I traded a 70's Jazz to Zapfs music in Philly back around 85. I have always wondered where it ended up. Hear's the story.... I bought it as a box full of parts from a guitar player who was selling it for a friend. It had been badly refinished with black paint and the frets were all chewed up. I proceeded to:
strip the body, drilled out and plugged the PG holes and finished it with walnut stain followed by a truoil finish
replaced the PUs w/Seymor Duncan stacked huumbuckers and added a phase switch
added a badass II bridge and tele style knobs
added a brass nut
I had the neck refretted and the luthier (Ron Ruggiero) tinted the neck finish to make it look aged
After all that, I thought it sounded....meh. I kept it as a backup to my T-Bird and eventually traded it straight up for a Peavey T40 Fretless.
I don't suppose this bass has crossed anyone's path in the last 35 years?
strip the body, drilled out and plugged the PG holes and finished it with walnut stain followed by a truoil finish
replaced the PUs w/Seymor Duncan stacked huumbuckers and added a phase switch
added a badass II bridge and tele style knobs
added a brass nut
I had the neck refretted and the luthier (Ron Ruggiero) tinted the neck finish to make it look aged
After all that, I thought it sounded....meh. I kept it as a backup to my T-Bird and eventually traded it straight up for a Peavey T40 Fretless.
I don't suppose this bass has crossed anyone's path in the last 35 years?
