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Help please!
Looks very suspect, but hard to tell with that BAII (knock-off maybe) bridge that uses a 5 hole pattern placed so poorly on what is a string through 3 hole body. Without seeing the neck pocket I dunno.
Agree about the bridge, is it me, or is it hanging over the body?
Looks to be an "owner-crafted" mixmaster, but who knows.
Sapphire Blue a Transparent, #27 on the chart provided by Fender.
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Looks to be an "owner-crafted" mixmaster, but who knows.
Sapphire Blue a Transparent, #27 on the chart provided by Fender.
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My guess is the bridge was placed back that far to get it to intonate. Pretty sure the old Suhr bodies were made for 22 fret necks, and they've stuck on a 20 fret neck instead.
Looks like an early 90s Boner Bass body and a 2000's reissue '75 neck.
But it looks like the intonation must be spot on....
I reckon that's a 22-fret neck pocket, too. And the body looks smaller than your average JB.
Judging by the bridge placement, I suspect the bridge screws and the string ferrules interfered.
The Fender decal looks like it's a MIJ but I could be wrong.
Edit: just saw the Made in USA, never mind.
Edit: just saw the Made in USA, never mind.
Disregarding the bridge, that bass looks EPIC. If it played as well as it looks I'd buy it.
Yep, definitely the original neck was 22 frets, I had a 97 jazz bass deluxe and I wanted to buy a Warmoth body for it but couldn't because the neck wouldn't work with a standard body.... And there's why... Probably intonates fine at the cost of looking a little goofy.
Weird thing about that bass was it was an ash veneer on the front and back over an alder body... I assume this is the same considering the way the burst covers the contour on the back.
Weird thing about that bass was it was an ash veneer on the front and back over an alder body... I assume this is the same considering the way the burst covers the contour on the back.
FrankenJazz ...
The '75 Jazz offered in '05 only came in natural ash finish ... so the '97 range (USA) Plus/Deluxe body in Blue Burst it is attached to is a stretch to make work ... the neck also came stock with the three bolt Micro-Tilt neck adjustment feature, with is not to be found here ...
The '75 Jazz offered in '05 only came in natural ash finish ... so the '97 range (USA) Plus/Deluxe body in Blue Burst it is attached to is a stretch to make work ... the neck also came stock with the three bolt Micro-Tilt neck adjustment feature, with is not to be found here ...
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Definitely a late '90s model American Deluxe Jazz body, they had a 7/8 body and 22 fret neck. The reissue Jazz neck is to short for the pocket so they moved the bridge back to compensate, as previous posts indicate.
It's worth something in parts,. If it is cheap enough, I'd buy it, there are USA J deluxe necks on eBay pretty cheap sometimes because they only work with that body. And you can get standard J bodies to match that neck all day long, you could wind up with two pretty cool basses if you wanted to make a project out of it!
Looks like one of the original deluxe jazz bass bodies and a reissue neck. SN on the head stock is mid 2005/2006.
But yeah, those basses came with a 22 fret neck that didn't have a fret board overhang, so the intonation is either off, or the bridge was moved back, which is probably the case since it's hanging off the body!
But yeah, those basses came with a 22 fret neck that didn't have a fret board overhang, so the intonation is either off, or the bridge was moved back, which is probably the case since it's hanging off the body!
