orangepeelneil Posted October 30, 2010 Posted October 30, 2010 (edited) [size=3]SOLD SOLD SOLD [/size][b][/b] Hi Everyone. [u]For sale[/u] 1978 (ish) Fresher Made in Japan Jazz bass, A nice bit of Jap (not so) Crap history Decided to reluctantly sell this bass, as I'm just not using it, and I favour lighter P-basses these days. I bought this bass about 3-4 years ago with dead pickups, noisy pots, a worn nut and no pick guard. I've done a bit of research on Fresher instruments, which is favourable and the decal design on this one is similar to a 1978 bass I found , so I'm suggesting its that’s period (but can be corrected!).I've never seen another Fresher on BC or U.K eBay, only a couple on US eBay and also the Japanese guitar sites. [url="http://www.wutzdog-guitars.de/inventory/inventory-details/article/1978-fresher-straighter-1/"]http://www.wutzdog-guitars.de/inventory/in...r-straighter-1/[/url] [u]Condition[/u] - The bass is solid (Ash/ sen Ash?) and all works well, it’s a real good player. - It's pretty good condition for a 30+ yr old instrument, has proper mojo. -The bass is well used- but there is plenty of fret life left , in a places the lacquer has worn to the block markers. - Its a 30+ year old bass, so does have dings and knocks, but nothing really major. There is a small crack on the headstock E machine head, plus one on the neck pocket, these seem very stable and from some time ago. -It is a heavy instrument, being solid ash-I can weight ayt some point. [u]Parts/repairs[/u] -Someone had already fitted some Gotoh tuners (these seem to be the same footprint of the original tuners- I removed one to check) and a solid Bad**s style bridge which does a good job. -Tom Waghorn (Waghorn guitars) in Bristol installed me a new brass nut checked the set up/intonation which is real good ( will supply receipt). -I replaced the dead pickups with some potted jazz pickups (supplied by Terry aka ‘Loud and Clear’ from Basschat) which do a good job. I also screened the cavities and put in new Japanese pots, even the original jack sockets says Japan! -The scratch plate is an old thing I had lying around. It only lines up with screw holes in a few places and has rough pickup cutout (I recommend a new scratchplate) -though it’s never bothered me. I’ll supply some new screws, I never got round to sourcing a new one. There are also two screws/holes where a bridge cover was. - It's got some recent 40, 60, 80,100 Ernie ball slinky which have lost some zing but work fine. - Supplied with original hard case, which is tidy and complete. Email any queries, cheers Neil £180 + Postage (£15-£20 I guess) or collection from Bristol Edited November 3, 2010 by orangepeelneil
orangepeelneil Posted October 31, 2010 Author Posted October 31, 2010 [size=3]BUMP for halloween [/size]
Happy Jack Posted October 31, 2010 Posted October 31, 2010 Fresher? Not for me, Neil. I have an in-bound Gherson due to arrive this week. Now if yours had been [attachment=62732:Frister.jpg] I'd have had it just for the name ... Have a bump.
orangepeelneil Posted November 3, 2010 Author Posted November 3, 2010 [size=3]BUMP : lots of international interest but no U.K offers as yet, would prefer not to have to ship overseas.[/size]
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