I recently took this on a trade knowing the risks... I'm not a J bass guy! BUT.... I desperately wanted to be AND I am a huge fan of Kevin's work since he was the only luthier I could find that was willing to fret my then fretless NT Spector 6 string bass. (He did an Unbelievable job BTW!) I figured if this J couldn't make me fall for Jazz basses, no bass would. I've learned the hard lesson that sounding like Geddy is partly in his fingers, partly in him being a professional with manufacturers working to tailor gear to meet the tone in his head, and partly the tone in my head is just different than what a J can produce!
SO enough background. Here's the specs:
- Matte/satin black finish over alder body with matching headstock
- Black Hipshot Ultra-lite tuners and A-style bridge
- 34" scale maple neck w/ rosewood fingerboard
- 'Bolt-thru' neck. This is a great Kevin Brubaker design feature that is basically a deep-set bolt-on with nicely carved heel giving the feel of NT with the tone of bolt-on.
- Luminlay side dots
- Quilted maple pickguard and control plate
- Paul Arntz custom overwound p/ups
- Bartolini 9V 3-band pre w/ push-pull active passive and push-pull mid shift.
- 19mm spacing
- About 9lbs
- Condition has several dents, chips, scratches. Call it 7/10.
- Includes a heavy duty 'rockready' brand soft case/gig bag in good condition.
Price includes shipping in the lower 48 States and PayPal (or US Postal Money Order!).
Cash is king, but there are a few fairly specific trades that I'd entertain (+/- cash on some of these obviously!):
- Emerald Balor 5
- Yamaha Attitude LTD II Anniversary (purple or black)
- Yamaha RBX6JM (turquoise)
- Tung Wing 5 or 6!!!
- Sandberg Forty-Eight 5
- Spector/SSD Rex, NS-X, SB, SD, or possibly other US models
- Spector Euro Classic 5 (34")
- Tune Somnus, Zi-II, or Zi-III 6
- Warwick Dolphin Pro 5
- Curbow XT33 5 or 6
- Zon Sonus BG4 or BG5 (Billy Gould signature)
- Music Man SR5 with solid rosewood neck (BFR?)
SO enough background. Here's the specs:
- Matte/satin black finish over alder body with matching headstock
- Black Hipshot Ultra-lite tuners and A-style bridge
- 34" scale maple neck w/ rosewood fingerboard
- 'Bolt-thru' neck. This is a great Kevin Brubaker design feature that is basically a deep-set bolt-on with nicely carved heel giving the feel of NT with the tone of bolt-on.
- Luminlay side dots
- Quilted maple pickguard and control plate
- Paul Arntz custom overwound p/ups
- Bartolini 9V 3-band pre w/ push-pull active passive and push-pull mid shift.
- 19mm spacing
- About 9lbs
- Condition has several dents, chips, scratches. Call it 7/10.
- Includes a heavy duty 'rockready' brand soft case/gig bag in good condition.
Price includes shipping in the lower 48 States and PayPal (or US Postal Money Order!).
Cash is king, but there are a few fairly specific trades that I'd entertain (+/- cash on some of these obviously!):
- Emerald Balor 5
- Yamaha Attitude LTD II Anniversary (purple or black)
- Yamaha RBX6JM (turquoise)
- Tung Wing 5 or 6!!!
- Sandberg Forty-Eight 5
- Spector/SSD Rex, NS-X, SB, SD, or possibly other US models
- Spector Euro Classic 5 (34")
- Tune Somnus, Zi-II, or Zi-III 6
- Warwick Dolphin Pro 5
- Curbow XT33 5 or 6
- Zon Sonus BG4 or BG5 (Billy Gould signature)
- Music Man SR5 with solid rosewood neck (BFR?)
