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[quote name='Commando Jack' post='841738' date='May 19 2010, 09:36 AM']How much does it weigh all packaged up for those of us trying to price a courier?[/quote] Bass + Bag = 10lbs Carton + packing = 8lbs Dimensions = 48" x 23" x 9.5" As a rough guide (via 'Parcel2Go' website), Home Delivery Network quotes £17 for this weight and dimensions (compensation/insurance would be extra). Hope this helps.

Thanks for the PMs so far, but just to re-iterate.... no trades please, straight sale if possible.

OK, I've let this languish down on page 57 (and dropping) for long enough (I just don't like all this 'bump' business - so undignified). Quick edit, new price and she's back on the market....

And final update before I package it up... The gig-bag is no longer available (could have sworn it was safely stored away - it was a cheap thin-skinned thing anyway), so it will be loads of bubble-wrap and then placed inside a bass shipping box. Sorry to mess you about.

I have updated the description above to point out it has a noisy pot - not horrendously noisy, but worth mentioning.

[quote name='chenzo_1' post='818517' date='Apr 25 2010, 09:52 PM']Where are you based???[/quote] Not very near to Berkshire I'm afraid. Just north of Aberdeen. Sorry...

Selling this 5 string Ibanez SR705WNF ('Walnut Finish') as I am giving up on this 5-string lark. In excellent condition with only minor buckle-rash (extremely un-noticable on the satin finish) and nothing else to report. Japanese (Fujigen factory) made in April 2003. It is an active bass which is probably the most un-Fender like thing I have played (I'm a Fender man so again, the tone is a bit too 80's/90's for me). If I had ever learned to slap then this would probably be the bass that would have made it sound good. **UPDATE**: Checked the bass out this morning and it has a noisy pot! Not a major, but better mention it..... Any interest at £250? Shipping would be at buyer's expense (probably around £20) and gig bag would be included. **FURTHER UPDATE** - The gig-bag is no longer available (could have sworn it was safely stored away - it was a cheap thin-skinned thing anyway), so it will be loads of bubble-wrap and then placed inside a bass shipping box. Pictures as follows:

Still looking for possible swappers...

[quote name='theosd' post='794351' date='Apr 2 2010, 03:19 PM']Haha, you know my position![/quote] Yes, and I am just saving you from yourself. You may want it, but you gave me an explicit instruction to not sell it to you (although you could test my breaking point by rattling my inbox with an offer....)

[quote name='frannie01' post='794350' date='Apr 2 2010, 03:19 PM']HI I would be interested but not sure if you would i have sunburst precision But not fender I can email pictures of you want [email protected][/quote] PM'd

Here is the body in question: Something along these lines but in a P shape would be ideal.

This is probably a very long shot, but maybe, just maybe, there is someone out there who has a MIJ/CIJ Fender Precison (sunburst) and loves the Precision neck, but wants to expand their tonal possibilities by having a Jazz body to go with it. I have a CIJ '62 re-issue 3-tone sunburst Jazz (spiral saddles, copper earthing strip, the works), and love it to bits. I also have a fretless P and although I hate the neck, I like how the body sits and feels. I want to keep my Jazz neck but put a P body on it, so does anyone have a MIJ/CIJ P bass (sunburst or natural - not a solid colour) which they fancy putting a Jazz body on? I play mine with the bridge pickup and tone control virtually off, so never really exploit the buzz-saw, grindy possibilities and so it is pointless really having a Jazz body. Here's the deal. For the sake of a few quid in postage, I would happilly do a straight swap. After an agreed period, if EITHER one of us decided that it wasn't for them, then the deal would be off and we would swap back (again for a few quid postage). At the very least, I will have managed to try it out and be able to decide whether to continue looking for a P body or just stick with the Jazz. Obviously in the trial period, the onus would be on both of us to maintain the bodies in the condition they were received in. If on the other hand, we BOTH agreed that we liked the new arrangement, then that would be it, thank you and goodnight. Does this make any sense? Is this workable? Is there anybody out there with a P, dreaming of a Jazz with a P neck?

More pics as promised:

************* DEAL DONE - NO LONGER AVAILABLE **************** Surplus to requirements, and looking too good to leave hanging on the wall, this is a Fender Japan 'Craft Shop' '62 re-issue Jazz in a walnut matt/satin finish. According to the paperwork this is a 'JB62-73 MWN'. I have been trying to find reference to an exact (or even similar) example of this model on t'interweb, but so far have drawn a blank. There is a similar model available (JB62-WAL) but this has a 'normal' high-gloss finish. The bass here is the only example I have ever seen of a 'MWN' matt/satin finish (unless someone is hoarding a stack of them in a garage in Rotherham). With one exception, the woodwork is immaculate, un-marked, completely blemish and ding-free. There is a nick at the neck-pocket leading into a small surface crack. I have highlighted this in the photos below, and have also taken snaps under different lighting conditions as the colour of the bass seems to change between daylight, tungsten, fluorescent etc etc, but whatever the lighting it looks like it has been dipped in chocolate. This is not only one for those 'matching headstock' fanatics, but anyone who drools at 'same-all-over' finishes. It plays identically to my bog standard CIJ 62 3TS (although the satin neck is a bit of a treat compared to the normal shiny one). One thing it doesn't have is the external earth strip from bridge to pickup, and the saddles are smooth single groove jobs as opposed to the spiral saddles on my 3TS re-issue. Although it may look like it in the pictures, the trimmings aren't quite all black. The pickguard and control plate are black, but the bridge, saddles, strap buttons (including the 3rd button on the back of the headstock) and the neck screw plate are all a kind of swirly greeny kind of gunmetally sort of finish. The tuners - I can't decide...somewhere between black and swirly greeny kind of gunmetally sort of finish. Difficult to tell in different lighting conditions. Now for the eye-candy bit: The following pic highlights the crack at the side of the neck pocket, it looks as if the finish has been applied too thickly here and the tight-fitting neck has 'pushed' the excess back out again. It has been like this since I got the bass last year, and hasn't changed in that time. I think a property surveyor would use the term 'long-standing, not progressive'. I have a few more pictures which I will put in the next post (there's a limit of 10 pics on the site). So, how much.... taking into account the blemish, the current cost of CIJ basses and the increasing difficulty (and cost) of getting Fender Japan gear over here in the first place, and not forgetting that I can't find another example of this one anywhere, so how's about £550 for this rarity? The bad news news is I am north of Aberdeen, so chances for try-before-you-buy or cash-on-collection are limited. I can ship the bass in the (brand new) Fender gig-bag and original overseas packaging that it came in. It came from Japan, so should make it to Rotherham OK. Buyer to arrange and pay for a courier of their choice. More pics coming up....