Whenever I listen to Genesis' A Trick Of The Tail or Wind And Wuthering, I'm taken right back to the late 70's in Teesside,
hanging out with friends, and listening to an eclectic mix of music around each others houses on bitterly cold winter nights.
If I didn't already have one, this would be heading my way.
£400 with a case is an absolute bargain. GLWTS. Personally, I'd rather keep it than let it go for anything less.
Earlier this year I phoned them about a Tort Pickguard for a Precision they had advertised on their site, got an abrupt "They're out of stock!" and before I could ask if they were getting any more, I was listening to the dial tone. Yeah the guy may well have been dealing with a sale, but still, there's no need for that kind of crap.
As long as you go for either the Classic IV Pro (getting harder to find) or the Vintage Pro (now renamed the 60's bass), IMHO either one will wipe the floor with a Jazz all day long!
I was referring to my Hondo only mate and in no way intending to criticise your neck. and as pointed out the differences earlier, I don't consider yours a Hondo anyway.
I had one of those late 70's Hondo monstrosities, it was my first ever bass back in 1980. It does look like a Hondo 2 neck, but the thing that throws it out is the headstock.
All the Hondo 2' Ps with the Fender style Headstock had a flat heel, it wasn't until Hondo changed the shape of their headstocks that they changed the shape of the heel to the more traditional curved shape.
I'd have had this if it was for sale two weeks ago! It looks more like a JV neck, though the machine heads aren't right and I don't see a hole for a rear strap button, my 83 JV had one! Did they discontinue that and change the Machine heads on the later JV's? I also had a 1985 SQ in 1987, it had the same machine heads as this, and truss rod access at the heel, but it also had a plugged tear drop on the front of the headstock and a skunk stripe.
I bought this Jim Deacon P bass off of ebay a few years ago as a doer upper it had no pickguard, pups or electrics, it did have one those bridges though. I hope it all gets sorted out.