Travis Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) Hi all, Up for sale is my MIM Jazz V, recently purchased as a bit of an experiment from fellow member Andy67 (great guy to do some business with, btw). Having never owned a Jazz, I thought I'd give it a go and I am now hooked. Selling this one on as I've saved up some pennies for an upscale active Jazz V and it's the old 'one in, one out' routine. When I purchased it, I thought that the low B lacked a little definition but after a setup and new strings it sang much more clearly. Following this, I put in some Bartolini 57J1 pickups and the tone is sweet with a clean, clear low B. From the serial, I would say that it is a 2009 with the 4+1 headstock. One ding near the control plate (pictured) but all in all, it's pretty clean. I have also rewired the bass as V/B/T with a Bourns blend w/center detent. No drop in signal in any position. I also took this as an opportunity to experiment with tone capacitor values and found that I preferred a smaller value tone cap (currently have a .022 ceramic cap installed). If you have never played around with this or are unfamiliar with the effect, a smaller cap value results in a less dark tone roll off when the tone knob is moved off of it's maximum value position (other descriptions might vary). All wiring done to a professional standard (in a former life, pre-music career, I was a Nuclear Electronic Technician submariner in the USN) and I used cloth insulated wire for all added wiring. Cloth covered wiring not due to any particular vintage fetish, I just had some handy and enjoy working with it... All original parts- vol pot and MIM pickups will be included in the sale. Will also come with a tired but functional hard case. I have my eye on a couple of things already and would prefer a straight sale over trades. Cash or bank transfer should do the trick and while I'm happy to ship at the buyer's expense, I would prefer collection in SE London or I'll meet halfway, distance and scheduling permitting. Thanks for looking! Edited May 2, 2015 by Travis
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