AndyTravis

Ah well @hooky_lowdown I found it an odd comment, if you didn’t then fair enough. Not getting shirty over it. £130 for one of these is decent as with a bit of modding, a gotoh (with shim as was rightly suggested) and some uprated pickups and maybe even pots - it’ll be a great bass. As a point @bigthumb these are the same bass as the classic vibe jazz, the Farida factory made for squier (classic vibe) and Fender (modern player) as well as others - that’s why the lower horn isn’t jazz shaped - they got told off by fender. Get some nice Duncan pickups or even fender reissue ones. And you’re laughing.

In all honesty, I was just adding a further comment as an insight as to what these were in the shops - not just flogged out at £150. I sold them for about 8 years as I worked for the distributor, so thought it might’ve clarified what they cost new - there isn’t a huge amount of information out there about them. OP asked for information, there it is. I felt my comment was half in response to yourself and half aimed to the OP so he didn’t feel too bad about having paid the “high end” of the price range (bit of an odd comment in itself - he paid what he wanted to pay, otherwise he wouldn’t have put a bid on). Apologies if my quotation riled you somehow. 🤷🏻‍♂️

They fluctuated between £249 and £150, depending on stock levels. £130-£150 isn’t bad for a decent bass...

Well... I know a fair bit about these. You have an FJB-6 there... They’re lovely for the money. I had a white one with Duncan 1/4lb pickups in it and it responded well. These two are prototypes for a “deluxe” version which never made it to the shops. And they’ve been mine since 2010. I specified them and when we costed it all up they were deemed “too expensive” by the powers that be... These have Seymour Duncan Classic Stack pickups in, and a volume and tone per pickup. Ash bodies, maple tops, ebony boards. there we go. Machineheads are prone to rattling. but other than that - a really decent bass.

I say debating...it’s in the basket...

Debating this...very dark blue. Think a tort guard would make it look awesome.

Well. Boss RC-1 arrived. Rusty at looping...but...I plan to do more of these.

Really nice mate. I hate playing that tune 😂

Apologies for the low resolution photo. This was for sale on Talkbass years ago and I could only screenshot from google images. I need to buy a Harris wig and do this to it...

Want that avri in gold. Nice looking thing

Oh dear god 😂

I could just buy the uv70 for sale here and book a respray at a later date.

Yeah just read up on it. I think I read early speculation about where things would be built. it’d be interesting to compare the Metroline (Warwick) to Metroline (Japan). If I could find an Mv4 (Japan) for sale in ice blue met or LPB, that’d do me.

I’ve had half an hour with it today, still lovely

Distribution yes. Manufacturing in NYC, Japan (as previously) and I think Warwick’s chinese rockbass facility (Or the one they use) for a new range.

Yeah. I’m shocked at this really

Roger and co we’re trading before sire were a twinkle in Marcus Miller’s eye...but fair enough...

It’s not a bb at all...which has upset my brain. And it’s not a yam.

Well...I’m in trouble with the BB police. Something inexplicable has happened...and it’s much lighter than 4.5kg.