Owen

The bass is now sold, but for the benefit of general info here is a pic of the P route. [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150111_190242_zpscshj2rnq.jpg.html"][/url]

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Ta-da! [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140100_zpswwvgvdzz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140100_zpswwvgvdzz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140106_zps7iwnxn7m.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140106_zps7iwnxn7m.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140117_zpsqhsj6d7t.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140117_zpsqhsj6d7t.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140128_zpsj9xlymuz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20150110_140128_zpsj9xlymuz.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It weighs 9lbs 3oz on my kitchen scale.

I have a well used Tokai Jazz with a P pickup. It has the original wanabee Fender script log so according to the Tokai Registry it is 1982 or earlier. It has a non original matt black finish on the body which is kind of funky (in a good way). It has a High Mass Gotoh bridge. If you are looking for a pristine example of the proper Fender copies then this is not it. If you are looking for a good solid working Jazz with a P pickup in it then here it is. I will sort pics out later but I am doing this inbetween other stuff.

My Ebay auction went well and I won what I wanted for less than I expected to pay, so I guess I will slice £100 of this. If it does not sell (and I am fully aware that it is a niche piece) then I will not cry cos I like it £500

I don't need any of this, but is it sad that this is my favourite kind of title?

[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]