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Let's See Your Unique/Rare Production Model Basses

#281
Don't if I've posted this here or not. 33" scale fretless FSO Jazz, mahogany body, flame maple neck, ebony fingerboard. Made in Ecuador.

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#283
40Hz said:
Gibson SB-300. They made about 900 of them in total between1969-70. Probably Gibson’s shortest lived model. Unusual for a Gibson in that it sports a pair of single-coils instead of humbuckers or sidewinders, and a maple rather than mahogany neck - both unheard of on a Gibson in that era. Doesn’t sound like any other Gibson short-scale either. I’m guessing there’s probably less than a fifth of them still around or in playable condition.

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There is a 300 and a 400 up on Reverb right now if somebody’s looking for one of these.
 
#287
Iridescentone said:
Not super rare, but seldom seen for sale anymore. No clue how many were built, suspect not very many.

A 2002 Fender FSR Jazz, Burgundy Mist. One year only, MIM. As far as I can tell it's modeled after an L-series Jazz Bass. I've had a few L-series Jazz basses back in the day, including a couple in Custom Colors. Apart from the fretboard being slab, and not Brazilian rosewood, this bass is every bit as magical as the real thing. That said, it came to me with DiMarzio dual-coil pickups, a Hipshot 'A' bridge, and Gotoh Res-o-lite tuners, so I don't know what its OEM pickups would have sounded like. I replaced the DiMarzios with proper s/c Fralins, installed a Fender vintage style bridge and kept the Gotoh tuners. The build is first rate, great attention to detail from Fender, plays and sounds fantazmo. It seems that when Fender does a FSR they put forth their best effort, despite not being USA-built. This is a "forever" bass that I'll never let go of.

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I have one of these aswell! Mine is all original, a very fine bass. Original tuners are the usual Fender vintage type, my bass is very well balanced so I don't really see why anyone would replace them with lightweight tuners... Stock pickups sound good, though a little on the low-ish output side compared to my other basses, probably why someone put DiMarzio's in your bass (I've been tempted to do that myself, but the stock pickups really sound good enough as-is so I haven't got to it for the 20 years I've had the bass).
 
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#290
This Japan P bass isn't rare, but it is unique. Autographed by the Funk Brothers at the Standing In The Shadows movie premier. Pete (Pistol) Allen is missing, sadly he passed before the film was finished. It's a nice bass in itself, but I really just wanted it as a conversation piece.

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Iridescentone said:
This Japan P bass isn't rare, but it is unique. Autographed by the Funk Brothers at the Standing In The Shadows movie premier. Pete (Pistol) Allen is missing, sadly he passed before the film was finished. It's a nice bass in itself, but I really just wanted it as a conversation piece.
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Edit: Correction...Richard "Pistol" Allen. doh
 
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#292
ukulelelab said:
1964 Hagstrom Coronado and 1965 Guild Jetstar
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That Hagström is one of my holy grail basses! I came across one 20 years ago, but it was just outside my budget, though I could have managed to afford it if I had just streched the budget a little bit. Never seen one since then (only the later version with different pickups). In the years since, these have trippled in value... The Jet Star with Hagström Bi-sonic pickup is really cool too!
 

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