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Yes really rare. I think they can be counted on one hand… maybe not even all fingers…

Magnificent semi acoustic bass which speaks to your fingers. Sounds from upright to a fat and tight bass guitar. The finger or pick position makes all the difference. Or the thumb: this instrument allows for slapping nicely too. Is now strung with Thomastik flats but works well with any string (I also used Elixirs). Very good ergonomics, fast neck, great balance while extremely light. Has the earlier version of the pre amp which is considered provide the best sound. Body Mahohany Fretboard Ipe Frets 21 Scale 35" Radius 12" Width at 12th fret 45mm Weight 3,4kg Tuners: Gotoh Pre amp Rick Turner (1st edition) 1 x volume, 1 x tone Pickup D-Tar Piezo Built in 2002 in USA by the great late Mr. Rick Turner

This quite early LEJ5 built by top luthier Chris Benavente has the new LE 2/3 pre amp (original Benavente pre amp available too) and the original stacked single coils Kent Armstrong pickups. Great ‘more traditional’ Jazz Bass sounds with a versatile 3 band pre amp, and if you like, especially in the 2 band setting, deep, fat lows and sizzling highs. This bass is built like tank, plays like a dream and the power of the low B is amazing. These gems don't pass every day in Europe! Ash body, maple 3 piece neck, palisander fretboard, 34" scale, radius 16" (estimation, it is quite flat, very comfortable).

Body: american cherry Top: burl spalted maple Body thickness: 36mm Neck: hard rock maple and padouk Fretboard: flamed maple Nut: bone 54mm Scale: 34” Radius: 16” Neck profile: standard 20mm at 1’ and 21mm at 12’ frets: 6230 Truss rod: double action Dot: white frontled 6mm(!) Pickup: MAMA original 74 preamp: bassotto 3b , active passive switch Knobs: alluminium Bridge: Gotoh steel saddle 19mm Finishing: gloss nitrolacquer Color: natural Capurso teardrop case A seventies Jazz Bass in disguise, and then some!

Warwick Thumb 5 BO (2009 Germany) Natural oil, MEC active J/J, fretted wenge board, ovangkol body & neck. Warwick bridge and tuners. Weight 4100grams. Comes with hard case and candy. Sounds like two fat jazz basses!

Fender Jazz Bass 4 bolt maple neck (1973A). Quite a succesfull design... 😉 Black binding/blocks. Very old black over walnut finish (probably factory refin as they did in those days to comply with custom orders) white 3ply pick guard. Stackpole potmeters (1973), Fender pickups (1972). This bass has been refretted and a brass nut (a trendy repkacement in the late seventies/early eighties) is restored with a bone one. The bass plays perfectly with action as low as you wanna go. Pickup output is very powerfull. This beautiful thing really is as good as an early seventies Jazz Bass is gonna get and most certainly it won’t lose value either. A nice weight of 4000 grams/8.8LBS of groovy funky jazzy coolness. Looots of Geddy Lee , Chris Squire, Larry Graham and Marcus Miller vibes. Comes with (later) Fender case

Pedulla U.S.A. Pentabuzz. Flame maple AA, charcoal grey. Excellent condition. Year of Manufacture: 2006 •Serial #: 9203 •Body Wings: AA Flame Maple, Charcoal •Neck: Capillary (neck-through), 3 piece maple laminate •Scale Length: 34" •Fingerboard: Ebony, fretless with 24 inlaid fretlines and gloss polyester finish •Inlay: Mother of Pearl, 5mm dots •Nut: Bone •Width at Nut: 1-15/16" (49.21 mm) •Truss Rod: Single rod, double-acting adjustable with 2 stiffening bars •Weight: 9.5 pounds •Hardware Color: Gold •Bridge: ABM 3-way adjustable machined brass with roller saddles •Bridge spacing: 19 mm •Machine Heads: M.V. Pedulla/Gotoh •Pickups: Bartolini, offset P's at neck, single J at bridge •Electronics: Active, Bartolini •Controls: volume, pan, bass boost/cut, treble boost/cut, mid boost/cut (toggle) •Control Knobs: Anodized aluminum (black with marker) •Finish: Gloss polyester •Pedulla Kit (truss rod, bridge wrench) is included This must be the pinnacle of the fretless world. What a bass. Everything feels right and it sings like Pavarotti on steroids

