SH73

I'd rather keep it for a project than selling it.

Cheers guys. You've been very helpful. My father in law is happy for me to have it but if this is worth a few hundred quid I want to be honest with him.

Wires are all attached.

It's a tough one. Only the front pups volume button works when it pleases. The other two don't but I reckon with new electronics and either Seymour Duncan or aquilar pick ups with a high mass Fender bridge it will be a bad as.s bass

Yeah looks like it had a full size cover. It was bought 30 years ago so the wood is nicely dried out.

@HazBeen @MB1 @Bassassin Any other suggestions? I've attached pics of neck pocket and potentiometers. The wires are very thin.

Removed the neck and nothing exciting. Nothing exciting at back of electronics or pick ups.

Cheers, presume MM are dearer too.

Looks like I'll end up with another bass. I want to string it up with bright strings. Saw review of Marcus Miller super bright strings. They sound good. Any suggestions?

Looks like B stock or a return. I always pay with credit card so if they get funny I let my bank deal with it. You should be firm with Thomann and stand your ground. Don't forget yiur consumer rights.

So if someone replaces a neck on a genuine Fender, that is a neck not made by Fender but one that looks like Fender to every little detail; and whacks a Fender decal on it. Isn't that a Fender anymore, even though the body, electronics and all hardware including neck tuners are original Fender?

Cheers lads. Lots of knowledge here. The bottom line is I'm likely to keep it but replace the electronics BUT keep the pups to see what they sound like. Another alternative is to convert it into a PJ bass with spb1 and Seymour Duncan bridge pup.. Meantine, anyone is welcome to chip in with their opinion on what this bass actually is.

Cheers lads. Will have to check under sp and neck pocket.

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My father in law got this Fender jazz bass copy from the loft. The back plate says Made in Japan. It is solid and heavy about 40 years old. The neck is wide but not chunky.It has old flat wounds on and sounds dead. I've played it through a cheap guitar amp so far. The knobs don't work properly. No idea what make it is but sprucing it up with electronics it would make a nice bass. Anyone has any suggestions what it may be

I skimmed it. Sting's face expresion spoke volumes. I read it as: WTF!?

There are bassists who don't ready or write notes. They don't preach on you tube about technicality and yet they managed to become more famous than the ones they do.

I don't really understand why it matters how it must be played. I've learnt in past year that bass sound changes in the mix......

Not at all. Thinking same colour as I had visualized the final product. I was so close. Now have two projects on the go and both need repainting.

Disaster stroke. The lacquer didnt like the base colour. So stripping off the paint and start all over again 🤣

Really enjoyed watching it. Some top musicians playing for peanuts 😮

Wow,This is a really lovely fretless.

I am not in top 17?!

Cheers mate. Disaster today, sprayed the lacquer on and the paint cracked. Looks like will have to start all over again😣