Paul S Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) As part of my on-going gear re-shuffle this beauty is next for the chop. 1985/6 MIJ Jazz Bass Special in black with black hardware, black neck and headstock. It is very black. Precision shaped body with a Jazz width neck - slim and shallow. P/J pickups. At some point before I got it the electrics had been completely changed - it now boasts Bartolini pickups and a Bartolini on board 3 band preamp. Nice. Pickups are switchable via toggle to front, blend, back. So, for all intents and purposes it is a Power Jazz Bass Special, except with a 'regular' 3 band eq, as opposed to the parametric sweep doodah and rather odd boost toggle thing. Pull a knob (forget which just at this precise moment - treble, possibly) and it returns to passive with a passive tone control (and which is redundant when active). Although, frankly, it has such a huge sound when active I can only imagine this being useful for a 'get out of jail free' if the battery packs up. Also sporting an after-market Schaller bridge - incredibly versatile bit of kit is is too. Weighs 9.5lbs, a tad too heavy for me. 38mm at the nut, pretty good nick for a 30 yr old bass, most of the wear is on the back. Sounds huge (did I say that already?), great tones available. P pup sounds like a P bass, J like a J. I particularly like the blend of P/J. I am asking a ridiculous £375, collected from SS7 on the north Thames Delta. £400 via fully insured overnight courier - no hard case but well packaged. Or meet half way/deliver for fuel within a reasonable distance. Edited July 2, 2015 by Paul S
MMark Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Really nice! Do you have a soundsample? O, and why is there no serial number on the headstock?? Edited May 5, 2015 by MMark
Paul S Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Just seen your extra question - the serial number is on the neck plate, there's nothing sinister going on. A030196, which throws up this answer in the Guitar Dater project: [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] [color=#000000]Your guitar was made at the [/color][/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Fuji-gen Plant (for Fender Japan), Japan in the Year(s): 1985 - 1986[/color][color=#000000] [/color][/font][/size] I welcome any trial on this - if anyone wants to try before they buy that is extremely possible. I'd love to trade this for a Fender JB 62M medium scale jazz bass in black or white with cash your way, in case anyone has one.
Sharkfinger Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Damn, that's a sweet bass. Too heavy for me too, sadly.
DeeC16 Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Bump for 'all my money went on GAS for something else and I can't buy this bass'.
Chaos Daveo Posted May 8, 2015 Posted May 8, 2015 Not got the cash just yet but if she's still here at the end of the month I will be in touch...
allighatt0r Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 That leopard print makes all of your basses that extra bit sexy... I'm still gigging that scruffy old Jazz!
Paul S Posted May 13, 2015 Author Posted May 13, 2015 Might have been a bit hasty moving that one on... if you ever do, let me know. I thought this would have gone by now. It is a very good price.
Grangur Posted May 18, 2015 Posted May 18, 2015 That looks pretty cool and great value at that price. Too bad my rack is full just now. Have a bump
Paul S Posted May 20, 2015 Author Posted May 20, 2015 Another 'why has nobody bought this yet' bump! Renowned MIJ quality, with top quality upgrades, for less than quality price. Cool as heck, too.
Paul S Posted May 28, 2015 Author Posted May 28, 2015 A 'going away for the weekend but would hate everyone to forget this is still here' type bump
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