spot of play wear nothing major. I made the scratchplate (as SUB5 plates are all but impossible to find) its based on the slightly bigger sr5 plate, carbon fibre effect. Only downside really is that two screws left of from the original bridge are visible. Stickers easily removable. Bill the cat sticker covers to uneeded screw holes from the original bridge I can (at no extra cost) wire it for series/parallel switching. All in all a very nice bass, not a super wide neck so easy to play, sounds like a musicman. For £40 I will throw in an extra KA pickup (I had plans to go the double buck route.)

Downsize bargain. This is a Harley Benton MB5. Started out as a passive classic Musicman like bass, nicely built, even had good tuners which can be sketchy on basses at this price point. I have Modded this to a real bad boy of a bass: Neater bridge (much better than the big plate bridges they come with as stock) See before and after pics. Can supply old bridge if required. 2 band EQ from a Sterling by Musicman SUB 5. Is a better mate to this pickup than the sterling i feel not harsh but still has the Musicman punch. I can throw in a used Brubaker brute Mman pickup for an extra £30. (poleless so murder out would be complete!) Series/parallel/single switching, opens the sound up wonderfully. One slight downside, some neck oil got onto the finish on the back. Not easy to remove from the matt finish, but it will come off in time is suppose, (see pic) not visible from the front, otherwise the bass is perfect. This is basically an inexpensive 'classic' like bass, with some serious punch, really nice action, good fret finish. un gigged bit like me for the last year or so.. Nut width is 45mm string spacing 18 mm Weight 4.1 Kg I can wrap the scratchplate in car wrap vinyl (black textured for the full blackout F.O.C) example pic of finish available on request. (before and after shots...)

Not often seen around these parts. I had one of these the neck is slightly wide than the standard precision and jazz offering and the truss adjustment at the pickguard end is very similar to one of Leo's later products....ahem. Great basses ! and as you say, underrated. Definately when Fender decided to step away from the P bass and J bass norm. GLWTS!

you are probably right, but the cash pot is empty for now so I shall have to live with last weeks purchase.

Had I not just bought a Mex Jazz last week this would be mine, have a bump..

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Mid 2020 I bought this as a new Squier CV series Jazz bass., and set about my own little personal tribute Geddy Lee bass. Firstly the CV series are really rather good and ha a vintage tint on the neck, 70's pickup positioning to start with, but I set about some choice changes: Badass II bridge - as per the Geddy Lee original Tom Brantley Pickups - The fella who supplied pickups for Geddy's number 1 bass, no better pedigree. (can be swapped over to Dimarzio dp122 if you like) CTS pots, cloth wiring, Fender Jazz knobs, Fender 'F' neckplate. Pearloid scratchplate and Alchemy sticker (appeared on the clockwork angels tour) Bass weighs in at 9 and a half lbs, by my bathroom scales, All in all I have about £500 into this so I think £395 is a good price to sell. Body has a couple of little scuffs on, nothing through to the wood or anything serious. Happy to ship using UPS insured at buyers cost.

Pictures, weight, colour, condition, fret life ...info a prospective buyer needs..

pickups were maida vale..

Still have counselling as to why I sold my Geddy CIJ...🤨 Fugi Gen builds are amazingly good so much so I bought a FGN! GLWTS!

yep

9lbs or approx 4kgs

Cool. Same backing plate as the schallers i had on a fender. But they were marked so possibly gotoh as you say. Either way good kit.

Exactly..when i saw it i had to make it a player..