For sale ESP jazz koa (Video added) - on hold

Gord_oh

Midtown Guitars: Ulyate Pickups & StringJoy

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Oct 4, 2008

5,437

969

36

Michigan

www.midtownguitars.com

• Sep 12, 2019

That's gorgeous.

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Sep 17, 2019

Opening this one up to trade considerations for Yamaha BB5000A wide neck

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Sep 21, 2019

25% knocked off

 

M

mahoho

Jul 29, 2019

10

8

• Sep 22, 2019

Do you have any more info on this era of ESP/Schecter? It’s hard to google much info about their relationship other than people arguing about their import models. Also any info on the pickups, since it looks like they might not be originals?

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Sep 22, 2019

No arguing, facts here.

The wiki page on Schecter guitars is explicit about the Shibuya buy out post Dallas era.

As far as i know Monstertone pickups never stopped making product since the Van Nuys era. These are reissues of the original design with the desired coil tap circuit and were supplied directly to the ESP custom shop.

Collaboration and eventual ownership of Schecter guitars by ESP is also well documented.

 

Keger Jupit

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May 10, 2018

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4,765

The Great PNW!!

• Oct 11, 2019

Sweet Lord above!

I literally just payed off a Jaco...if only I'd known! That is some serious ear candy

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Oct 12, 2019

Neck thicknesses ~ 0.8" at fret 1, 0.9" at fret 12. Definitely more early 60's than late 70's like.

 

TN WOODMAN

Jan 31, 2011

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5,995

Smyrna, Tennessee.

• Oct 21, 2019

What a great bass at a even greater value. How is this still here?

 

Sam Dingle

Aug 16, 2011

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5,561

Nashville TN

• Nov 3, 2019

Was schecter once owned by ESP?

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Nov 19, 2019

Thought i'd share a snippet of discussion with Arnold regarding the Van Nuys lineage of those early MIJ Schecters ...

 

ElliottStrong

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Jun 1, 2013

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Flint/Detroit

• Nov 24, 2019

How much exactly is 10+ lbs?

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Nov 24, 2019

the bass weighs 10 pounds per the bathroom scale method so I'm giving it a "+" for lack of precision in the measurement.

 

ElliottStrong

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Jun 1, 2013

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Flint/Detroit

• Nov 24, 2019

raal said:

the bass weighs 10 pounds per the bathroom scale method so I'm giving it a "+" for lack of precision in the measurement.

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Thanks, PMed

 

PhatBottomBass1

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Nov 24, 2018

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Austin, TX

• Aug 3, 2020

I'm betting that this Bass is Pre-Dallas and is a well preserved Van Nyes, CA Schecter. Couldn't sware if it would have been assembled by Schecter Guitar Research, but definitely parts (all the brass hardware) and no serial number on the neck plate.

I had a Van Nyes Schecter solid Koa P/J that was so sweet. It had one of two Maple/Koa fingerboard Jazz hard V necks that SGR ever produced. Hot pickups, too.

I recently solid a '96 Schecter USA Custom Shop (LA) Traditional Jazz Bass with tapped Monstertone J pickups...very nice!

 

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raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Aug 3, 2020

Sorry to disappoint, no Van Nuys here. Schecter-branded ESP with Van Nuys appointments. ESP custom shop/Navigators are awesome basses in their own right, just different.

 

PhatBottomBass1

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Nov 24, 2018

3,685

5,629

Austin, TX

• Aug 3, 2020

raal said:

Sorry to disappoint, no Van Nuys here. Schecter-branded ESP with Van Nuys appointments. ESP custom shop/Navigators are awesome basses in their own right, just different.

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So it is a Japanese ESP, made for Schecter sometime during/right after the Dallas period, before the guy from ESP bought the brand name and setup the Schecter California Custom Shop in L.A. during 1996?

It looks great...better than any Dallas/import period example I have ever seen!

You should contact Tom Anderson and/or Pat Wilkins for information...

GLWTS!!

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Aug 3, 2020

Yes. Wouldn't be surprised if it was bought at Sunset Custom Guitars in Hollywood one of the few ESP (Histake Shibuya) retailers at the time.

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Aug 16, 2020

Here's a video of the bass recorded flat with mild compression to shave off the peaks. Now having second thoughts about selling lol.

 

raal

Feb 5, 2008

1,077

690

Minneapolis / St Paul

• Aug 22, 2020

Realizing that bass has some magic putting common mortals like me in the Jaco mode so I'm putting the sale on hold for now.