Vintage 1978 Fender jazz

Original vintage jazz for sale. Ash body, maple neck/fretboard. Frets are in excellent shape for its age. Tuners are original, and ashtray/pickup cover are included (I can't say whether or not they're original). Everything else has been modified as follows:
-Nordstrand custom wound jazz pickups (60s era wire, 5% overwind on bridge pickup)
-Babicz gold bridge (similar tone to the badass bridge, but more vibration transfer to body wood. Which equals better tone IMO).
-Custom wired electronics ('62 style stacked volume/tone controls, and a varitone rotary switch that switches between different capacitors, varitone bypass switch, and a series/parallel switch). In parallel the pickups function as normal jazz pickups, in series they are like one precision bass pickup and are both controlled with the neck volume/tone knob.
So as you can see, it's been modded to be the most versatile jazz bass around. It does jazz, precision, 60s, and 70s with the flip if a switch and the turn of a dial. Between the tone knobs and varitone, this bass can achieve classic R&B tone, even with super bright stainless steel strings.

****PLEASE NOTE: I have attempted to remove the neck to see the serial number. However, the amount of force required to remove it makes me feel like I will break it. I have the original pickguard which has a 78 serial number on it (I can send a picture of it to any interested persons). Whether or not the bass itself was made in 78 is debatable, but there's no denying that its from the 70s. And the fact that the neck can't be removed does not affect playability.

***$1500 obo***
Please pm me for lots of HD pics.

 

I may not have worded it properly, but there are three different switches. The varitone rotary switch (farthest knob), varitone bypass switch (mini toggle), and series/parallel (mini toggle).

 

Haha no doubt! It is an incredible bass, I wouldn't think of selling it if I didn't have to. It's the perfect 70s jazz IMO.

 

Yes, well the only way to truly know the year is to take the neck off. And I'm pretty sure I'd have to use a crow bar to get it off. I'll attach a pic of the serial number on the pickguard. Also, there are plenty of 70s jazz truss rod adjusters at the headstock that are not filled.

 

No there isn't. It's at the headstock.

 

No worries. These were all questions I should have asked the person I bought it from. I'm not at the bass at the moment but ill post a few pictures I have on my phone.

 

Here's the neck plate.

 

I've had my suspicions about its origins. All I know is that the person who sold it to me got it while on vacation in Mexico. I appreciate the honest feedback, it's good to know. Knowing that, I'm definitely willing to work out a fair deal for anyone interested.

 

I've got roto 66s on it, and it sounds downright raunchy with the knobs cranked. Of course you can dial in the the varitone anywheres from R&B/raggae to scooped Marcus miller style tone. And the series/parallel switch provides a roundness not normally associated with jazz basses.

I'll try to post something on YouTube and put the link up here.

 

Here you go http://youtu.be/Px1rwQJ6cdI

There's some popping in the audio. I have the. Neck pickup a little too high and it pops when I dig in too much right over the pickup. I pretty much just slapped the nordstrands in and haven't had a chance to do a proper set up recently.

In the video I go through a few tone changes, and listed them in the description. Let me know what you think.

 

I started a new thread for this bass, including the new found facts.http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/1978-jazz-body-unknown-neck-*motivated*-1000179/