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kkaarrll

kkaarrll

Jun 1, 2014
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going through the jazz bass owners thread and saw the story of

@Ron Clark



RockinRonnie said:
Never give up on a dream!!! I got my first Fender Jazz bass when I was 16 years old... black with matching headstock. After about 10 years it was sold for other priorities like buying a home and raising a family. Fast forward several decades and I find myself retired and getting back into music. Over a year ago I decided that I would really like another black 69 Jazz with matching headstock, but quickly found out they are not easy to find, particularly in original condition, and if you happen to live on an island off the west coast of Canada. This is where I say thank you to the TalkBass community who have sent me leads on possible candidates over the previous year. Then my TalkBass friend Brian contacted me about an original, one-owner, black 1969 Jazz with matching headstock. A deal was struck, and I received my Fedex delivery at 7:40 this morning. It is absolutely perfect for me and was well worth the wait :D Thank you Brian!

The B&W photo is me at age 16 with my brand new black 1969 Jazz. The colour photo is me 45 years later at age 61 with my second black 1969 Jazz. Happiest guy in Canada right now :D

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are there any other cool stories like this?

Ron, I would like to hear how things are going now.
 
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kkaarrll said:
going through the jazz bass owners thread and saw the story of

@Ron Clark








are there any other cool stories like this?

Ron, I would like to hear how things are going now.
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Thanks, and glad you enjoyed my story. I am still loving my black 69 Jazz and so thankful to have found a well cared for, one owner instrument like this. A fret dressing by my trusted luthier was all that was required for this bass to achieve perfection for me. It is always ready in my music room and it gets some playtime almost every day.
I keep in touch with Brian, who found the bass for me two years ago in California. We have sort of become like pen pals on Facebook :)
What's next? Well, the attached 1970 photo of the teen band I first played for might have a follow-up story. The guitarist and drummer are brothers and still play together in a band. We might be able to put something together for our 50th high school reunion in 2020. Not too far away and something else to look forward to :thumbsup:
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Not my story, but a cool one:

My friend owns a rather excellent guitar shop. One day a number of years ago a woman came into the store looking for a particular model bass (I don't remember what it was) in a specific color. She said her husband played bass and had sold his favorite to help pay for their wedding years ago. He had loved this bass more than anything he owned, but they needed the money. Now their 20th anniversary was approaching and as a gift she wanted to buy him the same model bass in the same color.

She was in luck. The shop happened to have that model in that color, used. She bought it.

A few days later the woman returned to the store. She had given the bass to her husband on their anniversary and he immediately recognized it as the very bass he sold 20 years earlier. Same mods. Same finish marks. Same serial number. It was the very same bass.

Needless to say everybody was happy - husband, wife and shop owner.
 
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Skokiaan said:
Not my story, but a cool one:

My friend owns a rather excellent guitar shop. One day a number of years ago a woman came into the store looking for a particular model bass (I don't remember what it was) in a specific color. She said her husband played bass and had sold his favorite to help pay for their wedding years ago. He had loved this bass more than anything he owned, but they needed the money. Now their 20th anniversary was approaching and as a gift she wanted to buy him the same model bass in the same color.

She was in luck. The shop happened to have that model in that color, used. She bought it.

A few days later the woman returned to the store. She had given the bass to her husband on their anniversary and he immediately recognized it as the very bass he sold 20 years earlier. Same mods. Same finish marks. Same serial number. It was the very same bass.

Needless to say everybody was happy - husband, wife and shop owner.
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that is nuts
 
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Well here's the story of me and my main bass.

I've always loved Fenders and their look, sound mystique etc. The first bass I ever tried out was a P bass belonging to a neighbor of mine named Bill Colby who played with Jay and the Americans. He had many amazing stories to tell. I've played a 6 string bass since about 2002 and always said that if Fender made a 6 string 24 fret Jazz Bass I would get one.

I work as an in home caregiver and every time you get a new client it takes about 3 months to get paid but you get paid retroactively so I got paid 3 months at once and put a down payment on a brand new Fender Steve Bailey Jazz Bass. After I ordered it and put the down payment on it they were discontinued. Fender was also having issues with their finish supplier and it took 9 months to get it. After I put in the last payment and it came in the owner of the shop told me it was the only bass that he ever sold that ever appreciated in value before it left the shop.

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C/S,
Rev J
 
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Rev J said:
Well here's the story of me and my main bass.

I've always loved Fenders and their look, sound mystique etc. The first bass I ever tried out was a P bass belonging to a neighbor of mine named Bill Colby who played with Jay and the Americans. He had many amazing stories to tell. I've played a 6 string bass since about 2002 and always said that if Fender made a 6 string 24 fret Jazz Bass I would get one.

I work as an in home caregiver and every time you get a new client it takes about 3 months to get paid but you get paid retroactively so I got paid 3 months at once and put a down payment on a brand new Fender Steve Bailey Jazz Bass. After I ordered it and put the down payment on it they were discontinued. Fender was also having issues with their finish supplier and it took 9 months to get it. After I put in the last payment and it came in the owner of the shop told me it was the only bass that he ever sold that ever appreciated in value before it left the shop.

Here's a pic:

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C/S,
Rev J
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I once left three of my instruments at a friend’s ranch while on a family vacation, but she left on a cattle drive, leaving them unattended. Fearing they’d been abandoned, the basses braved the California wilderness to find their way home, surviving mountains, rapids and bear encounters and even rescuing a lost little girl on their way home to me.

It was nuts, man.

--^@
 
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