Elusive Jaydee Supernaturals

[Chrisward]

Hi all,

I am a recent member of the Basschat forum. It's great.

My problem :

I've wanted a Jaydee Supernatural since I was a teenager (and that's a long time).

Now I've finally decided to scratch that itch and get one, I find the wait time for a new one is 16 months. That wait feels more frightening that the cost.

I can live with it, after all I've waited a long time already, but my question is [b]how[/b] [b]come you never see any around in shops?[/b]

Even high-end bass specialist shops say they seldom see one. I guess this is a good thing for a new one holding it's value.


I've done some searching around on this and there closest thing I found was [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/250813-jaydee-supernatural/page__p__2666192__hl__jaydee%20supernatural__fromsearch__1#entry2666192"]this thread[/url], I know there are some others.

Keen to hear any feedback on this,
Chris

[RhysP]

[quote name='Chrisward' timestamp='1429873153' post='2755786']
I can live with it, after all I've waited a long time already, but my question is [b]how[/b] [b]come you never see any around in shops?[/b]
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Well, they're probably aren't that many around anyway, certainly compared to a lot of other makes.

There's also the fact that a lot of them, the one I had built for me in the early 1980s included, suffered from serious neck issues (truss rods breaking, general instability problems) that might mean lots of them just aren't in a playable state these days.

[Chrisward]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1429874295' post='2755812']
Well, they're probably aren't that many around anyway, certainly compared to a lot of other makes.

There's also the fact that a lot of them, the one I had built for me in the early 1980s included, suffered from serious neck issues (truss rods breaking, general instability problems) that might mean lots of them just aren't in a playable state these days.
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I've seen this said quite a lot. My understanding was that there was a period of high demand back in the 1980s during which the components for the neck weren't as reliable as they would have wished.

I get the impression that this is sorted on the current ones (so if buy a new one it won't suffer).

It would explain why some of those older ones don't show up though.

Thanks for that. Interesting.

[White Cloud]

I am another victim of an 80's Jaydee Supernatural that had a terminal neck back bow....for the massive inconvenience and heart break that I suffered I personally would never go there again.

Good luck to you though, I hope you find a good example. They are exceptionally beautiful looking basses.