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[color="#FF0000"][size=3]|| Sold ||[/size][/color] [color="#8B0000"]Price drop to £475[/color] US Vintage Pickups There's marks like this on the fingerboard [color="#8B0000"]Full gallery with close ups available.[/color] Please PM for a link. Thanks. MIJ Fender Japan [b]PB57US[/b] Precision; 57 Re-Issue with [b]USA vintage pickups[/b]; USA Non-reverse machine heads; two tone sunburst Alder body; one piece Maple neck and fingerboard; single ply scratchplate; barrel bridge. Switchcraft jack. Not sure about the pots. 1990/91 according to Guitar dater. Weight 8.4lbs, nut 40mm, fairly round profile neck. Fender "dust cover" gig bag. [size=4][s]£500[/s] [color="#8B0000"] £475 plus post from Cardiff. [/color][/size] This bass has some battle scars. There's a chunk out of the lacquer on the front below the scratchplate and more lacquer missing around the heel (see the pictures here and PM for closeups) The neck has marks and patches sometimes seen on older maple necks. Also there's scratches and dings consummate with 20 years of gigs. The US hardware and pickup are solid and loud and the bass feels really "together" like it's all working toward a common aim. It's one of those things that are not meant to be described in words. You'd have to strap it on Anyway I don't normally assign gender to basses but for some reason this one feels like a venerable old woman of rock and more Chrissie Hynde than Suzi Quattro .... She's certainly seen some action and had a few knocks but she has a positive vibe about her that's hard to describe. This is one that I'd keep if I could justify it. I can't so here she is.

[color="#FF0000"][size=3]|| Sold ||[/size][/color] Thanks for the interest Fingerboard dent near fret 15 Fender Japan non-export Precision "Model 43". Now called the "Standard" Just in case you are reading this from your phone with the images off .... It's three tone sunburst, white/black/white three ply scratch plate and a nice dark rosewood fingerboard. Truss rod adjuster at the sensible end. Full gallery available, PM me for a link, ta. This one has Japanese hardware and pickups. Basswood body. 1993/1994 according to guitar dater. Weight is 7.8 lbs so pretty light. Two significant marks on it - a small scratch on the back and a groovy "whoops, I hit the string into the fingerboard" dent in the fingerboard around fret 15 under the E string (see above) Neither are a problem when playing or particularly visible. Other than that nice condition for a 17 year old. Plays and sounds fine. Comes with a Fender "dust cover" gig bag. I'd like £400 plus post from Cardiff. No trades, sorry.

[quote name='Audiokostas' post='868913' date='Jun 16 2010, 12:18 PM']Well, actually medium scale not short (30). The 32" contradicts of course the RI title but nonetheless ....... Excellent basses and of high quality too. Not to mention quite rare. Nut is (if I remember well) at 38mm as usual. I was quite obsessed with medium scales and I used to have a Fender Stu Hamm MIM (the 32" one) and I still have the PB-555 MIJ and an amazingly competent for its price SX Gypsy Rose (with wonderful Toneriders on it). I think everyone has to try a medium scale. Especially if they come in such quality as this one. Sorry for jumpin in.......[/quote] Thanks, I'll amend the post to say medium scale. It's not a real re-issue, of course, just a general nod in the direction of the early 6o's style ..

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='868867' date='Jun 16 2010, 11:31 AM']Damn if I had the monies. Give me a month?[/quote] PM'd

[attachment=52362:JB62MBlack2.jpg] OK, I know the rules about feelers but I've been offered a [size=4][b][s]short[/s] medium scale - 32" [/b][/size] Fender Japan Jazz Bass So I thought I'd sound out the interest before getting it in from Japan. I've not seen a short scale Fender Jazz before. It's a 62RI, Black with white plate, Alder body, rosewood fingerboard, earth strip, 20 frets, Weighs 9lbs 1993 ish, Japanese hardware and pickups. Not sure on the nut width. Dust cover gig bag. It's going to be around £400 plus the post (from Cardiff, not from Tokyo ) Any interest? Edited to change short to medium...