This is my fav J of all time. I've played it alongside Sadowsky and Alleva Coppolo (sorry for the spelling) and it will go toe to toe, easily. Preference would be a matter of taste if the headstock's were covered... it's that good...
Has a super stiff maple neck with maple board. Bound with pearl blocks and very sweet super low profile frets. As it is a 75 RI, the neck profile is in the GL camp but a tad wider which makes it fit better than a GL in my hand. The neck is simply amazing.
The only mods from stock are
* Graphtech Graphite saddles
* Vintage Vibe, split coils
* Schaller Locks
The only real scars are down behind the bridge where it looks like someone was careless with the strings too many times while stringing. It was that way when I got it. Not much but I'll shoot a detail shot of that shortly.
One oddity is that the 'double dot' to indicate the 12th fret, on this bass is at the 8th fret, with a single dot marking the octave. This bugged me for about 5 minutes - I had completely forgotten about it until I went to take the photo's here. I consider it sort of a 'rare bird' kinda thing as opposed to a real flaw.
Weight is 9.5 bathroom scale method.
Currently strung with newish TIJF's in very good, low hour condition. I've had LaBella Deep Talkin flats as well as TI PowerBass and Super Alloy strings on it over time. The neck was an easy setup no matter the string tension.
'burst, maple on maple, black pickguard. 2 pc Ash body. Killer punch!
L series dates to 1991 to 1992 . This is a MIJ not a CIJ. The bass is in very, very good shape with some light scars behind the bridge, a small rough spot at the top of the headstock, a minor finish scratch, unphotographable on the bottom edge, swirling on the pickguard. Fantastic condition for a near to 20 year old instrument!
Includes very nice leather strap, (3.5" IIRC) with Schaller ends. (I have shoulder issues and 9.5 is the high end for me weight wise so I used the wider strap and that has worked fine for getting me through my typical 3 set nights. It really is a nice strap so I'll pass it along with.)
This is a killer player and one of the best sounding J's out there.
$825 plus freight at actual
Finally outta town, 3/7, 8 & 9 - back after that!
* the inevitable - if it's so good, why are you selling question ? Good question. part of it is that I spent $900 today on another bass. That bass fits into my acoustic scene better than the J. My 83 P workhorse fit's my surf 'a billy thing the best and I really can't afford both that one and the J ... So it was down to the J or the Brio. Lee Barker knows where I live and looks too much like the hangin' judge for me to annoy without serious cause ...
