orangepeelneil Posted October 30, 2010 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangepeelneil Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 [size=3]BUMP for halloween [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 31, 2010 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangepeelneil Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 BUMP for price drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangepeelneil Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share 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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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