SOLD New England Custom Guitars Relic'd Jazz Bass -- PRICE DROP!

Very nice reliced Jazz bass here from New England Custom Guitars, check out this thread for the history and details:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/new-england-custom-guitars-relicd-jazz-bass-fretspot-j-866754/

As stated in the prior for sale thread, this bass was commissioned by Donovan Bankhead (FretSpot.comFretSpot.com » Retailer and Fan for FBass & Fodera Bass Guitars) as a prototype for a possible line of basses for his store. This is a hand-crafted, custom bass; not just assembled from parts. Here are some specs:

• Alder body, hand-built in New England Custom Guitar's shop with no CNC machines, using their wood, with 60's Jazz pickup spacing
• Northern Maple neck, 70's style shape, with black blocks. Their wood, formed by their hands.
• Amalfitano hand-wound pickups to 60's specs (Amalfitano Pickups :: Our Pickups). These pickups sound beautiful! Cloth wiring and an orange drop cap.
• Nitro body paint with no sealer and nitro neck coat, and a very nice relic job.
• Bone nut
• Around 9.5 lbs and great balance

Also, here is a video of this bass in action: . Sounds great!

The only thing I've done to the bass is to add a Babicz bridge. The Babicz is a great bridge but it you want to stick with the vintage vibe, I think I still have the original as well and it would be easy to change it back. Assuming I can find the original, both bridges will be included in the sale.

I no longer have the foam case mentioned in the thread above, but I will find a decent case or gig bag to ship it in.

I'm not sure what this bass cost new, but based on the price of other guitars from New England Custom, I figure it was at least in the $1200 or so range. I have about $850 into it, IIRC. I'll let it go for $650 OBO plus shipping.

Thanks for looking! Here are some pics:

 

The blocks are inlays. This is a boutique-quality, handmade bass.

 

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It's just black, not metallic. Nitro with no sealer.

 

Price drop bump!