musicman1 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 fender jazz 75 ressiue made in japan [not crafter in japan] so much better than an a American fender this is built very well. in natural colour with a black scratch plate and fender bag. has got DR pink strings a bit old but looks cool comes with fender strap 3 bolt neck. recording can be heard on starting line track on myspace.com/wildstarband. and some pic on my own myspace.com/robthestingrayman. 2 or 3 very small dents on the bottom made in 1999 but serial numer on headstock is a 85? little bit of lacqure coming off on the 2 and 5 frett on the edge as i have played this bass alot reasone for selling is i would like a musicman stingray5 in white with matching headstock and white scratchplate so if you have one i will be intrested £550 ovno call 07742204182 email [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2000 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 [quote name='musicman1' post='104796' date='Dec 15 2007, 10:55 PM']fender jazz 75 ressiue made in japan [not crafter in japan] so much better than an a American fender this is built very well. in natural colour with a black[/quote] So why's this better than a MIA then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 [quote name='BB2000' post='105118' date='Dec 16 2007, 11:26 PM']So why's this better than a MIA then?[/quote] Er... Quality control on the Japanese Fenders is second to none. Neck is likely to be thinner as well. All in all, the Japanese ones are actually finished properly, unlike the ones made by lazy Americans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2000 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I see, MIA bad, MIJ good. So how about CIJ then, looks like the OP thinks they're bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 My Geddy Lee is a "CIJ" - Quality is stunning! Not sure of the difference between MIJ & CIJ, though. Hey, perhaps we ought to get off here & let this man sell his bass?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2000 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Yes, I'm just being a bit naughty and tweaking his tail. I think it's probably a bit overpriced unless it's somehow preferable to a new CIJ (considering they're about £510 delivered to your door) hence my question. Of course one advantage of buying this one is that the potential buyer has the chance to play this one before parting with the folding - but if the quality is *so* good then there's little risk of buying direct, is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2000 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 It's interesting that the highest offer I had for this CIJ [topic="8952"]two for a pound?[/topic] was 70p - and I think that was a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 (edited) There is NO difference between MIJ and CIJ. [quote]fender jazz 75 ressiue made in japan [not crafter in japan] so much better than an a American fender[/quote] ...and I'm not really sure untrue generalisations like this are fair to use in a for sale ad. Edited December 17, 2007 by wateroftyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB2000 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='105165' date='Dec 17 2007, 07:43 AM']There is NO difference between MIJ and CIJ.[/quote] Well, one has 'Made' in place of a 'Crafted', and erm... that's it. They're all CIJ now - have been for years. I've noticed this 'MIJ is better than 'CIJ' nonsense on ebay as well, more often than not by sellers trying to sell bottom of the range battered basswood bodied instruments for twice the new price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Sorry to hijack but it always bumps it up. I have a MIA 62 Reissue Precision. It was bought after comparing with the Japanese equivalent. The MIA in my humble opinion was a better bass in all ways. It was also more accurate in terms of hardware. HOWEVER, the Japanese bass is excellent so somebody make an offer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebo1 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I think the USA 75 reissues are pretty close to the original 75's, more so than the generic Japanese jazzes anyway. Time was when you could pick these up for about £300, they still go on ebay for that. I'm not trying to ruin a sale tho, just chucking in my 2p... I would say that I've always found the japanese instruments preferable to the US standards series, but this is me. Plenty of my friends love the US ones, so I guess it strokes, folks and differences all rolled into one saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_russ Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I have one the same as this except for a rosewood fretboard- it's certainly an awful lot better than the american fender jazz I had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Try repricing this at £300 - £350 & you might get a bite.... As stated above, you're currently charging more than a brand new one imported directed from Japan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebo1 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well, I'd pay £300 for it plus delivery. I'll put that out there right now :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odub Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 [quote name='Jebo1' post='105334' date='Dec 17 2007, 02:02 PM']Well, I'd pay £300 for it plus delivery. I'll put that out there right now :-)[/quote] I would pay £300.05 for it plus delivery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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