pete.young Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) No Trades thank you - need to free up some space. Jim Reed Jazz bass copy. Jim Reed is a guitar-maker based in Italy - his guitars and basses were available on ebay for a time, I'm not sure if he's still in business or not. I bought this a few years ago to keep the kids away from my decent basses, and now they're all grown up and moving out it needs to find a new home. It has a nicely-figured 2-piece ash body with comfortable contours. The waxed finish doesn't show any dents. The neck is slim and true and plays very nicely and the pickups (made by Kent Armstrong) are good. The fingerboard extends to a 24th fret over the top strings (i was going to saw that off but never got around to it. Fingerboard is rosewood, dot markers and the logo on the headstock are inlaid with mother-of-plastic. The one issue with this bass is the neck pocket, which has an authentic '70's Fender gap on the 'G' string side of about 1.6mm . I've shimmed this and the neck is stable and doesn't move anywhere. I've tried to illustrate it in the picture. The sale includes a Fender Japan gig bag and a strap embroidered 'Jim Reed' [b][u]- Now sold[/u][/b] This bass can be collected from the Ipswich area or the South East Bass Bash. Edited September 20, 2013 by pete.young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alyctes Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alyctes Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 What did you shim the pocket with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 I don't recall exactly what I used, sorry. Something that was lying around on the bench at the time. I did have to sand it down a bit to fit. I've just re-measured the gap and it's actually 1.6mm, so I've edited the post to reflect this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BB2000 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I used to have one of these, bought direct from Mr Reed when he used to sell on ebay. It was a terrific bass - if this one's anything like it it's an absolute steal for the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 How much would you be looking at for shipping this bass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 what's it like for weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 I have a bass shipping box standing by, so UK shipping is going to be £10 - Interparcel standard next day. An off-peak return from Norwich to Ipswich is only £16, so you could make a day of it! Weight is 11lb according to my bathroom scales. 'Er indoors is convinced they err on the heavy side, I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 This bass is now provisionally sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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