So Anyway, when the post claimed 'This Is Something You Don't See Everyday'... there was a very good reason.
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Then There's This.
- Thread starter Acoop
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Not much rain in those parts and a long way from the ocean (despite the theme). Why does it look like you need a tetanus shot before working on the bridge?
I can recall a time 65-67 when I could only dream of having a jewel like this. Keep it, you belong to it, don't break it's heart.
Wow! What an unusual Fender Jazz! Where's my checkbook?
On a serious note: This guy's got too many answers for questions which haven't been asked yet (but should and will be). I'd give this one a wide berth.
On a serious note: This guy's got too many answers for questions which haven't been asked yet (but should and will be). I'd give this one a wide berth.
It was an 11 year old bass when it was refinished, akin to a 2011 American Jazz being refined today…
It's not the date of the debauchery that is a concern. ... I own a 1964 P-bass where the body is cut into a teardrop and the headstock into a Tele shape and 50-years later the perpetrator, of that crime, still won't talk about it. ...
Absolutely. In '71 as a kid in high school, I bought a Fender jazz for $100, when indeed it was just a used Fender. Also very popular to reshape/mod the livin' crap out of them. I know I did. Reshaped, made it a P/J, bad ass bridge, brass nut and parallel/series switch. Still have it and gig it occasionally.
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It's actually kind of cool that people did this kind of thing - substantially altering a bass. They weren't collectors' items, they were just tools, and there wasn't so much reverence for the pedigree.
I think that Craigslist bass is actually kind of cool. It's just the asking price and the justification for it based on the pedigree that I find dumb.
Yeah, he definitely has it listed at way too high of price. Me personally, that's about all I would pay for an all original one in good shape. An older bass doesn't always mean better, that's for sure.
“Great way to get into a stack knob jazz bass”
no stacked knobs
lol
no stacked knobs
lol
I’m sure I saw that paint job on a chopper in Sturgis in the mid-70s. Nobody there parked next to it either.
