For sale - Fender Jazz Modern Player Shortscale £475 Horley, Surrey

[Merton]

Yes, I only bought this in January. Yes, I said it was very impressive, and it is.

 

But I have to be sensible. I have a new ACG RetroB 5 on the way to take care of 5 string duties and I have three glorious 4 strings already. All this does is do what they do, and say “Fender” on the headstock. And sadly so far my ACG Finn 5 has garnered very little interest at all

 

To be fair, it’s very good at what it does - a nice PJ set up, a very playable scale length and neck, a decent pickup pair with very good output and a tone control which actually seems to work. But as it doesn’t offer me anything new, and I really need to cover the costs of the glorious new ACG on its way, I will be sensible.

 

Specs:

Series: Modern Player

Body Material: Downsized Alder Jazz Bass

Body Finish: Gloss Urethane

Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane

String Nut: Synthetic Bone, 1.5" (38.1 mm)

Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5" (241 mm) Radius

Position Inlays: White Dot

Scale Length: Short Scale, 30" (762 mm)

Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape with Vintage Tint

Frets: 18, Medium Jumbo

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: 4-Saddle Fender® Hi-Mass

Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style

Pickguard: 3-Ply Tortoiseshell (501)

Pickup Configuration: P/J

Pickups: Hot Jazz Bass® (Bridge)

Precision Bass® (Middle)

Controls: Volume 1. (P Bass Pickup), Volume 2. (J Bass Pickup), Master Tone

 

Currently strung with D’Addario strings according to the chap from whom I bought this. Will be supplied with a guitar gig bag and some chrome knobs which the previous owner preferred over the standard black plastic knobs. (I put the black ones back on as I prefer them but noticed one has a small split in it, which doesn’t affect it but may be an issue in the future).

 

UK mainland delivery is £30, or I’m heading to Manchester this weekend (up Sun 9th Feb, back Mon 10th) and then Birmingham again 17th-18th, so could potentially arrange a suitable meet up point on M25/M40/M42/M6.

Or if you want to pop into Merton Towers for a cuppa and a play before buying, let me know

 

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 16:34 by Merton
Still available

[Schlippy]

How much does this weigh please, and do you have a shot of the back of the headstock with the serial number? 

[Pestie]

I'll have this please. Pm'd

[Merton]

On 07/02/2025 at 06:51, Schlippy said:

How much does this weigh please, and do you have a shot of the back of the headstock with the serial number? 

Hello!

 

4.5kg, s/n shot below

 

(PS still available!)

 

Edited Saturday at 16:56 by Merton

[Schlippy]

Cheers for that, I'd heard these were heavy and 4.5kg is more than my knackered discs can comfortably support, alas. Looks lovely tho, good luck with the sale.

[Merton]

Yeah it’s a weird one, the smallest bass I have but the heaviest! It’s not an uncomfortable weight but appreciate it’s too much for some!