Clarky Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) Hi all, I have a US Fender Jaco fretless bass (the artist edition, I believe, which sells new in the UK for £1600-odd). Its a nice-to-have for me but not essential as I only play double bass or acoustic fretless bass in my band and my '63 Precision is the bass I always pick up to noodle with at home. I traded the Jaco with BC'er chris2112 a couple of months back for a Warwick custom 5 string that I valued at £1000 and have since added a custom Bass Doc-manufactured 1962 Jazz reissue-pattern tort scratchplate (which could be removed in seconds if you want it to look pure Jaco). The first owner (BC'er dudi8) added Fender custom shop '60s Jazz pickups and relic'ed it to make it resemble the Custom Shop version, I believe. It comes in a lightweight generic hard case. Its a super bass but - in the interest of full disclosure - there is one minor issue: a small dimple in the epoxy finish around the 7th 'fretline' on the A string (possibly caused by impact by a previous owner) - if you play hard on that point it buzzes a bit, but not if you play more lightly. This could be filled with a small blob of superglue or epoxy glue and fine sanded or a luthier could fix it quickly (I got a quote from Alex at the Bass Gallery and he said luthier supremo Martin could fix it for £40 but recommended I just put a blob of superglue on and fine sand it). I did put in a small amount of superglue but not quite enough so there is still a slight dimple there. Here it is with scratchplate: [attachment=123528:P1050517.JPG] Here is chris2112's FS ad with loads of pics without scratchplate: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/184831-for-salefor-trade-fender-jaco-pastorius-fretless-jazz-bass/page__p__1860331__hl__jaco__fromsearch__1#entry1860331"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1860331[/url] OK moolah type stuff. I will sell for £900 posted with a 48-hour Interparcel service. Or its handover/collection in London for £875 (via bank transfer). Afraid, no trade offers as I would appreciate some cash right now (lots of outgoings on house at present eg, fixing leaking roof) and I have plenty of bass gear. If you didn't want the scratchplate I would cut £15 off the price so I could recoup by selling it separately on BC. Edited November 25, 2012 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 The photos from chris2112's thread (hope he doesn't mind), showing it pre-scratchplate [attachment=123543:thebass021.jpg][attachment=123544:thebass020.jpg][attachment=123545:thebass022.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudi8 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 (edited) this was my first hand bass, a truly amazing bass, the neck was epoxied at a pro luthier, and reliced too. also the pot was changed to fender pre cbs! i spent only on the upgrades approx 600-700 pounds! it is one the best fretless jazz basses ive heard! the buyer will be a happy person, guaranteed! *if you would be interested in trades i will take it! Edited November 11, 2012 by dudi8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 Thanks dudi8 but a £7,000 bill to fix my leaking roof means no trades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudi8 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 you can put the bass i will trade you on the roof to stop the leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 [quote name='dudi8' timestamp='1352648040' post='1865542'] you can put the bass i will trade you on the roof to stop the leak [/quote]It would need at least three basses as there are at least three places my roof is leaking! So that's a 'no', sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Bump and a bit of the man himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Mwah-type bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 TTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Lovely bass mate, how about I come and sit in your attic with several buckets for 6 months and you give me the bass at the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 [quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1352787966' post='1867363'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo[/media] [/quote] Quality. It's never the same hearing anyone else play it, no matter how good (they think) they are. Cracking bass, if only I had the cash, and the ability to play it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1352994322' post='1870292'] Lovely bass mate, how about I come and sit in your attic with several buckets for 6 months and you give me the bass at the end? [/quote] Cheers Chris, but I see from your sig you already have a surfeit of fretless basses! Anyway, the 7k has sadly already left the building .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 £900 or just £2950 ( ) for a custom shop Jaco (admittedly the CS bass does look rather tasty) http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Fender_Jazz_Jaco_Pastorius_CS.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 To the top for this lovely (and not often seen) fretless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 I guess the run-up to Christmas isn't the best time to be selling an expensive bass for cash, especially in these times! As I've had zero interest, consider this the final bump. I will probably lob it onto eBay speculatively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Didn't sell on eBay either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Withdrawing due to lack of interest. Wrong time of year methinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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