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02-26-2011, 08:54 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | | They were good instruments. MIJ, pretty much just a standard bass with a faux printed flame pattern applied to the wood so they looked fancy. |
02-26-2011, 08:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago SW 'burbs | | | I've seen a lot of them f/s with the "faux" finish cracked. Usually looks pretty bad, much worse than a finish crack in a regularly finished instrument. Nice looking without flaws, though. The rest of the bass is typical MIJ quality: pretty good.
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02-26-2011, 08:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oxford, Ohio (Near Cincy) | | Beware the Hamburglar on the back of the neck.  |
02-26-2011, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GrooveWarrior  Beware the Hamburglar on the back of the neck. | epicly awesome
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02-26-2011, 09:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Salinas, CA | | | I used one as my primary bass for years, got stolen unfortunately. Great sound and feel, I never had any problems with the finish on mine.
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02-27-2011, 02:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lebanon/Kuwait | | I have one from '94.
Basically it's a '62 P with this faux finish.
It was my first Fender. I'm currently going to refinish it.
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02-27-2011, 06:08 AM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | The Jazzes are good basses, except for the aforementioned finish cracks and that they tended to be heavy. The really good ones have two hamburglars on the neck. |
02-27-2011, 06:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern Virginia | | I dig mine..no finish problems at all.I would buy one again.
And yes the hamburgler is there..  
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02-27-2011, 06:33 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: South Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimB52 The Jazzes are good basses, except for the aforementioned finish cracks and that they tended to be heavy. The really good ones have two hamburglars on the neck. | Two hamburglars--classic! |
02-27-2011, 07:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Scotland | | | So even the back of the neck is foto flame?
I never dug these things. A really gaudy attempt at dressing mutton as lamb. Sort of the 79Cutlass Supreme on big rims mentality. You are paying slightly more for an instrument with a bit of photocopied wood stuck on it that is then half obscured by some eye-jarring burst.
Those J and P basses are cool because they have that no-nonsense vibe with the Dupont colours etc... not these fancy deals.
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02-27-2011, 07:38 AM
| | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Meddle A really gaudy attempt at dressing mutton as lamb. . You are paying slightly more for an instrument with a bit of photocopied wood stuck on it that is then half obscured by some eye-jarring burst. |
The natural finish fotoflame bodies are much more subdued. |
02-27-2011, 07:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Princeton New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassplayer8953 I've seen a lot of them f/s with the "faux" finish cracked. Usually looks pretty bad, much worse than a finish crack in a regularly finished instrument. Nice looking without flaws, though. The rest of the bass is typical MIJ quality: pretty good. | I had a fotoflame Strat. Major cracks in the finish. More like fractures. Big air bubble under the "foto" on the back of the headstock as well. That being said, it played and sounded fine. Quote:
Originally Posted by JimB52 The natural finish fotoflame bodies are much more subdued. | Much more.
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02-27-2011, 08:11 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: West Bloomfield, Mich. | | | Found a story online. It said the guy who did the Hamburglar on the neck as a joke was fired for that. |
02-27-2011, 08:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassplayer8953 I've seen a lot of them f/s with the "faux" finish cracked. Usually looks pretty bad, much worse than a finish crack in a regularly finished instrument. Nice looking without flaws, though. The rest of the bass is typical MIJ quality: pretty good. | I picked up one on CL that was so bad, it was ugly. I got it for dirt cheap because no one would buy it. Stripped it down and gave it a nice refinish. I ended up with a nice MIJ Fender P for under $250.
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02-27-2011, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Yeah, these were decent instruments when they came out. The fotoflame for the record isn't a photocopy. Its a transparent film that's applied between wood and finish, its done well and looks pretty realistic and three dimensional.
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02-27-2011, 10:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: West Bloomfield, Mich. | | | Don't know how long these were made for but you don't see too many for sale. At least I don't. |
02-27-2011, 05:15 PM
| | | I have a MIM Jazz from 2004 or 05 that I bought of ebay. It has a flamed top. Would this be a photo finish? No biggie if it is, I just cant see them putting a flamed top on an MIM.
Anyway, here's a pic: 
BnB
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02-27-2011, 06:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bound'n'blocked I have a MIM Jazz from 2004 or 05 that I bought of ebay. It has a flamed top. Would this be a photo finish? No biggie if it is, I just cant see them putting a flamed top on an MIM.
Anyway, here's a pic:
BnB | Nope. Too late to be a fotoflame. They were gone by about 1998 or so.
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02-27-2011, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BurningSkies Nope. Too late to be a fotoflame. They were gone by about 1998 or so. |
Lol. Sorry dude, its only a real flame. 
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