Fully Carved John Juzek small 3/4 or 5/8ths bass for sale (please: this is an earlier post that I took down because I decided to keep the bass. I would love to keep it, but financially it is becoming impossible for me to do so. I have since put on a gut G and D string and the bass sounds amazing. I can send you audio samples if you are serious about the bass. No one ever even realizes the shorter string length and I'm constantly getting compliments on the amazing tone. Sadly - she must go
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I have a great John Juzek double bass for sale! $4,000 (i'm fairly firm on this price)
I just bought a bass because i saw that it was left unplayed for 30+ years and completely unplayable! I didn't really need this bass, but it was a shame to have this sitting around in a corner, with what looked like the original gut strings on it (yuck!)! Now that she is singing, it is time to find a good home for her!
The label reads "John Juzek: Violin Maker in formerly in Prague, made in Germany". The back is stamped 1962. From my understanding, John Juzek never made basses but this was imported and probably at one point owned by the NYC public school system. There was a crack in the back that the lady I purchased the bass from said she had repaired in 1999 or 2000. It seems to be a solid repair (update: this has held fine and Kolstein has looked at it and said it was solid). The sides, again from my own research, appear to be sprayed as opposed to hand rubbed, but the top and back are hand-rubbed. It is a solid carved instrument.
It is a little smaller than my 3/4 bass, though I am told also that Juzek never made a 5/8ths instrument - and this is definitely not a half-size. The tone is really beautiful though it is not extremely loud. This is a great jazz bass! I'm still breaking it in after not being played for 30 + years and having a bunch of work done.
I had the neck sanded, new synthetic gut strings (Kolstein Heritage), fingerboard planed, new bridge, new tailgut, endpin removed (it was non-functional) and a stub put in, Rabbath endpin drilled, and all of the costmetics repaired on the instrument.
I would really love to find her a good loving home where she will be played all the time!
I've not been gigging on this bass for about a month and really have grown quite fond of the bass (update: I've had her all summer and now into the fall). I hope I can find her a good home!
I am currently living in the fingerlakes region of NY State, but I am in NYC for gigs and rehearsals a few times a month. I usually bring the bass with me there.
Please e-mail me for more specific pictures and with questions. I will respond promptly!!!
