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Idk the last time o heard a seller say they did not know much about something... That were selling their uncles strat...they inherited it years ago...
He had it listed for 900.
I looked at the pics and immediately called him and TD him to delete his add and call a vintage dealer.
It was a 56 stratocaster....mint.
It hurt but I did it.
He had it listed for 900.
I looked at the pics and immediately called him and TD him to delete his add and call a vintage dealer.
It was a 56 stratocaster....mint.
It hurt but I did it.
You sir are a gentleman and a guardian for my faith in humanity. And as long as I live stay with you on the same boat.
I could not have given him the 900 and felt right as a human being....
And when I told him he responded with oh that's great..I am really struggling with some medical bills and worry about my kids...........I then told him to take many pics and don't sell to the first person who offers..it was then my mission to help him get the best he could...of course I have not heard from him since. I wonder but
..I guess I did what I could.
I recently did the same. Some poor kid was about to sell a '60s Mosrite Ventures for $60.
Honesty is a virtue.
I just noticed that the pickguard has all sorts of extra holes, including one in the center near the neck pickup.
Actually the seller asks 950$ for it.
Of course, it`s a low price (for what could be the real Jazz), but not that ridiculously low.
There is nothing unusual in seeing mid-late 70`s Jazzes and Precisions in decent condition for sale at 1100-1200 around here.
And as to this case, I suppose it was initially some older Japanese model. We have plenty of them in Russia.
Of course, it`s a low price (for what could be the real Jazz), but not that ridiculously low.
There is nothing unusual in seeing mid-late 70`s Jazzes and Precisions in decent condition for sale at 1100-1200 around here.
And as to this case, I suppose it was initially some older Japanese model. We have plenty of them in Russia.
The extra holes line up with where you'd have the thumb rest and pickup cover, and a real 70s jazz would have a screw in the center of the guard. Though a 77 would have a black guard stock, a stock which pickguard would be early 70s (which would have the thumb rest holes on the G string side, in addition to a bunch of other changes) or an 80s model. This is definitely fake, but the holes line up with what should be there. Sort of.
My 78, a google-find Link Removed.
The tuners in the OP look like hipshots, or maybe Gotohs (the indented front insert hole suggests Gotoh), but definitely not Schallers, which were the stock tuners at the time.
It certainly can be a fake. Even the MiJs use the Univers Condensed Bold font for the 'Jazz Bass' lettering:
It certainly can be a fake. Even the MiJs use the Univers Condensed Bold font for the 'Jazz Bass' lettering:
I'm going to second the notion that the headstock looks off. Seems very blunt for a jazz
EDIT : seems I was late to the party on this one
EDIT : seems I was late to the party on this one
