I am the original owner and this bass was custom built to my specs by Michal Dolan. (
http://www.dolanguitars.com/). Everything, with the exception of the Fender Decal on the headstock (which he was reluctant to do), was handled by him. The decal was added professionally locally. Visually this is a closet classic, not a 'relic' with dents, etc. I wanted to go for a Fender Custom Shop style instrument but thought $3,000 and change was a bit excessive.
The body wood is two piece Alder, lightweight. This is an early 60's style which has very smooth contours. The fretboard is palisander rosewood, a brighter, sweet smelling wood, that is very close tonally to Brazilian rosewood. The neck wood is the most beautiful piece of HIGHLY figured birdseye maple I have ever seen in my life. Under stage lighting, it looks absolutely insane. Too bad only me and the drummer ever get that view!
There is mild vintage tint to the wood as well, which plays great against the nitro paintjob. This is a custom built neck from Dolan, one of a kind. The Calham clay dots in the fretboard are aged as well, and the neck is equipped with Fender reverse wind tuners. Neck profile is modern and a cross between a "C" and a "D". Satin finish and easy to play. Plays great of course.
Vintage saddle bridge. Pickups are Fender 62's. The wiring is VVT, with a twist. The Tone knob can pull out to give you that P type thump when needed. Totally vintage cloth wiring, fully shielded, nice and quiet for a jazz bass.
I am selling because I have 2 Jazz basses, and they are both great. One of them looks like it got thrown in a wood chipper however and the resale value would be terrible. The other is the this beautiful instrument. I play my axes pretty hard so this bass has only seen a few performances and one video/photo shoot. I'm basically afraid to take it out of the house. I could use the money from this to finish a record I am working on.
The only flaw in this bass is some very small marks in the nitro on the back (see pic for this). It was from my belt buckle during a photo shoot. That's it.
Price is US $1,300.00 shipped. That's LESS than the cost of a new Fender Jazz bass, wood and paint selection that would blow a standard USA bass out of the water.
Weight of this bass is 9 lbs. and 1 ounce.
Currently strung with Fender ML Flatwounds for vintage 60's tone.
INCLUDES olive tweed hard shell case (see picture), which itself is in 9.5/10 condition (only ever used to protect this bass!)
Any questions, just ask!
This is the area with small marks on the back of the body, from my buckle.
The body has very nice contours, as seen here.
