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Finished article Just got it back today! Cheers to 7 string once again! He has cleaned it, polished it, adjusted the neck and set up the action. Absolutely stunning take on a jazz and miles better than my old MIM Black Jazz bass!

Interesting. I have sold and bought on here and some have went fast and others more slowly. The slow item was an item I traded for and eventually sold for about £100 less than the value of the trade. Then again, maybe we both overvalued the trade! The fast item I put on sale for £120 and eventually got about £160! Was I at it? No - it was my first item, I wanted it picked up, a buyer wanted it sent, I had to add a case and postage! Times are tough though! ps - anyone want to buy an ESP 400 at 3 times the price I paid for it!

I'd say! Looks like great and it's porntastic!

Basically 7String is stripping it down, cleaning it out and rebuilding it before setting it up properly. It had been under a bed in a case for about 12 years.

I'm a J man!

Picked up this wee witch recently and 7string is currently doing his Harley Street magic on it. When bought: Undergoing a make-over: I'll post the final pics when it returns form the bass surgery!

The name 'Disney' worries me as in Scottish slang it translates as 'does not' as in 'It disney work!'

ESP Ltd EC 404? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_ec_414_fm_stbk.htm"]£507[/url]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1009734' date='Nov 2 2010, 04:13 PM']Before I say anything, have you bought it?[/quote] Bought 3 already!

Outstanding. Black body, maple neck - perfection!

The 55-69 tetsuya At A Glance Nut Width 1.81" Nut Type Bone Fret Size .041/.085" Width at Final Fret 3.3" 1st Fret Neck Depth .81" 12th Fret Neck Depth .92" Fingerboard Radius 10-13" (Compound) Scale Length 35" Frets 22 Bridge String Spacing .75" Neck Wood Quarter-Sawn Rock Maple with Graphite Reinforcement Bars Body wood(s) Swamp Ash Top Quilt Maple Fingerboard Birdseye Maple with Ebony Dots East Indian Rosewood with Birdseye Maple Dots Fretted, Lined or Unlined Fretless with Ebony side dots only Tuners Hipshot Ultralight Truss Rod Access Neck Heel: 5/32" Hex Pickguard Pearloid Controls Cut and Boost: Bass, Midrange, Treble, Panning-style Pickup Blend Control Master Volume 2-way Bridge Pickup Coil Tap Toggle Bridge Lakland Dual Access Preamp 3-band custom designed preamp with coil tap Pickups Hum canceling dual coil soap bar bridge/ hum canceling J style neck; Ebony pickup covers Left Handed Available Finishes tetsuya pink

[url="http://glasgow.gumtree.com/glasgow/27/67689627.html"]Glasgow Gumtree[/url]

Had a Squier version that was OK to play but great sounding live - really beasts thru the mix!

[quote name='Doctor J' post='999260' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:10 PM']It's not a Surveyor. It is, however, a 400 Series Jazz bass, probably one of the finest Jazz basses you're ever going to lay your hands on. Well done, that's a serious instrument you've got there. Doesn't look like the original scratchplate though, it doesn't follow the shape of the body around the lower horn. Still, that's a major score, they're seriously top quality basses.[/quote] Sorry mate - you're right - it's not a Surveyor....had the name on the insane membrane!

[quote name='Linus27' post='1000016' date='Oct 25 2010, 01:54 PM']HAHAHA, I did mean 3,750 smarties though [/quote] Doh!

[quote name='Linus27' post='999682' date='Oct 25 2010, 09:06 AM']Very difficult to say because despite being a cracking bass and quite rare, they are more of a unknown and only worth something to the owner rather than of any value. I would never sell mine as it has sentimental value and is the best Jazz bass I have owned but its worth more to me than what I could sell it for. You could say £600 but I think you would struggle to get that because you could get a Jap Fender 62RI for £300 - £400 and a MIA Jazz for £600. So maybe [b]£3,750 [/b]is nearer the correct mark but to be honest I really do not know.[/quote] Wow! OK!

[quote name='Linus27' post='999682' date='Oct 25 2010, 09:06 AM']Very difficult to say because despite being a cracking bass and quite rare, they are more of a unknown and only worth something to the owner rather than of any value. I would never sell mine as it has sentimental value and is the best Jazz bass I have owned but its worth more to me than what I could sell it for. You could say £600 but I think you would struggle to get that because you could get a Jap Fender 62RI for £300 - £400 and a MIA Jazz for £600. So maybe £300 is nearer the correct mark but to be honest I really do not know.[/quote] Cheers mate - I'm going to get 7string on to it soon and keep it until my next GAS attack! Liking the look of it!

[quote name='Linus27' post='999392' date='Oct 24 2010, 09:13 PM']Yep, congrats, you have a great great bass and pretty rare as it has the European headstock. Doctor J is also correct in saying its a 400 Series Jazz. I have one also and I think 3 others here do. They were made at the same factory as Jap Fenders and based on the 62 Fender. They were considered better than Fenders which personally I think they are. Its the nicest bass I own. I am currently having a fretless neck made for it by Shuker (did not want to defret the original) which I should get back soon. If you ever decide to sell then give me a shout as I may take it of your hands.[/quote] What are they worth? (I'm a Scot!)