I don't often say Fender and Wow in the same sentence but...

[jd56hawk]

Saw this one at Russo Music, a local shop.
Fender Custom Shop '60s Jazz Bass NOS Rosewood, Faded Shell PinkFender Custom Shop '60s Jazz Bass with AAA rosewood fingerboard, handwired single-coil pickups, and Fender Custom Shop New Old Stock finish treatment
$4,300.00

Edited February 13, 2022 by jd56hawk

[Doctor J]

Reminds me of my old 77 which was less NOS and more POS 😉

[Newfoundfreedom]

I agree. Wow! That things hideous!

[Grahambythesea]

Meh!

[neepheid]

I'm glad you enjoy it.  The Jazz bass does nothing for me, be it Custom Shop or bargain bin.

[jd56hawk]

8 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I'm glad you enjoy it.  The Jazz bass does nothing for me, be it Custom Shop or bargain bin.

I didn't buy it.

Other than that, I have four jazz basses and they're incredible.

[neepheid]

14 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

I didn't buy it.

Other than that, I have four jazz basses and they're incredible.

 

I'm glad you enjoyed it from afar then.

 

If it's any consolation, I'm a pragmatic Jazz hater - if I saw a Jazz bass on fire, I'd put the fire out.  Then I'd sell it and buy something else

[Reggaebass]

Shell pink is one of my favourite colours and that’s a nice jazz I’d happily own if the $ wasn’t quite so high 🙂

[jd56hawk]

28 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Shell pink is one of my favourite colours and that’s a nice jazz I’d happily own if the $ wasn’t quite so high 🙂

Seriously, even $2,000 might be okay with Play Now, Pay Later...of course, it would mean $2,400 or $2,500 by payoff time.

Other than that, I had a build a few years back that I still regret selling...a bit more pink, Korean pickups and electronics, but hey, it sound just fine and felt even better.

Edited February 14, 2022 by jd56hawk

[jd56hawk]

49 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I'm glad you enjoyed it from afar then.

 

If it's any consolation, I'm a pragmatic Jazz hater - if I saw a Jazz bass on fire, I'd put the fire out.  Then I'd sell it and buy something else

I'm actually a Fender hater.

Maybe hater is a bit harsh, because obviously they make some great basses, but there's just something about them that simply doesn't do it for me.

I'll just say I'm not their biggest fan.

[Woodinblack]

I do like that as a look (apart from not play 4 strings), although the price would be a 'you *** kidding me?'!

 

[Doctor J]

Fender's quest to make Fodera prices look very reasonable continues at pace 😂

[RhysP]

What's a New Old Stock finish? Do they just put it in a dusty case?

[Kev]

Am I reading that right?  Fender are now advertising a finish on a bass to make it look like it did in the 60s, when new?  What the hell does that mean??  I thought NOS was just something literally unplayed, so surely a bass finish in the same finish that would have been applied at the time would work, period correct?  But NOS finish? Totally lost.

 

 

[RhysP]

2 minutes ago, Kev said:

Am I reading that right?  Fender are now advertising a finish on a bass to make it look like it did in the 60s, when new?  What the hell does that mean??

It means "A fool & his money are soon parted"... 

[Doctor J]

Looks like it means about $500?

[jd56hawk]

11 minutes ago, Kev said:

Am I reading that right?  Fender are now advertising a finish on a bass to make it look like it did in the 60s, when new?  What the hell does that mean??  I thought NOS was just something literally unplayed, so surely a bass finish in the same finish that would have been applied at the time would work, period correct?  But NOS finish? Totally lost.

 

 

They've been doing it for a very long time.

I wouldn't buy one, but they sell and continue to sell.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=Fender journeyman bass&smcs=2046df_20106

Edited February 14, 2022 by jd56hawk

[Kev]

12 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

They've been doing it for a very long time.

I wouldn't buy one, but they sell and continue to sell.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=Fender journeyman bass&smcs=2046df_20106

I don't understand reliced basses really.  But now, they seem totally rational.

 

I mean, what do they do to it?  NOS means its finish is as-new, so given the bass is new, the finish is naturally as new.  And presuming they've used a period correct finish for the bass, itll be a replica.  What makes it NOS???

[jd56hawk]

I have a hard time understanding a lot of things Fender does.

[Piers_Williamson]

Hairdresser's bass comes to mind looking at that colour.  And isn't Fender run by a Brit?  So be careful what you wish for...they'll be looking like Minis next (although didn't Enfield do a British Racing Green finish?)

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Hairdresser's bass comes to mind looking at that colour.  And isn't Fender run by a Brit?  So be careful what you wish for...they'll be looking like Minis next (although didn't Enfield do a British Racing Green finish?)

 

The 1980s called, they want their gender/sexuality/occupation specific colours back.

[TheLowDown]

"Fender". Pass.

[jd56hawk]

Pink used to be a boy’s color, blue was for girls.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/01/pink-blue/?andro=1&chrome=1

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by jd56hawk

[Piers_Williamson]

Isn't the waistcoat on the right the sort of thing Guy Pratt still wears?

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I'm not a player of the Jazz, but I still think they look incredible - that pink one particularly so.

That said, should the bridge pickup be sticking out that far from the cover?