OK, I have decided to part with this bass. Details:
I bought this bass on Ebay in a highly unoriginal state. My goal was to bring it back to original (as much as I could). Unfortunately the neck was shot, so I put the P neck on it. It was refinished in Lake Placid Blue in the '80s. The bass weighs probably 9 pounds, don't have a scale. It was measured at 8.5 pounds with the original neck, but the current neck is a little heavier.
Body and pickups- 1973 Jazz Bass
Neck- 1976 Precision Bass with rare A width nut (1.5 inches), brass nut.
Badass II bridge
Pots and control assembly- 1974 Jazz Bass
It is a cool bass with tons of mojo. It is in serious need of a fret job, being practically fretless from the 2nd to about the 6th fret. The tone is almost identical to the bass that Jaco plays in his instructional video (Modern Electric Bass), that bass also being a Jazz with a precision neck. Very snappy.
I bought the control plate assembly from an ebay seller and the pots read 1377438. He said that he built it up from some incomplete state, how incomplete I don't know. It appears to me that the tone knob is a bit newer than the other two. Everything else looks good, blue drop cap, etc.
The original case is missing the chrome Fender badge. Overall I would say that the case is in a 5 or 6 out of 10 condition.
Please ask questions. I will add more pictures and details. Asking $1,100.
If I can't drum up the interest here, then I will part it out and sell on ebay. If you are interested in any parts, let me know.
