Richard Jinman

Ah ... now I feel like a mug

Oh really .... he's got form? 

Sticker probably seemed like a great idea in 1984. Spose you could say it was ironic. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-SQUIER-by-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-JV-SERIES-JAPAN/124171232450?hash=item1ce92ea4c2:g:I48AAOSwxx1cHSg6

SOLD... pending payment 

SOLD.... pending payment

Lots of love for UPS none for Hermes. Will go UPS

Ok, good tip. Happy to use UPS.

Hermes is quoting £16.49 to deliver - if it was picked up tomorrow you'd get it on Monday. I'd also need to buy a bass box because it seems unwise to send it in just the gig bag. They're £14. I think the Hermes price only includes £25 of insurance cover so you'd need to think about whether you want to take a chance on that or cover replacement value. Cheers, Richard

Dms... assuming you want posted to UK?

Yes, happy to post, but another guy in Manchester also wants it. I’ll check cost of postage and see who wants to go ahead and buy.

Up for sale is my Sire V7 Marcus Miller Second Gen 4-string bass with the Sire gig bag. The bass is a natural and is essentially in new condition as shown by the pictures I hope. I can't see a mark or a ding on it which shouldn't be too surpising because I've only had it 3 months and the guy I bought it from says he purchased it new from Anderton's this year. So why am I selling? It's not an entirely (or even slightly) rational reason considering I've only started playing this year and the Sire is more bass than I need at my level. I love the jazz bass format and I've decided I want a passive jazz and I want to spend a bit of money to get something I love. So on the off chance someone has a nice Fender Jazz - I'd love an American standard - and wants to trade I'd be happy to do a trade and cash deal for instruments worth up to £900. It seems unlikely however, so I suspect it will be a straight sale. I'm in Somerset so I'm happy to courier the instrument at buyer's cost to anywhere in the UK (and the EU as well I guess). 

I haven't photographed the gig bag, but its pristine like the bass. I know people are going to ask how much it weighs, but I don't have any scales here unfortunately. Hoping that information is available online. As far as I know the bass is completely standard so the spec will be as below: 

Body

Body Material: Swamp Ash / North American Alder

Pickguard: Ivory Pearl  / Tortoise

Neck

Neck Material: 1 Piece Hard Maple

Neck Shape: C-Shape

Scale: 34”

Fingerboard: Hard Maple / Ebony

Fingerboard Radius: 9.5”

Frets: Medium, 20 Frets

String Nut: Natural Bone

Neck Joint: 4 Bolt Steel Square Plate

Electronics

Pickups: Marcus Super Jazz Advanced

Electronics: Marcus Heritage - 3 with Middle-Frequency Control

Controls: Volume / Tone (Dual Pot), Pickup Blender, Treble, Middle / Middle Frequency (Dual Pot), Bass, Mini Toggle (Active / Passive )

Hardware

Knobs: Jazz Type Black Plastic

Bridge: Heavy Mass Standard

Tuning Gear: Premium Open-Gear

Hardware Finish: Chrome

Lovely looking bass. I’ve read that the necks on the MIA GLs are slimmer than the Tributes... more like a jazz. Hoping that’s the case as I’m looking for an upgrade from a jazz squire. 

Pm’d

Can you find me a used squire jazz please 😉

Thanks!

Apologies if this is dumb, but is it possible to search individual forums? Eg: search Squire ANDJazz in the Basses for sale section? Tried a global search and it’s not very helpful. While it’s fun trawling through 5 or 6 pages of ads sometimes would be good to find stuff I can actually afford (not just dream about). Thanks!

Yes, good tip. I keep seeing basses that I love - fender Marcus Miller for eg - and assume I’d love it based on looks alone. 

Exactly... 

Excellent! I’ll probably end up with a 6-string in bright green.

.... should have mentioned I’m only interested in 4-string basses. 

Hi, signed up because I’m locked down in Somerset (worse places to be) and started playing an old, pretty crappy bass I had lying around. I’ve played guitar and drums for years (not well, but enthusiastically) and I’d like to start to learn bass. I’ve been drooling over some of the basses for sale here, but a £1000 + instrument isn’t realistic at the moment. I’ve tried P basses and prefer Jazz neck and sound. Love the retro look too. I play with my fingers not a pick and although I’d like to say what kind of music I’d like to play it’s a bit early to say except it won’t be metal or fusion (not that I’m capable of playing that). Anyway, any tips for a bass I’ll want to pick up everytime I look at it? That is easy to play? I could go to about £600, but I’m baffled by the vast array of Fenders new and old (MIM vs MIJ vs squier vs etc etc). Someone recommended a G&L L2000 tribute as a versatile,  decent quality bass. Also like the look of sandberg Electra, but reviews seem to suggest the quality is iffy. Sorry if this sounds a bit gormless, but as I mentioned I’m a newbie. Cheers, Richard