Jebo1 Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 (edited) Hi all, This is my pride and joy but an arse clenchingly large tax bill and the impending, looming spectre of being jobless means I am considering shifting it. The bass is a 'frankenbass' and started off as a few models. Details of the parts are here: Body: 68 jazz, ligt as a feather, original sunburst and seriously worn. This was owned by Fender expert Barry Matthews, I bought it from him years ago with a 65 neck, some old pickups and a few odd bits on it. The bass was played by John Entwistle in the past, but I don't expect this to add to the value - I reckon most olf Fenders were! The body has been routed for a battery cavity at the back - there is no other routing, as you can see! Necl: This was a 74 neck from a bass owned by the legendary session bassist Dave Markee. He has the Fender 'skunk stripe' removed and the ebony board added. This bass was giged with Frank Zappa and a few other legends. It's an amazingly thin and precise neck. [url="http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Dave_Markee_The_veteran_rock_man/40731/p1/"]Dave Markee[/url] Bridge and Neck Plate - original 74 Pickups - Wizard vintage (sound amazing) Tuners - Original 74 Tone and volume pots - new replacements. All in all, this guitar means a lot to me. I wanted a Jaco signature but I wanted a vintage one, so I bought the parts and built it. It plays amazingly, is the only one of its kind and it breaks my heart to think of her going - but I've got my 66 candy apple red Fender, and that's the only one I actually play to be honest. I've had the guitar in literally hundreds of permutations over the years (scrathcplate on, off, with a skunk neck, a 65 neck a modern Geddy Lee neck blah blah) and in this incarnation is perfect. I don't have tons of pictures but could take some if anyone's interested. Not sure of value, in parts it has to be about £1600, or I could be mistaken. I'd take this for it, but I'm not interested in any trades or anything. Let me know if anyone is interested! Edited December 10, 2010 by Jebo1
Jebo1 Posted November 15, 2010 Author Posted November 15, 2010 That photo is terrible - sorry. Will get some better ones later if anyone is interested.
wesfinn Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 [quote name='Jebo1' post='1024583' date='Nov 15 2010, 01:23 PM']That photo is terrible - sorry. Will get some better ones later if anyone is interested.[/quote] adds to the character
BoomBass Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 Have a 'TeenTown' bump! Sweet looking bass!!! ;-)
Jebo1 Posted December 10, 2010 Author Posted December 10, 2010 Here are some pics, I'm going to reduce the price to £1500. Let me know if there's any interest!!!
Jebo1 Posted December 29, 2010 Author Posted December 29, 2010 Bump again, would take less cash for it. I really need to get that tax bill paid by January 31st!!!
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