Mrbigstuff

All the parts on it are pretty common to buy so could well just be a bitsa bass

Glad you like it. I believe the 3 bolt neck tilt was on jazzes only. The finish to me looks more like a varnish on a stripped body. Another common mod of the era.

The stamina required to play like this over a set is incredible. Both physical and mental! The Cory Wong gigs weren’t short either.

Yes easy to see now with the detailed pictures. The original pic looked like a fresh board - can be done - and the frets appeared jumbo size. Obviously now not the case. Shows the importance of the details!

If the neck is Fender, it’s had a new nut, fingerboard, inlays and frets. The body might be but again has been modded beyond meaningful originality. It’s a dog if there ever was one.

I always think I’ve seen it, so have the notorious dealers. I wonder if it’s just the poor photos that have put them off?

Deps tend to have more availability during the week so might be more inclined to take a gig with a lower fee just for the extra income. If your gigs are weekends you’re competing against £150-300 fees for weddings ect. You can’t compare to tour fees because normally they include days when you’re travelling and not playing, and are a guaranteed income.

Just polishing up my J4 after quite a bit of use. Can never get over how cool this top is!

Not familiar with that style of music at all, but chromatics add a lot of movement to a bass part without necessarily impacting the harmony too much.

I’ve unintentionally ended up playing just one bass all of 2025! Still loving it as much now as I did in 2017 when I got it so will take something special to sway me this year.

You will be hard pressed to make much money from an originals act.

The neck isn’t. Put a maple fingerboard on and it will be a different sound!

Funnily enough when I see a bass I often think, ahh that’s great if only it was a 5!