zawinul Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Just seeing these hitting the shops Anyone played one? any different from standard jazz's? Looks like very thin neck!! Z Quote
zawinul Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 Are you telling me no one has played one or owns one!???? Quote
AndyTravis Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 These have been around ages, one or two have popped up here for sale. I nearly bought a used one from ishibashi used for about £400 but had a fretless made instead. Still, fancy one from time to time - like a budget jaco bass. Quote
dlloyd Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 [quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1446151891' post='2897415'] These have been around ages, one or two have popped up here for sale. I nearly bought a used one from ishibashi used for about £400 but had a fretless made instead. Still, fancy one from time to time - like a budget jaco bass. [/quote] Yep, here's one for a shade over 50,000 yen, around £300... http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/select.php?cd=80-325680003 Even with shipping and tax that's going to come in at around £500... hmm. Quote
dlloyd Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 [quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1446155695' post='2897442'] Yep, here's one for a shade over 50,000 yen, around £300... [url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/select.php?cd=80-325680003"]http://www.ishibashi...cd=80-325680003[/url] Even with shipping and tax that's going to come in at around £500... hmm. [/quote] It's lovely... Quote
zawinul Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 [quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1446155695' post='2897442'] Yep, here's one for a shade over 50,000 yen, around £300... http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/select.php?cd=80-325680003 Even with shipping and tax that's going to come in at around £500... hmm. [/quote] not bad. How much would it cost me to get active pickups fitted to this do you reckon I mean cost of work. John east preamps about £200. Cost of fitting? Then ive almost got what I want!!! Quote
dlloyd Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 [quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1446201357' post='2897628'] not bad. How much would it cost me to get active pickups fitted to this do you reckon I mean cost of work. John east preamps about £200. Cost of fitting? Then ive almost got what I want!!! [/quote] Hmm... it depends on the pickups. You're looking at a set of pickups and a preamp and the cost of having them professionally fitted? Depends where you go and what hardware you're talking about... A set of Nordstrand NJ4s are £130, NJSV4s are £180. A J retro will be £195. EMGs would be about £130, a set of Seymour Duncans will be about £110. You could get an Aguilar preamp for £120. Fitting them would probably cost in the region of £50, or you could do it yourself if you're handy with a soldering iron. By the time you did all that you'd have a Japanese Jazz bass that cost you £900 to £1000. Is it worth it? What if you don't like it? Resale value wouldn't reflect the cost of the components. Doubly so as these basses appeal to Jaco fans who generally aren't after active basses. Quote
zawinul Posted November 2, 2015 Author Posted November 2, 2015 I will get one.....for now I've got bigger (scottish) fish to go after Quote
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