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NBD: Ocean Turquoise Metallic . . . Better late than never!

#41
Sub-hoo-fer said:
Great score, great story. The hunt is often the best part but in your case at least the payoff is beautiful! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for your kind words, and I agree. The patience is overshadowed by the payoff many times. In this case, it really is the last one that I desire . . . unless 1. There's a screamin' deal that economically, just can't be refused, like an early '70's Rick in decent shape for <$1000, or if for some twist of fate, known only to the Universe, I become stupid-rich, either of which, at this stage, is unlikely to occur.
 
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#43
JRA said:
great looking piece! i'm with the others re: the matching headstock. congratulations on your new instrument! :thumbsup:
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Yeah, man . . . that was the deciding factor. There's just something about the black logo with gold edging on the OTM that I find pleasing. The whole unit is tied together visually by the headstock in my opinion.

Thanks for your congratulations. Sometimes even a blind chicken finds the corn, so they say.
 
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#47
Marc DLarosa said:
Sorry...
You SURE that it's the SAME one?
Even though I have a GAZZILION basses, and have been selling a ton of them... I have a VERY SPECIFIC list of 8 more that I gotta have. ONE showed up today, leaving 7. When I see them... I'm gonna JUMP.

Beware... LOL
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I know the feeling... One of my bucket list basses is sitting in a store across the country. Only difference is I'm waiting for two more gigs to make sure I have the cash to cover it. I'm probably being stupid as I've only seen one for sale in the last year.
 
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ELG60 said:
Yep, I've had my eye out for one of these since the end of February.

Update: First snag . . . I noticed that I was getting zero output from the bridge PU so I unfastened the control plate and found that the hot wire was just diddybopping around all on its lonesome. I further noted that the pot was loose hence the likely culprit for the loose wire. I tightened up the loose pot (10mm nut, btw) and temporarily crimped the wire to the appropriate (center) pole until I can get my tech to fix it proper (or dig out the necessary equipment from wherever it ran off) and fix it permanent like.

I'm also considering acquiring one of these: (opinions welcome but no guarantee that they will be heeded)

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Love the color of the bass, and that pickguard would look fab with it.
 
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#56
ELG60 said:
TL: DR I missed my chance on one of these back in February but found this using Google Search and picked it up from UPS this morning.
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Here's the deal:
This model caught my eye back in February when I happened to see one here in the classifieds. The price was not a problem, but rather than dig into my cash account, I was waiting for a nice payday at work. I figured, no problemo, as the bass I was eying had been languishing in the classifieds here for about a month and a half. Well, the large paycheck finally arrived and I searched for the OTC Metallic MIJ '75 reissue only to find it had sold the previous night. Lucky me!

Kinda bummed about it but I jumped on Reverb.There were 2 for sale, but in nowhere near as nice condition, and $3-400 more. That ain't happening so I checked back periodically, and those two disappeared by the end of March leaving me with little option other than the OTM Elites like the beautiful one that @Paulabass just acquired on closeout, but I really wanted the matching headstock.

Late Tuesday night, I googled Ocean Turquoise Jazz and at the bottom of the 1st page was a Craigslist ad which I clicked on. It was 2 months old but being the eternal optimist, I messaged the seller.

He answered the next morning that it was still available so I explained where I lived, and would he accept a Postal Money Order. He was cool with that, and had his shipping department figure out the approximate cost to get it from the Boston area to the hinges of Hades . . . $50.

We agreed on a price and I expressed the funds to his business. He got it by 3pm Thursday and had the bass sent 3 day select by that afternoon. I ended up getting it for $200 less than the one which originally caught my eye . . . so, no harm, no foul, other than a few months of whining. ;)

Other than UPS mis-sorting it so that it kicked around New England for several extra days, this deal was no sweat. I picked it up from their depot this morning at oh-dark-thirty, and other than a tiny surface abrasion which should buff out, it"s mint. So without further ado, here it is:

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Sorry, photos got a bit out of order.

Edit: Seller said he put new flats on it recently. They feel much stiiffer than the TI and EB Cobalt flats which adorn most of my Fender Basses. I don't know what they are, but as I'm a cheap sumbiotch, Im'ma see if I get accustomed to where I can tolerate them without undue fatigue.

First report: I judge Jazz Basses to how close the neck comes to my '69 which I've had for 40 years . . . Just like my Adam Clayton Limited Edition, this neck feels right on! Action's good to go as well, and it sounds as a Jazz should sound (IMO, ofc) I'm glad when they reissued the '75 in Japan, they mistakenly kept the '60's Pick-up positions. It's my preference.

P.S. I hope that you got your Mustang today as well, @pcake.
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Love that color! Congrats! :thumbsup:
 
#58
ELG60 said:
TL: DR I missed my chance on one of these back in February but found this using Google Search and picked it up from UPS this morning.
View attachment 3465065
Here's the deal:
This model caught my eye back in February when I happened to see one here in the classifieds. The price was not a problem, but rather than dig into my cash account, I was waiting for a nice payday at work. I figured, no problemo, as the bass I was eying had been languishing in the classifieds here for about a month and a half. Well, the large paycheck finally arrived and I searched for the OTC Metallic MIJ '75 reissue only to find it had sold the previous night. Lucky me!

Kinda bummed about it but I jumped on Reverb.There were 2 for sale, but in nowhere near as nice condition, and $3-400 more. That ain't happening so I checked back periodically, and those two disappeared by the end of March leaving me with little option other than the OTM Elites like the beautiful one that @Paulabass just acquired on closeout, but I really wanted the matching headstock.

Late Tuesday night, I googled Ocean Turquoise Jazz and at the bottom of the 1st page was a Craigslist ad which I clicked on. It was 2 months old but being the eternal optimist, I messaged the seller.

He answered the next morning that it was still available so I explained where I lived, and would he accept a Postal Money Order. He was cool with that, and had his shipping department figure out the approximate cost to get it from the Boston area to the hinges of Hades . . . $50.

We agreed on a price and I expressed the funds to his business. He got it by 3pm Thursday and had the bass sent 3 day select by that afternoon. I ended up getting it for $200 less than the one which originally caught my eye . . . so, no harm, no foul, other than a few months of whining. ;)

Other than UPS mis-sorting it so that it kicked around New England for several extra days, this deal was no sweat. I picked it up from their depot this morning at oh-dark-thirty, and other than a tiny surface abrasion which should buff out, it"s mint. So without further ado, here it is:

View attachment 3465080 View attachment 3465083 View attachment 3465084 View attachment 3465086 View attachment 3465087 View attachment 3465088 View attachment 3465090 View attachment 3465091
Sorry, photos got a bit out of order.

Edit: Seller said he put new flats on it recently. They feel much stiiffer than the TI and EB Cobalt flats which adorn most of my Fender Basses. I don't know what they are, but as I'm a cheap sumbiotch, Im'ma see if I get accustomed to where I can tolerate them without undue fatigue.

First report: I judge Jazz Basses to how close the neck comes to my '69 which I've had for 40 years . . . Just like my Adam Clayton Limited Edition, this neck feels right on! Action's good to go as well, and it sounds as a Jazz should sound (IMO, ofc) I'm glad when they reissued the '75 in Japan, they mistakenly kept the '60's Pick-up positions. It's my preference.

P.S. I hope that you got your Mustang today as well, @pcake.
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Wow, I like that color, nice score!
 

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