Paul S

And a bump!

Bump!

Just seen your extra question - the serial number is on the neck plate, there's nothing sinister going on. A030196, which throws up this answer in the Guitar Dater project: [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] [color=#000000]Your guitar was made at the [/color][/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Fuji-gen Plant (for Fender Japan), Japan in the Year(s): 1985 - 1986[/color][color=#000000] [/color][/font][/size] I welcome any trial on this - if anyone wants to try before they buy that is extremely possible. I'd love to trade this for a Fender JB 62M medium scale jazz bass in black or white with cash your way, in case anyone has one.

And a bump. Long shot - would willingly trade this for a medium scale Fender Jazz JB-62M in black or white with cash your way.

Sorry, no sound samples.

As part of my on-going gear re-shuffle this beauty is next for the chop. 1985/6 MIJ Jazz Bass Special in black with black hardware, black neck and headstock. It is very black. Precision shaped body with a Jazz width neck - slim and shallow. P/J pickups. At some point before I got it the electrics had been completely changed - it now boasts Bartolini pickups and a Bartolini on board 3 band preamp. Nice. Pickups are switchable via toggle to front, blend, back. So, for all intents and purposes it is a Power Jazz Bass Special, except with a 'regular' 3 band eq, as opposed to the parametric sweep doodah and rather odd boost toggle thing. Pull a knob (forget which just at this precise moment - treble, possibly) and it returns to passive with a passive tone control (and which is redundant when active). Although, frankly, it has such a huge sound when active I can only imagine this being useful for a 'get out of jail free' if the battery packs up. Also sporting an after-market Schaller bridge - incredibly versatile bit of kit is is too. Weighs 9.5lbs, a tad too heavy for me. 38mm at the nut, pretty good nick for a 30 yr old bass, most of the wear is on the back. Sounds huge (did I say that already?), great tones available. P pup sounds like a P bass, J like a J. I particularly like the blend of P/J. I am asking a ridiculous £375, collected from SS7 on the north Thames Delta. £400 via fully insured overnight courier - no hard case but well packaged. Or meet half way/deliver for fuel within a reasonable distance.

Pmd

On hold - maybe even sold pending the detail.

Pleased to see some interest in this bass - all PMs replied to Some additional information. The action is set up ok for me as I never have my basses set very low - I tend to dig in hard with a pick. Sticking a ruler up against the neck it looks like E string is around 4mm at the 12th fret, G string looks like 2.5mm or so. That is probably one of the big draw backs of these Danos - the bridges are pretty rudimentary and, more importantly, flat! You can't give a uniform height over the radius. If I had the E much lower it would start to buzz a bit on the A and D when I dig in. You might be able to get it a tad lower but not absolutely flat. I would rather not post this overseas - there is no hard case and I am very wary of trusting a bass made of hardboard to the hands of a courier for anything longer than 24hrs. Price is firm. These usually change hands for a good deal more than this - I paid a good price as it had a few minor issues when i bought it - all now sorted - so I am passing on that good price.