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1974 Jazz craigslist score UPDATE

#22
One thing I do know is that it is not a green bass! It is worn black...with a nicotine tint. It looks like it has never been cleaned in its life. It was apparently a bar workhorse :) I dont have to worry about it stinking from bar gigs...it already has a funky, yet strangely not unpleasant smell to it :cool:
 
#24
denton57 said:
Bridge is back in the correct position now. The luthier guy did a great job on this. Strings are still a little off, but definitely doesnt effect the playablility for me. Feels normal while playing it. Plus, put Barts or EMG's in it just because of the cosmetics? No way. I have two 74 Jazz pups that work perfectly. Anyway, pickup covers could hide everything if I was worried about that. Making a pickup choice based on cosmetics seems absurd, especially since I have real 74's in it! (7.5K bridge/7.2K neck)
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Hey, why post a thread about this and then get testy when people make comments?

I personally believe that the strings need to line up properly with the pole pieces on a standard bi pole jazz pickup -- for auditory purposes. The pictures that you had available when I made my comment were with the bridge in its relocated position and showing the string/pickup alignment WAY off -- enough to affect the sound. EMGs and certain Barts use bar magnets and are not bi pole like traditional Fenders, so the sound would not be affected by tweaked string alignment. I'm glad your tech put the bridge back, although I'm not sure why you needed a luthier to do that -- so enjoy your bass. Also it is my understanding that you are having Fralin rewind one of the pickups (I could be mistaken about this) so it is no longer really a 74 jazz pickup anyway. Take care,
 
#27

Congratulations on a nice old Jazz. :cool:

I'm wondering about the finish damage on the back of the upper horn.
I have seen this kind of damage before, but that was somewhat newer instruments.

Can the OP or anyone advance a theory about the cause? :confused:
 
#29
king_biscuit said:
Hey, why post a thread about this and then get testy when people make comments?

I personally believe that the strings need to line up properly with the pole pieces on a standard bi pole jazz pickup -- for auditory purposes. The pictures that you had available when I made my comment were with the bridge in its relocated position and showing the string/pickup alignment WAY off -- enough to affect the sound. EMGs and certain Barts use bar magnets and are not bi pole like traditional Fenders, so the sound would not be affected by tweaked string alignment. I'm glad your tech put the bridge back, although I'm not sure why you needed a luthier to do that -- so enjoy your bass. Also it is my understanding that you are having Fralin rewind one of the pickups (I could be mistaken about this) so it is no longer really a 74 jazz pickup anyway. Take care,
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I apologize if I came across as testy..that wasnt my intention at all.

As far as taking it to a luthier...I took it to him to resolder the leads on one pickup and to wire the rest of the bass. He said he would try and fix the bridge, replug the extra hole, take out the brass nut, replace non original looking screws, ect while he had it. I could have done everything but the wiring myself, but he offered to do it for me.

So, if I got a pickup rewound because it was dead...it is no longer that pickup anymore? IMO, that is crazy. Do people just throw vintage pickups away when they die? Also, I have been told by many people that the poles and the strings dont have to line up perfectly...they just have to be in the magnetic field.
 

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