2013 Fender MIJ Jaguar in 3-Tone Sunburst - £850 - SOLD
£950
Guiseley

Schlippy · October 22

Pristine 2013 MIJ Jaguar bass, with the series/parallel switch and 2-band active EQ. No dings or marks of any kind, had a full service a couple of months ago with the pickups freshly refoamed. Fully shielded so doesn't suffer from the grounding problems that plagued these models. 4.4kg overall weight, only ever been played with flatwounds so has very little fret wear considering it's age. Currently fitted with a fresh set of standard gauge LaBella Deep Talking Bass flats, nowhere near broken in yet. It's got a lovely gurgling Jazz growl with plenty of scope for tonal modification.

The only issue is a tiny gap at one side of skunk stripe down the middle of the neck. Asked about filling it in when it was being serviced and the tech just shrugged, they sometimes do that over time apparantly, it's not in danger of coming loose or falling out. It's not really noticeable when playing but you can feel it when you pick the guitar up. Edit: This has been filled, sanded and buffed out, it's still visible if you know to look for it and you can feel it if you run the soft pad of your thumb down the skunk stripe, but you can't notice it when playing any more.

Replaced the strap buttons with outsized Gotoh ones, they're not the best lookers but are super secure, as long as your strap holes aren't gaping open there's no need for additional straplocks. Still have the original silver strap buttons, along with the original parchment pickguard.

Love this axe but it's time to face the fact that my back can't support full scale guitars since I slipped a disc, every time I wear this for more than 20 minutes or so I'm in pain for days afterwards so it's time for someone else to enjoy it.

Edit: and here's a couple of shots in the daylight, so you can see what it actually looks like: