haruki

Hi.. some time ago I bought (secondhand) a Fender Jazz Plus...didnt know much about it - still don't. They seem to be fairly rare beasts and just wondered if anybody knew why? I kinda like mine. For those that dont know they've got active lace sensor pickups; non standard badass like bridge and smaller headstock and body. They dont have the normal control plate either. I gather they were made in the early 90's. I mainly play fives now so it doesn't get out much. Do I have a future classic... or an evolutionary dead end? Anybody know why these never took off? [attachment=8182:martin_017.jpg]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='131142' date='Jan 31 2008, 09:51 AM']Just doing a bit of research on German evilbay and wonder if anyone has any experience of these? Johnson do a number of Jazz and Precision copies starting at c £100 including 2 X 5 String Jazzes with block inlays [url="http://stores.ebay.de/ML-Factory-Gitarrenshop"]http://stores.ebay.de/ML-Factory-Gitarrenshop[/url] I've seen Johnson on UK ebay but never 5 Stringers. I wonder if these could rival SX ( or are the same as) as shipped they are around the same price and no duty to pay?[/quote] Hi - if you havent taken the plunge yet... I bought a johnson 5 stringer - fretless jazz off ebay a couple of years ago. I wanted to try fretless and not pay much. The bass is pretty solid affair and to be honest I do like playing it but it has some serious issues.. .. the B string is really flappy, pretty much useless. Not sure if this is fixable with new strings - must admit havent really tried. .. electrics have been scratchy and I need to sort them out one of volumes cuts out. Made me cautious about super cheap 5 strings