karlfer

4 hours ago, itsmedunc said:

Lovely basses these as you well know Karl. I had one from the same era and (like I always do) sold it and regretted it ever since! Tempting price too. Ummmmm. GLWTS

Cheers Dunc, hope you & yours are fine.

I've seen quite a few Fender Japan basses out at "optimistic" prices of late.

The price, imo, is fair to buyer & seller.

As per title.

£650 collected from Darlington with hard case, £620 with no case or gig bag.

A Fender Precision bass, Made in Japan by people in a factory putting bits of wood, plastic & metal together.

Sounds like a Precision.

Weight 9lb 5oz.

New Dunlop Superbrights 40 to 100

New black scratchplate custom made by Bass Doc to give it a more 70's look. Original white plate included.

A better advert than mine, link.

https://www.gasstationguitars.com/product-page/fender-japan-2004-vintage-white-standard-precision-bass-cij

ISSUES.

Dent in back, a few tiny dints around the edges, difficult to photo.

Saddle screws are daft high, it will bother some, it doesn't bother me, I don't know what palm mute means. Ahem.

REASON FOR SALE.

Object of lust has been spotted & funds towards it are required.

MEET UP.

Yes, will travel roughly as far as Alnwick, Penrith, Ferrybridge for a half way meet.

COURIER.

Yes, I give you weight & dimensions, you organise & pay for it.

TRADES

Very unlikely BUT if the object of my lust sells, I may well be tempted with an American Special P or Mex Road Worn P plus suitable quids your way.

FEEDBACK

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/288068-feedback-for-karlfer/page/7/

Thanks for looking.

Have you got the strap pins for this Martyn?

It's a wonderful looking thing!

A couple of the guys have had discussions with this seller.

He told one, the Mexico/Japan thing was due to him putting the wrong pictures up.

Good work @smokyflipps 

TREAD WITH CARE it may be a bargain or it may not be what he shows it to be!

I'd only buy face to face (9 hour round trip, I'm out).

4 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

The ad says it is MiM not MiJ

Try looking at the photos. I have a feeling the seller is not quite up to speed on basses or tech.

Most bargainacious you, erm, muppet 😁

Good luck, top bloke to deal with.

Very poor advert on Gumtree. I spoke to him last week told him to put it on here. I guess he thought I was a scammer.

Not sure if it's against the rules but it would be great if one of ours got it.

It's got a few little chips around the rear strap button area but £600 including hard case is a lot less than the last 2 I've seen.

It would have been me but for the 500 mile 9 hour + round trip.

If anybody gets it, please let us know 🙂

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/fender-precision-bass/1419212782

Black mirror for me Nick 🙂

51 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

Good question.

Maybe they were built better, maybe the necks, pickups, bridge and everything about them were better, maybe that's why they stopped making them, as others have suggested, but I've tried quite a few new ones this year, many more the past three or four years...twenty or more...and not one was as good as my old CV or my new one...not even close.

As with many bass related things then, it's just an opinion. I asked simply because I have a 21 Indonesia CV 50's P. It is extremely good imo & perfectly capable of any gig I'm likely to do.

I certainly don't feel the need to spend more on an earlier version because it was made in China, same as I wouldn't be as ridiculous to buy an overpriced over hyped JV. But that's also just an opinion.

2 hours ago, jd56hawk said:

I'm not sure if you're talking about the Inca Silver or LPB one, but do you still own it?

 

Other than that, I don't know why some people are talking about basses as investments, that's something else entirely.

As for the new CV Jazz basses or any of the recent used Indonesian ones, sure, they're out there and people are buying them, but the Chinese ones are superior...that's why they sell for more...easy enough to understand.

(I'm talking about the limited edition Inca Silver and Lake Placid Blue ones, that is, but the Chinese Squier CV '50s Precision in LPB is in the same category and they sell for more than the new ones, too...$500 and up.)

How are they empirically better? 

2 hours ago, vincbt said:

Wasn’t the 60th anniversary series made in 2011, after the S1 switch period?

60th anniversary of Fender the company, not the Precision.

Might also be an idea to state your rough location, Basschat has local Fender experts all over 🙂 

You may be able to take it to someone near to you to assess it.

Forgot about this, anyway done & gigged with , makes an already superb bass that bit better.

Cheers all, really appreciated.

16 hours ago, ebenezer said:

Something way cool about these... specially without the pick guard.

Hiya Mark. The reason I bought one originally in 2020 was I had to learn the track linked below, for Whole Hog. Saw the video, it had to be done 😁

18 hours ago, Alfie Noakes said:

The bass, or Karl?

You should know you took the photos.

11 hours ago, tom1946 said:

Haha,

what does it weigh Karl ma boy?

Hiya Tom hope you are ok. 9lb on the luggage scales fella.

1 hour ago, sambecker1 said:

Hi Machines,

Technically I own it and as I'm not a shop it technically is 2nd hand but it has never been played so it is in brand new condition. I am not providing a warranty but feel free to make an offer if you don't think it's a fair price. And relative to your point @karlfer, unless you are a registered business which most aren't, you can't buy this bass without VAT. 

All the best,

Sam

Edit.

4 hours ago, Machines said:

Wouldn't this be 2nd hand., if you are not a shop ? Are you providing a warranty ?

Edit. CBA.

As new, surplus to requirements. Scratchplate & tug bar removed for that JPJ/Sting look, both included.

Unlike most early 50's re-issues this has the Tele style headstock BUT a modern C neck profile and a 41.3mm nut width. Not a baseball bat like most.

It also has an arm contour, another good thing.

I'm taking a £100 hit on this after about 3 months of it sat there doing nowt.

Truss rod nut is not made of cheese unlike some of the 2020 basses.

I've set this up for me & there were no problems with the truss rod nut at all, moves both ways.

I don't want a trade but I do keep looking at the Squier CV 70's Precision especially the black with black blocks. And I'm weak.

Collection from Darlington preferred, try through your rig or mine. I will meet up within about 50 miles

Courier. I'll box it & give you the dimensions, you would need to organise & pay. That way you will know how much courier insurance costs!

Feedback  

Thanks for looking,

Karl.

Indeed Ivory & low production numbers with excellent reputation for being a bit special.

I feel the need to move a product of Santa Anna to fund this wonderful bass.

Top bloke to deal with as well 👍

@Bassassin had the greatest ever, Radioactive Snot Glo, Vorg Rick copy if I remember correctly.

18 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

You can use these Karl, they come in fine and medium, they are used in furniture making and for fine sanding in between spray coats, I’ve done a few of my necks and they come out so smooth 

7 minutes ago, Muppet said:

Hi Karl, are you planning on taking back to bare wood? If this is the case, I use fine sanding pads and then fine grade wire wool (masking all electronics first). Then I use Birchwood Casey Tru Oil on the unfinished wood, and finish with gunstock wax.  If you’re just smoothing out a sticky gloss finish or taking out dings then I just use wire wool again, but no oil or wax as the wood isn’t exposed.  Lemon oil is just lemon scented mineral oil which won’t do any harm.
 

steve

Perfect chaps, that covers it all.

Now, to get round to it 😆 

Many thanks guys.

I've not sanded the back of a neck before but can I really do that much damage to a 2008/9 Road Worn Jazz?

Anyway, I saw a video that recommended applying lemon oil after sanding.

Being a lazy git, I have a little bottle of Fender fretboard refresher which smells a bit lemony.

Would it be ok to use that?

Thanks in anticipation 🙂 

Congrats Matt, gorgeous.

This red looks even better with a mirror scratchplate. Just sayin' 😙😁

@Alfie Noakes