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There was a blueshift on eBay recently compete and in good condition but it didn’t get any bids at a £300 starting price.
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I take it when they say body only they mean the neck too....... The seller takes no quibble returns within 14 days so all safe on the truss rod front you’d think?
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£600 including uk postage. Possible trade for any Mexican fender (white P with maple neck would be perfect) with cash my way. Up for sale is my immaculate 30 year old 1988 Made in Japan Fender Jazz 4 string bass. It’s loaded with Geddy Lee USA 72 reissue pickups, CTS pots, switchcraft jack and is cloth wired. It’s a vintage JB355 Japan made bass, has a maple neck with dark rosewood fretboard with jumbo frets, 1,5” at the nut. These early Japanese basses are well renowned for wonderful build quality and this is no exception. It has been professionally refinished (back to its original colour) in Olympic white nitro cellulose with a Japan reissue red tort pickguard and looks brand new. The neck is in incredible shape for 30 years old and has no nicks or dents and hardly any fretwear although just to make sure it has has been fully set up including minor fret level, crown and polish, relief, intonation and action set, lemon oil fretboard treatment and new strings. It plays fantastically with wonderful low action, no fret buzz and a lovely growl from those Geddy Lee pickups. It has a fantastic feel to it, is incredibly well made (as these vintage Japanese basses always are) and sounds amazing. It weighs 4.4kg. It comes with a high quality, very sturdy Gator case. Can be viewed, tried / collected near Chester but will post anywhere insured via UPS.
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£600 including new faux leather case and uk postage. Possible trade for any Mexican fender (white P with maple neck would be perfect) with cash my way. Up for sale is my rare non export version of the Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass. Made in 2005 for the Japanese market it differs from the export version I’m that it has a pickguard and the chrome hardware is non smoked. This one has just had a full set up including fret level, crown and polish, relief, action and intonation set, lemon oil fretboard treatment and new rotsound strings. It plays really nicely with very low action and sounds big, the combination of precision and jazz pickups giving it a good thump with added twang! It’s very light 3.8kg using kitchen scales and comes with Dunlop strap pins and locks. I’m not sure if these non export versions have different pickups but it sounds bigger and more powerful than export versions I’ve had. Condition wise, the front is pretty much unmarked with a couple of dents that aren’t through the paint and the back has a few surface scratches, one filled dent and odd bits of play wear. There is also the start of a very slight hairline crack in the lacquer on the back (not the wood). Has a brand new gear4music faux leather case so can be posted anywhere.
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Good guess. £645 what a bargain. I was out walking the dogs and forgot to bid otherwise it would have been higher than £650!! I may have bid just to win the challenge of best price prediction.
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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F332866890035 The difference being it’s feckin ugly, weighs a ton, is loaded with heavy clavos - which are presumably embedded in the body (for those MEATY AND FULL-THROATED. FAT, WARM LOWS AND BRILLIANT, GROWLING MIDS AND HIGHS that you’ve been missing all those years) and is too expensive. Have I missed anything?
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In the spirit of play your cards right, I’m saying higher.
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Can everyone not bid on the Shuker longhorn so that I can buy it please? I realise this is begging but I’m desperate.......
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Kovax Tolecut for flattening a refinish
vinorange replied to vinorange's topic in Repairs and Technical
I’ve just fished the bass body now using tolecut 1500 grade paper to cut from the final sprayed finish to ready for polish and I’ve got to say that, although it was hard work , the results are fantastic. No need for wet sanding from 400 to 800 to 1200 to 2000 just use this. It left the finish flat and ready for mop polishing and having cut then with Meguires ultimate compound I’ve got a lovely flat shiny finish. It seems much quicker than wet sanding and although it takes a lot of paint off quickly it isn’t as aggressive as using 400 wet n dry and it left the finish flat but not scratched. I’ll definitely be stocking up and just using tolecut in the future.