BassAgent

7 hours ago, Bolo said:

Not within the EU both ways.

 

That said, I once flew Amsterdam -London and back for a closed-wallet swap of basses. Wasn't much more costly than shipping both ways and much more secure.

I was thinking this too. The deal didn't go through unfortunately, but I was considering meeting halfway, which was cheaper than using a courier. 

I'm currently talking to a chap to trade basses. However: he lives abroad. In the EU, but still, abroad. I have bought basses from abroad of course, that's easy: bass is shipped when money has arrived. But how to do that when trading basses? It feels a bit like a game of chicken... Anyone with experiences here?

That is in no way a Yamaha, except for the neck. New body, those black stripes on the fingerboard were added later... A cheap (but good) RBX neck from the 80s and a homemade body. Looks very cool, though.

EDIT: On second thought, the pickups are most definitely Yamahas too.

My advice would be try to find a second hand Lakland. Any type will do. Excellent built basses, necks to die for.

12 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I’m kind of along those dates too , I don’t think of anything over 79 as being vintage, we’ve chatted about this before and I think people of different ages have different ideas 

Somehow I still see the first Fullerton basses from the early 80s also as vintage, but nothing after 1985.

In that condition, with a pickguard that doesn't have the original colour (it's supposed to be white), with the stickers on it? £300 tops.

The 1973 Jazz I'm restoring had a horribly fitted Schaller bridge on it. The original bridge was present, but it was missing mounting screws and two intonation screws. So I bought new screws and springs and re-fitted the bridge. You can see two sets of three screw holes: my guess is the Schaller was fitted once, they found out it couldn't be properly intonated and then re-fitted it. I really like the discolouring undereatb.

Got this nice array of Jazzes at home currently.

From left to right: 64 (reissue), 1966, 1970, 1973. The '73 isn't mine. Yet. Maybe.

Ah yes, the 90's basses from Mexico. Love 'em or hate 'em. Personally not a fan, I always get the feeling Fender tried to save as much money as possible in materials in those days, so they switched to plastic control plates (just like the early USA Fullerton basses), cheap looking logos and not the best woods. However: some people really like them.

On 13/04/2024 at 18:29, BassAgent said:

I have this 1973 Jazz Bass currently in to clean and setup. The bridge pickup is veeeeery very soft. The neck pickup is functioning fine. Is it just a matter of having the pickup rewound? The pots and all other solder looks fine and is original. The bridge is a Schaller, but I have the original bridge with it. It does lack two intonation screws and springs.

Just ordered new intonation and bridge mounting screws for this beaut. I saw the bridge isn't on straight. Can't wait to put the original back on.

I have this 1973 Jazz Bass currently in to clean and setup. The bridge pickup is veeeeery very soft. The neck pickup is functioning fine. Is it just a matter of having the pickup rewound? The pots and all other solder looks fine and is original. The bridge is a Schaller, but I have the original bridge with it. It does lack two intonation screws and springs.

Limited editions for 2024. They're so hideous I want a VI.

Well yeah but it is, but cheaper. My 3 (body) refinished Fenders don't sound or play different from an original. I want the sound and feel of an old Fender, not the exact original finish. If the wood, hardware and electronics are original: sign me up. Oh and the refin has to be pretty.

I mean: nothing wrong with a good refin.

2 hours ago, ead said:

 

Yea fingers crossed.

 

HB7s with lollipops very much most of the upgrade plan.  Not much else although depending on the sound, a KiOgon loom may be on the shopping list.

I can confirm that adding lollipops will look absolutely stunning.

Oh wow, that looks stunning! Hope it sounds as good as it looks. But well, being a Squier CV, I guess it'll be fine.

On 05/04/2024 at 13:52, tauzero said:

Nobody was making 5-string headless basses in 1957. Can't see the point myself. I had a YOSPB bass - year of starting playing bass, which I know it was because I put it together (a Hayman 40/40) and then started playing bass on it. That's long gone.

 

@BassAgent has a vast selection available from 1990 - Warwick, Spector, Status, Dean, B C Rich, Ibanez, Yamaha, he could even scrape the bottom of the barrel and go Fender, Gibson, or Squier.

Oh yeah definitely. However: most basses from that era are not really...ehm...my thing.

I see it now and then: people that own a birth year bass. It makes me a bit envious: being born in 1990 my options are not great, except for perhaps the Kubicki Jazz or a Ken Smith or something. 

Who owns a cool birth year bass and if you do, did you buy it because of the bass or because of the year?

20 hours ago, mike f said:

Oh my, that looks perfect. I know the feeling: both my 66 and 70 Jazzes have had refrets that have made them absolutely immaculate.

I love the fact they have a page "Stuff that no one buys" on their website and that that page is empty.

But that's not a matching headstock.

I'd be surprised if 2 matching headstock black slab board 62s exist.

18 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

Not quite, they were modelled after a particular bass JMJ owned which he wanted to be replicated as close as possible. He preferred the pickup in this bass to others he had played, and this was replicated by Seymour Duncan for the production model. Also the headstock is noticably thicker than is normal for a mustang bass which is an idiosyncrasy of his original one. There were several prototypes made until he was happy to sign off on it. I believe the only thing he was disappointed about that Fender wasn't able to include on the production model was that his original bass has a thin curved 'veneer' fingerboard, however the factory was not geared up for this so the signature model has a slab fingerboard.

Aaaaaactually there are two things that Fender couldn't do: JMJ uses D'Addario longscale strings on his '66 but Fender didn't want to use those so they looked for Fender longscale flats that were the most similar to the D'Addarios.

My contributions:

-Dingwall NG. How many people actually know who Nolly Getgood is apart from Periphery fans?

-Fender Geddy Lee, which is basically "just" a very good 1972 reissue with a heavy bridge

-Fender Flea Jazz, which is basically "just" a very good 1961 reissue

-Fender Sting, which is basically "just" a very good 1955 reissue

-Epiphone Jack Casady

-Sandberg Ken Taylor. I honestly do not know who Ken Taylor is.

5 hours ago, blyn said:

My 1972 Fender Jazz, that I bought because it is identical til Geddy Lee´s bass... 

Send it to Amsterdam, I'll take care of it until you want it back😁

My first "grown up people" bass that I bought when I was about 12 or 13 is a Blade B2 Tetra Bass which I have since then upgraded with Lollar pickups and an Aguilar preamp. It's an amazing bass with a killer neck but the 70's bridge pickup spacing isn't for me. I have 8 Jazzes and this one never gets used. Shame, because it's a fantastic bass. I'll never sell it though.

It's not Sparta?