Took apart my 72 Jazz and found this....

[zontar]

It didnt bother you for 20 years, it shouldnt now. I wouldnt call that big or ugly, it appears nicely done,

Exactly my thoughts...

 

[dustybass]

why do people seem to forget that at one point in time no one would touch a 70's fender bass with a 10' pole?

of course now they are sought after, and not to bash your or anyones 70's jazz, but i remember when they were considered inferior, so that route does not surprise me. and the japanese models were further down the social caste. now they too are very sought after.

acoustic control and tube ampeg amps also languished in music stores considered outdated. i could have bought a b-15 in 1990 for 300$ in working order. i bought and sold a 1980 4001 for 400$, you could find them all day and night at that price. ok kinda going on a tangent. sorry.

So true. I couldn't wait to buy those Hartke speaker cabinets, then I went with Peavey. Where am I at now? Right back with Ampeg (CL-300) and I still use my Acoustic 370 from the early 70's. I like my Portoflex 800 with the 4x10 and 1x15 cabinets but nothing like that tube sound. I had a couple of Fender basses back in the 70's, and they were okay. That first Sting Ray bass was an epiphany. I kept my Squier Jazz and my 51 reissue (butterscotch blonde,which my Son now has in his studio) And like you not to bash anyone's stuff, my Gibson EB was nothing special either. So, when one day when my Daughters were running thru the music room and knocked that Gibby off the stand, snapping that 45 degree angle headstock they cried more than I did...wasn't that big of a deal.