umcoo Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hi all, I am selling my jazz bass, built using quality parts from Warmoth, Schecter, Fender and Schaller. Bit of an odd one this - it's based on the bass used by Matt Sharp during his time with 90's geek rockers Weezer. As a slightly obsessive fan, I spent a fair amount of time and money collecting the parts and then it was put together by Jack from Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester. I did a build thread at the time which is here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/125616-weezermatt-sharp-jazz-build/page__hl__weezer"]http://basschat.co.u...age__hl__weezer[/url] The bass has a Geddy Lee body from Japan, a Warmoth Ebony/Birdseye Maple tele bass neck with jazz bass width at the nut, Schaller 3D black bridge and a pair of jazz pickups from a Schecter USA Custom from 1996. The pups can be coil tapped, but are currently just wired as a standard jazz. The neck is superb and feels great. The birdseye on the back is stunning and I paid a premium for the jet black ebony on the fretboard. This was made in 2011, so plenty of life left in the frets. Currently has Schaller BML tuners on it. The body has its fair share of chips and surface scratches. It's by no means mint, but the origianl bass that this is based on is beat up, so I didn't mind. I used the body as it comes with the 70's pickup spacing like the original. The pickguard and control plate/neck plate are all Warmoth and are great quality, the tort looks real good. Finding the pickups for this was a nightmare. These are top quality USA made pups and aren't sold separately, so I needed to find someone who had replaced their pups from a Schecter custom bass. Finally tracked some down from a guy on Talkbass after about 2 years of looking on and off. I've only seen one other set come up on ebay in the past 4 or 5 years. So, I'm after[b] £650 for this, plus postage[/b]. I appreciate that most people aren't hardcore Weezer fans though, so I'm happy to part this out if people want to go that way. If it seems that this is most liekly, I'll update this OP with prices for each bit, or if you want a few parts we can sort somehting out. I'm in Lancaster so collection is always good but I'm usually in various parts of the country so delivery/meet up is something to consider. It could do with a new set of strings as it's been neglected for my Gibson G-3 recently, which I can sort if needs be, but I would recommend you use strings you normally use and get it setup to how you like it Anyway, a few pictures to show you what it's like. Any questions please ask [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0204_zps38a8fab8.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0203_zpse3210bf5.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0202_zps4bc70bb0.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0201_zps7404c550.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0198_zps71db0174.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0197_zps1db8a354.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0196_zps98568e6d.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0195_zps9d20a839.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0194_zps962a55da.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0191_zps69625c30.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0190_zpsa33f8959.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0188_zpse0e650ad.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0187_zps7b784082.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/goat_punisher/media/DSC_0183_zpscd1d159e.jpg.html"][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Nice, looks great a beauty I must say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 bump! - not had any interest in this...probably because Weezer aren't very good anymore. Will start parting it out soon I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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