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For sale Bossa UJB-5E Burled/Spalt SUPER RARE-PRICE DROP

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$1,750.00
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5
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This item has been sold and is no longer available!

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Juergen Joherl

Juergen Joherl

Jun 3, 2008
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DEMETRI said:
So this is a mega rare bass.. I've been watching for these Bossa UJB's to come up for sale anywhere and only the basic UJB models with no fancy top ever come up for sale, and even those are rare and you only see a very small number of them pop up.. I searched high a low and even talked to Hussain Jiffrey who was the US bossa Rep for many years.. He said he had a custom UJB and he would only consider selling it for 4000.
This one is super rare with all the upgrades. Insanely burled/spalted maple top, matching pickup covers, brass nut, maple neck, ebony board, and super light ash body. This is one of the lightest 5 strings I've ever played. 18mm spacing, hipshot A bridge, stock pickups and NBC-1 active circuit pre amp.. single coil dual coil switch, bass, mid, trebble boost and cut, pickup pan.. Abalone dot inlays.. The bass is such great condition except for some marks near the bridge on the body and some swirly/shinnyness where basses get player wear from slapping. those minor imperfections done even show up in pics though.. the electronics control cavity cover may or may not be original I'm not sure..everything playability and functionality wise is perfect. Comes with a light hard case.
The tone is fat a funky it's amazing. The lows are big and fat and The highs are so smooth. Get an amazing example of Toshios's craftmaship in his prime. This thing has a one of a kind top.. the most heavily spalted top I've ever seen.. it may even be a splat/burl hybrid.. I'm not totally sure but it looks amazing. There are gold, red, black tones all swirling together in the top. $3500 plus shipping.

Only trades I will even consider are:
Brubaker JXB-5 21 fret 18mm spacing
Lowend Jazz exotic 5 21 fret 18mm spacing
Devon 5 21 fret 18mm spacing
Marco TFL 21 fret 18mm spacing
Callowhill 5

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Oh wow..this spalt+burl top is insane! :-)..never saw such one before...seems in great condition too!...hmm..maybe the only flaw is the (ugly) preamp cavity cover...might be not original..but as I'm aware of Bossa..this had not the best attention of Mr. Setozaki IMHO :-)...hey, got any sound demo?
 
Juergen Joherl

Juergen Joherl

Jun 3, 2008
83
47
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.reverbnation.com
DEMETRI said:
ok here is samples of not every permutation of pickup pan and single coil or dual coil.. but a bunch..
each clip is about a minute long so i just made one file for ease.. so just scroll through. each setting has my voice first describing the setting on the bass. recording was done though my mark bass head direct out into a MOTU stock preamp.. so not the best gear but it sounds great i think.. i could do another one directly into an API if people want. No mixing or processing to the direct signal, everything is either flat on eq or only slightly boosted (as described by the voice on the track) but this bass sounds great i think with almost no eq or processing so imagine if it was mixed well it would be even better but i wanted to show it raw.
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Okidoki..I downloaded & listened your demo...thanks also for the different settings!...though I missed the setting for both Pu's slapped in Single Coil modus at the end of your file?...but I might be wrong? :-)...well, your bass sounds really not bad..or even really good..as I could only listen thru smaller desktop speakers right now and not in my home studio :-)..your bass sounds not that surprisingly fat but rather similar to my used UJB-5 with no top wood and a not clearly identifined body (Alder?)..mine has also a 21-fret Ebony board, the older GZP-2 preamp with HT switch, plastic nut & really not the best Kluson type tuning pegs and a standard bridge...and weighting 4 kg as my my preferred limit :-)..what I most dislike on mine is the One-Piece Maple neck (my OB-4/5 models have much better 3-Piece Hard Rock Maple necks) and a bit of unbalanced neck heaviness.:-)...anyway, from your sound demo I liked the Single Coil setting the most..also I realized again what I really prefer sound wise..the snap of a Maple fret board! :-)..cheers, JJ
 
Jdpsounds

Jdpsounds

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Sep 30, 2011
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Woodbridge
How about this Marco bass?
 

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