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Coolest jazz basses ever?
- Thread starter facepalmmaster
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I am incapable of picking a favorite, but this one is pretty cool. Natural light:
Artificial light:
Artificial light:
I'd have to say this one from Fender Japan - It's just begging for some flats and a chrome pickup cover!
That's cool!
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Chef
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Hard to beat a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass for elegance and the ultimate "cool." I've played this one since 2006. For sale, BTW.
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Yeah, I cringed at the price too. Oh well, It'll be my "lottery bass", and I'm happy with my CV now.
sj_bass
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I played two of the coolest looking jazz basses I've ever owned last night...
One was my daphne blue with a maple neck, but the other...
Yes, it's a jazz bass - hidden under those gorgeous wood covers are two hand-wound single coil jazz pickups.
One was my daphne blue with a maple neck, but the other...
Yes, it's a jazz bass - hidden under those gorgeous wood covers are two hand-wound single coil jazz pickups.
Yeah, ouch is right! If it were more around the $1K mark, I'd be tempted. Definitely a great looking jazz bass, I'm just curious to hear it. I wonder if it would be more like a Hofner tone with a jazz growl, or a jazz tone with Hofner warmth. Maybe that's the same thing, lol.
I wonder what the customs duties would be since the seller is in Japan too. Anyone ever buy a guitar from Japan and had to pay customs/taxes/fees? How much were they?
Chef
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The Fender Japan Precision A/E is much the same. Mahogany body, spruce top. It has an oddball piezo/acoustic guitar kinda bridge though...
at any rate, I modded one into this, and it doesn't sound very hollowbody, at all. So: I wouldn't expect it to sound substantively different from any other well done J bass.
at any rate, I modded one into this, and it doesn't sound very hollowbody, at all. So: I wouldn't expect it to sound substantively different from any other well done J bass.
The Fender Japan Precision A/E is much the same. Mahogany body, spruce top. It has an oddball piezo/acoustic guitar kinda bridge though...
at any rate, I modded one into this, and it doesn't sound very hollowbody, at all. So: I wouldn't expect it to sound substantively different from any other well done J bass.
That's a sweet looking bass!
Chef
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Thanks!
Not a J though, so, sorry
It did answer a J bass question about that other bass though...sorry for the derail.
Not a J though, so, sorry
It did answer a J bass question about that other bass though...sorry for the derail.
