Ok all you big spending vintage J fanatics. . .

Man, that's sweet. It blows me away how much the vintage Jazz basses are selling for these days.

 

No shortage of pics either

 

Buy it. It will only be the best thing you ever do

 

Really, that all? I'm about $16,800 short.

 

I've been seeing this bass over and over on Ebay, or I am crazy

 

That ones been posted a few times here already.

The fretboard on it is absolutely beautiful. I'd rather have one thats been played in a bit than a "closet classic", though.

 

4 years ago when I was a very broke student I had the chance to buy a sunburst 65 from a guy who bought it new and never learned to play, it was amazing! It barely had a scratch. The asking price was freaking $4000!!! and I couldn't get the money together in time. Seeing the price of a similar bass is enough to make me cry, missing out on that deal is gonna sting for years.

 

I'm sorry man. That does suck.

 

I feel your pain. years ago when I was a student I came across a late 60s P Bass selling for 700 bucks. I was 400 short

 

This bass has been discussed here many a times.

It's scary the condition it's in. Nearly flawless.

-Mark

 

I am really sick of seeing this bass on here, and then the following 4 pages of conversation will be the fact people going "OHH YEAH IT MUST BE A **** BASS, LOOK AT THE NECK ITS NOT IN THE POCKET PROPERLY, IT DOESNT LINE UP" HAW HAW HAW. Then more complaining about how over priced it is, and then more people complaining that it will go to some Japanese investor.

End of thread.

 

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but what's that strap button(?) on the back of the headstock for? Did people attach the strap from the back of the body to the headstock?

 

Seeing as how this bass has been relisted about a dozen times I'd say vintage Jazzes DON'T sell at this price.

 

Moro, that's the "hootnanny button" to allow unreconstructed upright players to play it as an upright.

Great idea, right? All the latest boutique basses have one.

It disappeared not long after this bass was built.

 

It is stock. Even my '69 P-bass neck has that. Yes, some people used a long strap to hook up there. This was because guitar straps often were designed (and used) in this way. Needless to say, instruments rode high, and it was cumbersome.

I, too am tired of seeing this bass discussed, but it is good that it can at least bring up something of interest from the period. Oh, and that bass is about $10,000 over-priced, IMHO.

 

Interesting that my (all stock, OHSC, ect, ect.) '65 neck is stamped two days before this one on eBay. And it was more than 10K less than this one's asking price.

 

That is gorgeous. Wow!

-Mark

 

Would be really useful on a neck-heavy bass, wouldn't it?