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Coolest jazz basses ever?

#401
Here is One....Killer:bassist:


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#402
You can grab one from Ishibashi for around $1,100 with $150 shipping to the states. No customs/taxes/added fees and I've had every order arrive in about 3 days to the east coast.


thebrain said:
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?
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Calaverasgrande said:
IMHO this one is the winner hands down.

Love that color so much I want to marry it.
How could you sell that?
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Thanks! And thanks to all the previous people that commented about it too! Honestly, I miss that bass like crazy. But when someone is willing to hand you over $11K, it's pretty hard to say no to that! ;)

It may not be pre-CBS, but it was close enough. And IMO, '66 was the best year of the Jazz Bass. They still had most of the pre-CBS appointments like vintage frets (for the first half of '66), nitro finish, cool custom color choices, etc.. but I think the bound necks are the best thing that ever happened to the Jazz, so '66 was the best of both worlds to me!
 
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thebrain said:
Thanks! And thanks to all the previous people that commented about it too! Honestly, I miss that bass like crazy. But when someone is willing to hand you over $11K, it's pretty hard to say no to that! ;)

It may not be pre-CBS, but it was close enough. And IMO, '66 was the best year of the Jazz Bass. They still had most of the pre-CBS appointments like vintage frets (for the first half of '66), nitro finish, cool custom color choices, etc.. but I think the bound necks are the best thing that ever happened to the Jazz, so '66 was the best of both worlds to me!
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Didn't they start the blocks that year too?
 
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Salamenster said:
Didn't they start the blocks that year too?
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Yes, they started doing the binding (still with pearl dots) in very late '65/early '66, and by summer '66 they ditched the dots completely and went to blocks and binding (which continued all the way up into the early '80s). So the D&B necks were only made for about 5 or 6 months and that was it. The D&B necks are very collectable and can fetch up to $1000 more than the same '66 jazz with blocks and binding.
 
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thebrain said:
Yes, they started doing the binding (still with pearl dots) in very late '65/early '66, and by summer '66 they ditched the dots completely and went to blocks and binding (which continued all the way up into the early '80s). So the D&B necks were only made for about 5 or 6 months and that was it. The D&B necks are very collectable and can fetch up to $1000 more than the same '66 jazz with blocks and binding.
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I personally TOTALLY DIG a late '60's Jazz: Sunburst, tort pg, blocks binding, chrome covers.

One of the most beautiful things know to man.
 

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