Jebo1

I've got a nearly new edition of this fantastic book for sale. I'm not doing standards anymore... It's Volume 1. This is the book you want for standards/classics etc. My jazz days are behind me - had to hang up the tweed daddio! £14 delivered.

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Bump again, would take less cash for it. I really need to get that tax bill paid by January 31st!!!

I've got the Jazz Bass brother to this beauty. The undercoat is silver sparkle, they moved to gold later on. It's a beautiful bass, the 66 ones are widely considered to be beautiful playing instruments - the equivalent of pre-CBS ones in my eyes. Seems a full price but what do I know? How much is my 66 worth now? The mind boggles.

Bump-o!!!

And the bridge isn't original either. A 66 bridge would have had the pre=CBS style multi-ferruled bridge. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I've spent a pathetically long time with vintage Fender basses.

Sorry buddy, 'mocha' - the only original brown finish Fender offerred - was also introduced in 74. Fenders in 66' were either Sunburst or custom coloured, and brown wasn't a custom colour. Trust me.

It is a refinish - fender didn't offer a natural finish until 74.

Here are some pics, I'm going to reduce the price to £1500. Let me know if there's any interest!!!

That photo is terrible - sorry. Will get some better ones later if anyone is interested.

Hi all, This is my pride and joy but an arse clenchingly large tax bill and the impending, looming spectre of being jobless means I am considering shifting it. The bass is a 'frankenbass' and started off as a few models. Details of the parts are here: Body: 68 jazz, ligt as a feather, original sunburst and seriously worn. This was owned by Fender expert Barry Matthews, I bought it from him years ago with a 65 neck, some old pickups and a few odd bits on it. The bass was played by John Entwistle in the past, but I don't expect this to add to the value - I reckon most olf Fenders were! The body has been routed for a battery cavity at the back - there is no other routing, as you can see! Necl: This was a 74 neck from a bass owned by the legendary session bassist Dave Markee. He has the Fender 'skunk stripe' removed and the ebony board added. This bass was giged with Frank Zappa and a few other legends. It's an amazingly thin and precise neck. [url="http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Dave_Markee_The_veteran_rock_man/40731/p1/"]Dave Markee[/url] Bridge and Neck Plate - original 74 Pickups - Wizard vintage (sound amazing) Tuners - Original 74 Tone and volume pots - new replacements. All in all, this guitar means a lot to me. I wanted a Jaco signature but I wanted a vintage one, so I bought the parts and built it. It plays amazingly, is the only one of its kind and it breaks my heart to think of her going - but I've got my 66 candy apple red Fender, and that's the only one I actually play to be honest. I've had the guitar in literally hundreds of permutations over the years (scrathcplate on, off, with a skunk neck, a 65 neck a modern Geddy Lee neck blah blah) and in this incarnation is perfect. I don't have tons of pictures but could take some if anyone's interested. Not sure of value, in parts it has to be about £1600, or I could be mistaken. I'd take this for it, but I'm not interested in any trades or anything. Let me know if anyone is interested!

Hi mate, I went through the whole need to slim down the collection due to financial difficulties (see running your own business for f*cking you up financially). I now just have 2 guitars that I beg, stole and borrowed to get. At the end of the day, and after all the cr*p we talk about them, they're just bits of wood with bits of metal on them and they can be replaced. Start a savings account mate, and any spare money you have, get it in there. In no time at all (alright, took me 2 years) you'll have the £3,500 you need for the best bass you'll ever need. And a happy family!

These are nice basses and they used to be incredibly cheap - $500 each 2 years ago. In the States and for collectors these aren't particularly desirable, but they are nice guitars. I've had a number of them, particularly the electric guitar and electric 12 string versions. Good luck with the sale. It would originally have had a case as standard, which is a shame. I'd get a flight case for it as they are pretty flimsy as guitars go. the bolt on neck is a nice feature however - no problems with warping etc. I had one that was awful! Free bump etc. too!

Cheers Kevin, hope you're loving the double bass and you haven't injured your hands yet trying to play it with such a high action!!!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='936188' date='Aug 25 2010, 05:41 PM']Any idea of what year and any idea why there is no case? I never understand why someone would pay £1300-1500 on a bass and not use the case?Ta[/quote] I know, it's an odd thing - I have custom made flight case for all of mine. The serial number is: E24605 I think, although am always ready to be corrected, that this makes it a 2001 model. Obviously never been gigged as if I used it it would be covered in scratches, bumps, beer and cigarette burns. This bass is too good for me.

I took this as part of a trade, but as much as I'd love to keep it, an encroaching £5,000 credit card debt means I have to sell it :-( It's basically an 'as new' Musicman Stingray with the 3 eq balance. It's got a Rosewood board and literally hasn't got one mark on it whatsoever. It's as good as new. What's better is the price, I'd sell it for the price of £750. It doesn't have a hard case, but comes with a soft case. It's located in Bristol and the winning buyer can come and collect and inspect as they wish! I can get as many pictures as you wish, just give me a few hours notice.

John Entwistle Book now sold! Will accept offers on the rest. L