hamfist Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Hardly used Bass Colleciton Jive jazz bass, in Islington blue. About 4 months old. As many of you may know, I have been rotating a lot of gear to completely refresh my rig in recent months. I thought I had found "the one" in this Jazz, but ultimately have fallen in love with a Yamaha bass. I played a shedload of Squier Jazzes before finding this jazz and this Bass Collection blows them all away IMO. Better playability, better tonal string to string balance, nicer overall tone (less nasal, and more refined). Simply feels and sounds like a higher quality instrument. And of course the lovely colours they come in. Reviews of these basses also seem to be very complimentary. Played this one in the shop and it was one of those I just had to buy, it sounded and felt so good. Financially, though, I cannot justify keeping it. I know I will only play the Yamaha as I am pretty much a "one bass sort of guy". Anyway, enough of the sales talk. it's a standard Jive. 34" scale, standard jazz bits and bobs, with a "vintage 60's profile" neck. Plays really, really nicely. The body and neck are unmarked as far as I can tell. No dings, no buckle rash, no scratches. Even still has the clear plastic still on the pickguard. Only damage on the bass are two dings on the end of the headstock, both of which are invisible from the front view. The one on the very, very end is very, very minimal. The pics show them pretty clearly anyway. WIll come with a tatty but protective gig bag. £185 collected from the Southampton area or £199 posted within mainland UK. If you can find one actually in stock new in the UK if will cost you £300, so I'm thinking that the price is pretty fair. cheers for looking. [attachment=105186:Jazz a.jpg] [attachment=105187:jazz b.jpg] [attachment=105188:jazz c.jpg] [attachment=105190:Jazz e.jpg] [attachment=105273:jazz d.jpg] Edited April 22, 2012 by hamfist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 bump with price reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickH Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Had a play of a couple of these when I was looking for a bass, fantastic quality and a great feel for the money. Good colour too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 [quote name='Chambo' timestamp='1334648205' post='1618951'] Had a play of a couple of these when I was looking for a bass, fantastic quality and a great feel for the money. Good colour too [/quote] All true, thanks for the bump ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffo Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hell of a lot of bass for the money, might be worth checking the wanted section for anyone wanting a backup bass or a starter bass as it falls into that monitory category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Up to the top again ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 bum(p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepigbass Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Is this bass still up of sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepigbass Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Please PM me if you have the bass for sale still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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