smaz Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Up for the chop is my Japanese Fender '62-US Reissue. I bought this as a backup for my US Precision, but since then I've bought a Lakland which has taken over the CIJ's spot. As I'm looking at moving house some point next year, I need to thin the herd! The bass is about 4 years old. It's had a little bit of work done:[list] [*]Pots have been changed to CTS, with wiring changed to cloth - to make it a re-issue internally as well as externally [*]Tuners have been replaced for reverse style Gotohs, again to be period correct (stock ones were normal) [/list] I can't remember if the guy I bought it from (Bassman Steve on here) replaced the pickguard with one built by the The Bass Doc - I'll try and find that out. It's been played a lot before I took hold of it, so there's a few dings & scratches - I've tried to capture them all in the pics. There are some very light scratches on the front of the bass - pointed them out with the arrows. Also, two of the tuning pegs are slightly bent at the elephant ear part - this does not affect the ability to tune, or for the instrument to stay in tune. They could probably be bent back to straight, but it didn't bother me so I didn't bother with it! It's a lovely bass, and needs to be played... But it's just not with me I'm afraid It's currently strung with Rotosound Tru Bass black nylon strings, I can throw in a set of stainless roundwounds too - not used, but taken off another Japanese bass when it arrived. Link to the Fender Japan site: [url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/pb62-us.html"]http://www.fenderjap...jp/pb62-us.html[/url] Some specs:[list] [*]Body: Alder [*]Neck: Maple [*]Fretboard: Rosewood [*]Radius: 184R (No idea what that means!) [*]Frets: 20 [*]Nut width: 42mm [*]Bridge: Spilal Vintage [*]Pickups: PB Vintage USA [/list] Looking for [s]£575[/s] £525 + shipping. Comes with generic hard case that has been used once - Stealth bought it to go with the Lakland he sold, but I prefer soft cases! Any questions please ask! Pics: [url="https://www.dropbox.com/sc/baatitu32osh6ur/4m8fGIHJ1Z"]https://www.dropbox....h6ur/4m8fGIHJ1Z[/url] [attachment=150315:full-length.JPG] Edited January 4, 2014 by smaz
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