Owen

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1420327303' post='2648215'] Cool looking bass, Owen; how does it sound? Shame to let something so individual go, but what 'GAS' wants, 'GAS' usually gets! GLWTS [/quote] It sounds just like a Jazz should [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1420328987' post='2648241'] Whereabouts are you located? [/quote] I am in Bangor, North Wales. Thanks

I have always fancied a J5 like my first proper Jazz (my first bass, a columbus Jazz, does not count) but with an extra B. I have played all sorts of J5 things but came to the conclusion that one of the things that I loved about my original Jazz was that is is pretty knackered and I do not have to look after it. I played an AC J5 and really liked it but could not justify the money (if I had the money I would have dropped it in a heartbeat). In the meantime I built a Tele from parts and got it sprayed in Nitro and reliced. Again I had the freedom of not actually having to worry about the chair/belt buckle/etc etc and I liked it. Eventually I came to the conclusion that I would get a neck and body built, sprayed up and then bolt it together myself. I commisioned the neck (same radius as F but with a slighlty assymetric carve on the back) and body, had it painted (and lightly aged/reliced) in Olympic white with a matching headstock and put it all together. The spec is as follows 34" scale 19mm bridge spacing Hipshot tuners D-Tuner on the B Clay dots Nordstrand NJ5S split coil Kiogon harness with S1 switch for good measure Hipshot Bridge B style Tort Guard Currently strung with pretty fresh DR Sunbeams The bass is quite obviously not a Fender Jazz so has a decal which says Ffendar Jass on it. This is absolutley hilarious if you are a Welsh speaker from North Wales, but the script is such that it is not obvioulsy that until you look closely. As Hannah Montanna would say, you get the best of both worlds. "So, if it is all that then why are you flogging it Owen?" I have my eye on an NS Fretted 5 Omni Bass and this is probably the most sellable thing I have that I can actually bring myself to sell. I do not hugely want to sell it, but I do HUGELY want an NS Fretted 5 Omni Bass and the nature of my bass economy means that stuff has to go. I will be shifting various gig bags and cases and pedals and stuff and stuff and stuff to raise funds. You know how it is. [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140623_165841_zpszzmqa1k7.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140623_165827_zpsj2yzc3yz.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140623_165814_zpslfwyqiyg.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140623_165743_zps0pxhcrkc.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140623_165710_zps8kki87w0.jpg.html"][/url]

Why is this still here? This is an insane price. No. Really.

I would not let the 15Khz thing worry you if you are thinking about this. Even if you could hear it (which I cannot, thanks snare drums and cymbals) I know that virtually no bass cab is going to be operating up there.

My son is a drummer and we have some stuff to shift. Zildjian K 16" (yes 16") light hats £220 Big Dog Double Pedals £80 Set of Hardcases (12, 13, snare, 16 + 22) £120 Slingerland 70s snare - Steel. Well worn but sounds good £80 As usual, pics later.

So glad these are not 5ers otherwise I would have yet another project that I will never get round to!

That is all sorts of lovely. I almost wish I played guitar.