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A lot of the Japanese copies of this era did certainly, but I don’t recall ever seeing a Tokai that said so.

I think we all know about these so I'll spare the superlatives! To the best of my knowledge this one is all original. Apart from I've put new felt rings under the strap buttons (the old ones had disappeared) and it's sporting some Fender NPS 45 - 105 round wound strings. It does have some oxidisation to metalwork. And dings commensurate with its age and having lived a life. Difficult to photo close up so I'll describe where they are and maybe you can zoom in. head stock under E tuner (3mm) neck rear lower 1st fret (3mm) body front above tug bar to left and to right (1.5mm and 3mm) body front and bottom behind bridge (4 x 5mm) body rear above and to right of neck plate (10mm and 5mm) body rear under neck plate (buckle rash) body rear top right as you look at it (12mm) Bass weighs only 3.762 Kg (8.3 lbs). I zeroed the scales with the Sisley book on it so the bass would balance better in case you're wondering. Currently collection from Skipton only or I can meet you within a reasonable distance. Price is £600 and it does have to be £600 I'm afraid.

Vintage VJ74 Icon Series Jazz Style Bass Guitar. Absolute top quality parts and construction Condition is used but in excellent condition, little further road-wearing has taken place after that it came with. Bass weighs in at almost exactly 4 kg (8.8 lbs). Light for a Jazz. At the moment I am unable to ship so this has to be cash on collection from Skipton. However I am prepared to drive out a fair distance to meet you if needs be. [

Very difficult to photograph the shiny black body on a sunny Skipton day without picking up reflections. Please rest assured the only faults to the body are those marks I declared in the OP. Meanwhile hopefully these two are a bit better:

I can't see where you mean but there are no splits in the body so it must be the light. The tone knob definitely does something! I think my neck is actually tinted, it just got away with a very light tint. How it ended up on a black body is still a mystery though.

Would help no doubt, thank you. Most of the weight does feel like it is in the body though and at practice I thought it well balanced.

It's with a very heavy heart that I offer this up for sale. So soon after acquiring it as well. It's my ideal bass in every respect (p-bass, black, maple, chunky neck, top quality etc.) bar one. The weight, it's just too much for my feeble and aged frame. I bought the bass a month ago off a well known auction site, the details are still up there if you search completed listings for item 183639229142. The seller described the condition as "new". It wasn't, the strings were dead, it was dirty and there were a few marks to the body. However, not complaining, it was still pretty good and I was happy to get it. I've now cleaned it and set it up with a new set of Fender 7350Ms. it's playing and sounding great. But I did band practice with it this week and my shoulder still hasn't recovered. It weighs, what some might consider reasonable, 4.24kg (9.35 lbs). Anything over 8.5lbs and I'm struggling nowadays. Pictures below. There is one question I can't answer though. To all intents and purposes this is the V4MTB apart from the headstock doesn't say Signature Series and bear his name. AFAIK JHS don't otherwise offer the V4 with black body and maple neck so I'd love to know the story behind this one. Last thing, at the moment, this has to be collection from Skipton, though I am prepared to drive out a fair distance to meet you if needs be. [Edit to add - about the marks - there are a couple of very small dings bottom edge and a bit of very light surface scratching rear of body. Neither would photograph. Any marks you can see in the pictures are reflections.]

Have brought some cardboard home from work so can post now if needs be.