Japanese Sadowsky 5 string in very good condition with all the 70’s DNA a five string Jazz Bass could possibly have. Ash body, maple neck/board, bound neck, block inlays. Pickups in 70’s position providing for more clear and tight sound options. Bass is fitted with new Sadowsky single coils and new pre amp with VTC. I can reïnstall the original Sadowsky humfree pickups and pre amp (with no VTC) if desired. Frets are like new and provide for action as low as you like. This is quite an early UV70 which means the neck is not reïnforced with graphite strips as the woods were still top quality. Maybe I am delusional but in my hands I feel a more organic bass that sounds more like wood than the later ones. Not better, but different. Comes with the well known Sadowsky rectangular semi hard case. These are arguably the best '70's Jazz fivers around they are relatively rare (not sure, maybe hundreds or less exist) and they are not being produced anymore. On par with the NYC quality, not with any MIG and MIC I played. Offers considered.

Sadowsky Metro Japan Hybrid PJ5 ash/maple (2004). Black hardware as seen on NYC’s. 4100 grams of groovy gravy gravity making sushi of any PJ in the wild west. Comes with original semi hard (or is it semi soft? 😉) Sadowsky rectangular case.

Sadowsky NYC Original P (2005) Alder body, maple neck, BR RW board 20 fets, 9" radius, 1 1/2" Nut width (J), '59 burst, Vintage neck tint Hardware chrome Weight 3,74kgs Unique Sadowsky NYC. The only one I have ever seen. Action, weight, balance and entire playability is best of the best. Sound is deep like a Precision bass with clarity rather than that quacking Precision sound. Very smooth and well blending. Comes with original Sadowsky rectangular semi hard case.

The late Rick Turner created a lot of magic in the world of music. The first PA system ever for a band called Rare Earth. The first Alembics. And this Renaissance is one of the later evidences of his brilliance. This thing can sound as bassguitar, acoustic bassguitar and upright'ish: all the oomph, grind and mwaaaah you ever need at 2400 grams only. Bass is new and one of the last ones new built by the master himself.

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Actually it is a Basic (quite an understatement for such an exorbitant instrument) but a classic nevertheless!

Ash body Maple neck/board with black inlays Graphite reinforcement bars inside the neck Compound radius fingerboard Neck width at nut 47,5 mm String spacing at the bridge +/-18 mm Scale 34" Fender noiseless pickups (4th gen.) Threeband EQ (18v) with passive tone control Fender bridge with through body stringing (maximum sustain) or traditional top load (more attack) Easy access dual way truss rod adjusting with spoke wheel at the base of the neck (like Sadowsky) Including Fender OHSC and certificate. The bass is in very good, almost new, condition. No issues. Elites are arguably some of the best basses ever built by Fender.

Sculptured offset longhorn solid walnut body 5 piece Eastern neck through maple neck, purple heart stringers Fingerboard Pau Ferro Double truss rod 24 jumbo frets Scale 34” 4800 grams Neck width 2” at the nut, 3 1/8” at the 24th fret Schaller tuners Tobias bridge Bartolini TCT pre amp with 3 band EQ Bartolini Tobias proprietary MTCC dual coils pickups Tobias OHSC. 100% original and in great condition. Playability and sound are superb. A classic and timeless piece built by Mr. Michael Tobias and crew in Hollywood.

Ash body, quilted maple top, maple 3 piece neck with block inlays and binding. Low End proprietary stacked single coil pickups. Pre amp Gregory G-BP3 (brand new, much like F Bass, transparent and very musical but more versatile.) String spacing at bridge +/- 19mm Very solid well thought over top quality Jazz Bass built by Benavente guitars and assembled by Brian 'Mr. Low End' Barrett. Plays and feels very comfortable, sounds like a Jazz Bass on steroids with extended note capacity.

What I can say in my non scientific maybe even biased humble opinion is that it is not as bright as a maple board with ash body, but not as dark as an alder body with rose board neck. For some the perfect synthesis.

My old bass. Nice one. Good luck selling.

Very nice one Rainer. If this would have been for sale a week earlier...

One guy has an option till tomorrow. Biut other than that still for sale...

What's t he thing with the dotted i.s.o. inlay neck on the same body?

Thanks for your supportive comments. These oldies have something special. Whether it is a different build quality or ‘just’ the ageimg of the woods I don’t know, but it feels like an old jeans, without the relic stuff.. just some minor honest playing wear. Considering the condition, the lightness and the extra set of pickups I think the price ia justified. New this would cost now over €5750. Then again: old woods versus new woods is easy math…

Price includes shipping in Europe.