hamfist Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) SOLD Price is £199 posted I have 2 basses. I only need one. It was a very, very difficult choice but this is the one that is going. All proceeds of this sale will go to the charity Tearfund, which works with some of the neediest people on the planet. Anyway, this is a fairly newly built PJ Jazz bass. THe body is a lovely gloss black minimally used alder body in lovely condition. A bit of minor swirling but no dings at all. It is routed to accept a P pickup instead of the neck J (this is now in the Fender P sweetspot). I have also made a custom BWB scratchplate, which is affixed with double sided tape which gives a great "stealth" screwless look. Pickups are identical to my Precision bass, so a Wilkinson P pickup at the neck and a tonerider J at the bridge, which are a fantastic matching pair IMO. The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that there is a fourth control, as I initially tried the bass with an East parametric mids unit (but it didn't add anything I needed so took it out). This control is currently redundant, but the space is there under the pickguard should you want to use it. The controls are Volume, blend and tone, all passive. The blend is a great unit. No volume loss whatsoever at halfway. The neck is a 2015 (therefore immaculate) CustomWorldGuitarParts maple jazz neck, typical jazz dimensions. Rosewood board and inlay blocks. THese are great necks IMO, much more rigid than an equivalent Mighty Mite neck for example IME. The Graphtech nut slots are cut to perfection and the frets have been levelled. It plays beautifully. Action is currently set at about 2mm at the 12th fret on the E string, about 1.5mm on the 12th fret on the G string. I'm sure a player with a light touch could probably get it lower. Generic tuners, which are cheap but very functional and stable. STrings are currently roundwound 105-50. The price is £199 posted in mainland UK including a very sturdy Gator hardcase. I would sell the fully loaded body separately for £109 posted (no case). Pics ...... [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/pj-jazz-main.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/pj-jazz-body-front.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/pj-jazz-rear-full.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/pj-jazz-hstock-front.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/pj-jazz-hstock-rear.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/j-in-case.html"][/url] Edited March 23, 2015 by hamfist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks great, do you want to build me a jazz? 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'd go with ergonomics, personally. I do like that stealthy scratchplate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1426631727' post='2720241'] I'd go with ergonomics, personally. I do like that stealthy scratchplate [/quote] THat's what I've ultimately decided to do. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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