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My wife comes home from a business trip on Saturday and this really needs to sell....

An impulse purchase of a new Fender Acoustic bass means I need to move my lovely Ibanez onwards. It is about 2 years old, but looks new. :-) A couple of acoustic, jazzy gigs (which is what I bought it for) but it mostly gets played at home. No marks or scratches (of any significance). Lovely fat acoustic tone, pretty easy to play despite heavy strings and serious action! Sounds great unplugged with a woody growl when plugged in. Mahogany neck, with Rosewood fretboard, onboard SPT preamp with bass, treble, mid and shape controls. Phase switch, tuner and both 1/4" and XLR outputs. I hadn't really planned on selling this - but then again I didn't plan on buying the Fender yesterday so there you go! I paid £280 for this when new - so looking for £130 to recoup some cash for my last purchase. Doesn't include a bag, but I will include a new set of stings if you prefer a more zingy tone (current strings have a lovely motown thump to them). Will post (but would prefer not as its kinda delicate) - £25 or there abouts will get the bass to you. I will pack it nice and neatly in the box that my new Fender came in. Here are some pics.

Price drop altert - plus hardcase included. I'm feeling generous. :-)

I need this bass in my life.... someone buy my '78 Jazz please!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0d3-9mH1l8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0d3-9mH1l8[/url] Made a short clip of me playing the jazz - 1st thing in the morning so please excuse the bum notes... both pickups on full; recorded through Korg Pandora into iMovie.

I just put the original Fender bridge back on it and a set of new strings in preparation...

Just had this baby on the scales and its a mighty 5kg - no idea if that is heavy for a jazz. My Thumb BO4 weighs 4.5kg and that only half the bass in size!

I don't have any unaccompanied recordings - but you can hear it http://www.starnow.co.uk/media/327395-TheSoupthings+Sampler hear in a band setting... apologies for the quality of bass playing! :-)

Have to check on the weight in the morning - I would say it's 'average' for an old Fender. Reassuringly heavy tone and build. All my basses are named after muppet show characters... hence Janice. :-) Sticker will be removed prior to sale!

-------------------- Worth less than a sum of it's PARTS! '78 neck is at least £500 and Nordstrand Pickups £150 '83 body at least £200.... I will even through in a moulded fender hardcase.... what more could you ask for! -------------------- [font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif]After recently acquiring a Warwick thumb and seeing Steve Bailey play in incredible fretless 6 CS thing - I need more Warwick in my life.. so I need to make some room on the wall and in the bank account... [/font] [font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif]Up for sale is my beloved 78 / 83 Fender jazz. Bought from another BCer in 2010 (I think) - and it's been well cared for. :-) [/font] As talked about in the Fender Bass book (page 79). A transitional Fender Jazz, '78 neck - dot and bound fingerboard, three bolt neck joint and headstock adjust. 1978 decal and serial number on headstock 'S 8' - body most likely early 80's. The book confirms that builders CBS used parts to deplete all inventories in the factories. A rare build! It's had a few different pickup configurations, it had active EMG's (no additional routing or batteries) which were then swapped them out for all passive Nordstrand NJ4SV's which are awesome. Condition is generally very good. Has knocks on the body, but nothing too bad. The top neck area has some marks on three of the frets. Appears to be in the lacquer, does not affect play, and doesn't feel bad (see pics). It was recently serviced and setup by a local luthier and it's a great bass. [size=4]Replacement schaller bridge fitted (actually I just put the original Fender one back on), and one of the tuner pegs is a schaller too - but it's all good! [/size]Looking for offers around £749 - and I'll include posting in that if you like! Based in Hampshire if you wanna pop over and take a pop.

This looks LOVELY.... how broad is the broadneck? I have a Thumb BO4 - how much wider would it be?