A Fender J Ltd. edition you've probably never seen before....

[wateroftyne]

I like to think I'm aware of pretty much every oddity that Fender has put out. But no, those crazy Japanese are still hiding the odd surprise up their sleeve....

 

Here's the Hojin Egawa signature Jazz, produced by Fender Japan in the mid-to-late 90s.

 

Yep, it's a new one on me too. And  no, I don't own it.

 

 

 

 

[AndyTravis]

Only the second time I’ve seen one. Sort of bonkers enough to be cool

[EdLib-3]

It's got a bit of a Liberace vibe going on. Great for metal...

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Only the second time I’ve seen one. Sort of bonkers enough to be cool

Thought you’d have owned and then sold on (probably 48 minutes later) about 7 of them. 

[AndyTravis]

9 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Thought you’d have owned and then sold on (probably 48 minutes later) about 7 of them. 

Thanks for that 😉

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

I want to like it, but that plate is....odd.

[Woodinblack]

I liked all of it until it got to that plate!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

normally that kind of plate is hiding chiselled out holes for extra pickups and electronics on overpriced examples of hacked up vintage basses on ebay so what it's doing on a production bass is anyone's guess. My guess is that as its a signature edition it is based on the plate of one of the artist's favourite basses - just as the Marcus Miller Fender Jazz had something slightly less extreme.

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Thanks for that 😉

Right, though, aren’t I ? 😛

[AndyTravis]

22 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Right, though, aren’t I ? 😛

Except one bass in my rack, the other 3 I’ve had for 2 of them for 11 years and the other for 4/5 years.

 

true, the other spaces have been a revolving door 😂

[Maude]

Ooh, Marcus Miller has an ugly sister. 

[AndyTravis]

That bass with the MM setup would work though

Edited September 27, 2021 by AndyTravis

[Bassassin]

15 minutes ago, Maude said:

Ooh, Marcus Miller has an ugly sister. 

I was literally about to post - it's like someone saw the MM sig J & thought - "that's just not ugly enough!"

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

normally that kind of plate is hiding chiselled out holes for extra pickups and electronics on overpriced examples of hacked up vintage basses on ebay so what it's doing on a production bass is anyone's guess. 

 

Well, it is a signature, so maybe Hojin Egawa hacked up his bass and then put a big scratchplate on it to cover it up, and this is a copy of that? Although having seen his actual bass, its not even the same colour, although the plate is the same.

[Velarian]

It looks like something that would suit Verdine White. 

[LeftyJ]

3 hours ago, Velarian said:

It looks like something that would suit Verdine White. 

Aye, or Larry Graham and his "none more white" Moon bass, although there's a massive missed opportunity here that the Fender did jump on: white pickup covers! 

 

 

I raise you another oddball Fender signature bass: apparently this one was made for the bass player of Silent Siren (and the accompanying Telecaster guitar).

 

 

Edited September 27, 2021 by LeftyJ