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23 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I love a vintage jazz, I’ve been looking for the right one for quite a while now, would you have any pics of yours 🙂

Funny you should mention it... I got a ‘78 about a year ago, absolutely loved it but it’s needed work doing to the neck due to a truss rod issue so it’s been with the legend that is Jon Shuker for the past month or so. In the meantime I’ve bought a ‘74. They’re both sunburst with maple fingerboards, I did this deliberately so i’ve got no excuse to keep both! Anyway i’m picking it up from Jon tomorrow and will take some pics of the matching pair. 

Here’s the ‘78: currently speculatively on eBay, once it’s back home and i’m happy with it I’ll be advertising it elsewhere too.

It’s had a refret at Jon’s and the fingerboard has been refinished too so it looks stunning.

That book is entirely the reason I now have two '70s Jazz basses and am looking for a '60s Precision. It is a truly lovely thing though.

Hi All,

New to the forum and have been spending a lot of time watching the classifieds...

I've got a 1978 Jazz which is for me the iconic configuration, sunburst body with maple neck and mother of Pearl block inlays. Unfortunately it's also suffering from a classic 1970's Jazz bass problem, in that when the truss rod is tightened, what actually happens instead of the neck straightening is that the wood under the zero fret block inlay is getting pushed up and as you can see in the photo, the inlay and the fingerboard have cracked.

I'm gutted because this bass looks and sounds incredible, and is 100% original. It's just a bit of a dog to play.

If I have to get a replacement neck then that's a chunk of money and the bass is suddenly worth a lot less than I paid for it, so I'm hoping one of you nice people is going to say, "oh yes, that happened to mine and it's totally repairable"...

That's rather lovely. YOB bass for me too.

#1 Dream bass for me, this one! Also loving the Shuker fretless in your profile pic, I've always fancied a go on one of those infinity fingerboard things. Although I suspect I would sound terrible...