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‘78 Or Not?
- Thread starter Ace Of Bass
- Start date
i could store a fender catalogue in the neck pocket gap of my 1977 jazz
i would never walk from a 70s fender deal for that non-issue
True, not thinking straight. It’s like trying to turn on light switches after the power is out.
My point was people are complaining about the screws as if they'll be difficult to remove... while the listing has pics of the removed neck. People are actually focusing on screws.
No offense... then your lack of experience with later 70's Fender Jazzes is the problem. Those aren't 80's style knobs... they came out before the 80's. I had a TB Expert try to convince me that the OEM knobs on my 78 weren't stock. Because he didn't know any better.
People didn't swap the earlier style knobs, they came from the factory like this. I never had a problem with them.
sure it’s expensive, it’s sat unsold for 10 months for a reason. but you can’t get nice 70s jazz basses for 2 grand where i live. here’s a 1973
Fender Jazz Bass
that’s 4600 canadian out the door. their stock does not sit around unsold for long.
137 = CTS 8017 = april 1980
lots of 78s have the bound neck. i own two 77 bound rosewood fretboard jazz bass necks (one is an all original 1977 jazz bass)
I'm trying to recall ever seeing a 78 without binding. Nope.
Yep. Calling that Very Good condition is a joke. But at least he’s posted enough pics to show the condition. 11 1/2 lbs? For that kind of money? Big nope.At that price point I would not expect rusty screws on the neck plate...I would go CS instead.
speaking of parts build ... you would have liked my Avatar bass - first parts build ... " Toastie " 74 body/ 78 neck
That's a typical weight for that era.
Do people think that finding vintage screws is hard? Or hard to replace? Not quite as bad as "I would've considered it but it had dead strings"... but getting there.
the late 70s heavy jazz basses often sound amazing, particularly in the low end.
1. First, it is an undeniably cool bass with great mojo & good looks (minus the Strat knobs...easy fix).
2. If you needed a kidney, could you turn right back around and sell for that price?
3. Are you going to seal it, along with its OHSC, in a bag of nitrogen and keep it away from daylight for a few decades? Or are you going to leave it exposed to oxygen and play it once in a while?
2. If you needed a kidney, could you turn right back around and sell for that price?
3. Are you going to seal it, along with its OHSC, in a bag of nitrogen and keep it away from daylight for a few decades? Or are you going to leave it exposed to oxygen and play it once in a while?
1. Very true...the knobs don’t bother me at all...
2. I would not offer anything relatively close to what he’s asking for it....there’s already over a $1k difference between this bass and two others with comparable specs, just different colors...the color isn’t worth an extra grand to me, so he’d have to come down quite a bit for me to dance with him...
3. All my bass get put to use often....I see this one being no different..
Furthermore, everyone who had a "the neck gap is so and so" comment in this thread should actually leave their parents' house and audition for a gig, or play -or just talk to someone- someplace where there is no internet.
Here's a thread about neck walk on one of the most cutting-est edge manufacturers of bolt-on instruments today (and no disrespect to them at all). I guarantee this company has state of the art equipment, and by now has come up with incredible process control. And the neck *still* moves around in the pocket, regardless of how many phone books you can fit in the neck gap or not.
New bass, but neck looks off
It might not be visually pretty, but the "OMG undesirable Fender QC neck joint" comment needs to die. Maybe it starts with this thread?
Here's a thread about neck walk on one of the most cutting-est edge manufacturers of bolt-on instruments today (and no disrespect to them at all). I guarantee this company has state of the art equipment, and by now has come up with incredible process control. And the neck *still* moves around in the pocket, regardless of how many phone books you can fit in the neck gap or not.
New bass, but neck looks off
It might not be visually pretty, but the "OMG undesirable Fender QC neck joint" comment needs to die. Maybe it starts with this thread?
It’s been a trendy thing to really generalize late ‘70s Fenders and bash them...again, I’ve never played a bad one...not one...
Re: point #2: This is good thinking.
Re: point #3: In the year 2020, if you are not a serious collector or the instrument is not your birthright, being into a Fender instrument over $1500 is a waste. (I used to say $1000, but now with inflation and all...) The gig circuit...and the rest of the world for that matter...is full of drunk people ready to send your bass flying, free of charge. If this bass isn't going to be mothballed for the visionaries (?) who realize the value (?) of these instruments, I would hard pass and make my own look-alike for 1/4 of the price.
My dad still has his '74 Precision; it could handily compete in a "worst neck pocket of all time" contest. Despite being totally unplayable by today's internet standards, he used it to put food on the table by backing the flying Elvis trapeze/disco/wedding band circuit in the mid 70s in Chicago.
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