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Well, this is quite a long story, so bear with me.

All started from some GAS attack for a surf/seafoam green Fender Jazz bass, with a matching headstock (is it only me with the super specific GAS or is it the standard?)

Anyway, looking at the current off-the-shelves options, I only saw some custom shop matching to what I wanted, and even worse than their price tags, they all had some relic work done over, which is not what I wanted.

So I continued looking and saw this Polish shop selling refinished MIJ basses. Luckily, they even had one that was very similar to what I wanted - this one:



So not exactly surf or seafoam green (more like surf pearl/olive), but close enough and a purchase was made.

I live in Berlin so it's not shipped from too far away, and even though the seller wrapped it really well - the shipping company was somehow able to damage it



In addition, they obviously took no responsibility for it and declined the insurance claim.

So I talked some more with the seller and eventually we agreed he'll take it back and make me a new one. This time I got to choose the color as well

So here she is, from bare wood to a complete beauty, MIJ Fender Jazz bass in seafoam green, with a matching headstock:



























Hope you made it this far, wish me luck getting it undamaged this time!

 

And there she is, no problems this time!



Color looks even better than I expected, exactly what I wanted

 

Thanks! It’s the standard MIJ Jazz pickups - and they sound great, a real classic tone