Rick's Fine '52

[quote name='geofio' timestamp='1375313584' post='2159778'] calm down guys it's just a Bass. [/quote] Yep, it is just a bass, but its a very special bass, and one worthy of comments, and special mention. This is the perfected Jazz, in the same way the '58 Precision was the final solution, and the exact format still mass produced over 50 years later. These slab board Jazzes are extremely rare, and highly sought after and prized. they are also rarer than a stack-knob, albeit less valuable and collectable, but they are rarer (9 stack knobs for sale that i know of at present, none of these).This is[i] the [/i]Jaco bass, a slab board '61. [i]The[/i] JPJ bass. When people talk about a bass playing like butter (I know, it's used too often, normally by people who don't even know what they are saying), this is the bass they are referring to, this is the feel, this is the bass that has [i]that[/i] tone. A bass that when you play it, you just sink into it, and immediately feel like you've been playing it for years. A bass that has been described as playing and ringing like a grand piano. By the way, I have no affiliation with this bass or the seller, but I have played and owned these, and 2-knob Jazzes, and they are very, very special instruments. "Just a bass"?, yes, for sure, I get that, but then a Stradivarius is just a violin, and a 1965 Ferrari GTO Daytona is just a car, and a Chateau Petrus Pomerol 1998 is just a bottle of wine. They are desirable, and applauded for good reason. These things don't turn up very often, and I'm actually surprised by the [i]lack [/i]of admiring comments to be honest. Anyway, forgive my waxing-lyrical-rant, but these basses ain't half bad!! Carry on......don't mind me.

Now sold.

[quote name='tezza-j' timestamp='1375194084' post='2157940'] Rick, do you mean this? [url="http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/tezza-j/null_zps9ce5636c.jpg"][/url] [/quote] Yep, thanks for the reply, and extra pics!

[quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1375133100' post='2157183'] Buy with confidence from Rick, he a Fender expert and collector of obsessive detail in the best way possible This is a very rare custom shop bass that would look fantastic in your collection [/quote] Thanks for the bump Chris! .

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1375123350' post='2157004'] I wonder if RicksFine found the early Jazz he was looking for...? [/quote] Not yet.................

Has the pickguard been drilled above the strings for a once re-located thumbrest?? Thanks in advance. Rick.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1374934039' post='2154934'] thats a crackin bass Pbass, but did they have string through bodies back then.? [/quote] Yep, string through bodies for the first 6 years, until the end of 1957.

bumperama

bump.........

Baby day bumpage

OK, last punty bumpy before it go's on The Bay.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1372056081' post='2120971'] go for it! [/quote] Too many great basses out there at the moment Luke, they all come along at once. I could buy six tomorrow, quite happily, just can't decide on any, and still hoping for an old Jazz. Everything happens at once!!! Still curious about this though, so worth a bump at the very least!!

Bumpage

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1373190903' post='2134438'] Stunning! [/quote] It sure is!

Bump.

To the top.

What's the year or serial number? Thanks. Nice looking bass.

Been a couple of weeks, time for bumpage.

Not sure why, but I keep coming back to this........have a curious bump on me....

Sold.