don't know if anybody mentioned, but the action looks rather suspicious judging from pics 8 and 10. Could be a weird angle problem, but looks way off.
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I don't think this is a Fender Jazz... help?
- Thread starter Acoustic356
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Usually when you buy a vintage Fender, a reputable seller will show you pictures with the dates codes at the end of the neck and stampings in the neck pocket. You could always ask to have the seller remove the neck for this. But between the price, which is way too low for a genuine Fender of that age, and the quilted top, I've seen enough to convince me that I'd keep looking, because I wouldn't deal with a seller who has already misrepresented the merchandise in any way. Even if you liked the instrument, you don't know what else you might discover about it later on.
Just the covered up serial number is enough, there's only one reason to do that, stolen parts all day long. Even if it wasn't the thing is a buggered up mess.
I ALWAYS cover SNs in my ads. I don't want someone making a false claim of stolen property and stealing my bass.
If I was right handed the only thing that would stop me is the covered serial number and the price. The rest is all repairable if the neck is ok....
I own 24 of them at the moment, have sold countless others, never been worried about being able to prove the provenance of any instrument I legitimately own and bought. Also how do you report a serial as stolen after the ad went up? Wouldn't need Sherlock Holmes to shoot that one down.
You do it on the same day the ad goes up & then it has reasonable doubt that it could happen.
What we have today are fat) fingers; FatHEADS went out of production years and years ago. They were part of the brass mass mania of the seventies and as I recall were cut to fit only Fender and Gibson headstocks, both guitars and basses. When so many other headstock shapes came into vogue it became cost-prohibitive to try to keep up.
The fat) finger is lighter, cheaper, more flexible, and more effective.
The fat) finger is lighter, cheaper, more flexible, and more effective.
I sent them an e-mail, here's the response:
They are Bartolini pickups. Beyond that, I can't tell you much more. I wrote this listing for a co-worker of mine whose second language is English. He can speak fine but is terrible at writing, and he is not very computer literate. The guitar is here where we work. He is off today but I am here. It is at ***** Pawn #### ***** Hwy, Doraville. It's just inside 285 near spaghetti junction.FYI, I agree it is a frankenbass. I did not know that was a real term. I call it that, but I thought it was just a me thing.I'll be straight with you. He won't go less than $450 on it. I understand if you're not interested. We do have he equipment here to try it out if you want to come.
They are Bartolini pickups. Beyond that, I can't tell you much more. I wrote this listing for a co-worker of mine whose second language is English. He can speak fine but is terrible at writing, and he is not very computer literate. The guitar is here where we work. He is off today but I am here. It is at ***** Pawn #### ***** Hwy, Doraville. It's just inside 285 near spaghetti junction.FYI, I agree it is a frankenbass. I did not know that was a real term. I call it that, but I thought it was just a me thing.I'll be straight with you. He won't go less than $450 on it. I understand if you're not interested. We do have he equipment here to try it out if you want to come.
