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Fender Roadworn Jazz 3TSB with concentric pots £550 (now sold thanks)
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Hey folks,

Hi have for sale (no trades now after talking to my wife!) my Fender Roadworn 3TSB jazz.

I traded it a while back for an amp I had and would like to move it on to pay for another bass I just had to have B)!!

It's an earlier version without the extra tooling hole underneath the pickguard (but it does have the normal body stamp on this model). I've made an attempt to make it look more like a pre '62 Jazz. This has included using contcentric pots and a bridge off a Limelight Jazz that came more pre-aged (by Mark at Limelight) than the original (bridge screws are all free to move). I also used the screws that came with this bride as they were much better, being larger and a bit longer than the original ones. I also bought a new earthing strip and pickup grounding plate that I installed. I added some pickup mute holes (from the variety of ones I've seen on the internet I feel they are within an acceptable position) to again try to go for the earlier jazz vibe.

The bass has a very nice feeling neck, with a reasonably low action (no shims needed). I was also informed by the second owner that the original owner dressed the frets. They all look nice and even and the bass plays as it should.

The one point to mention is that I repositioned the bridge pickup within it's original routing cavity by a couple of mm to get it more in line with the strings. The routing cavity hasn't been altered at all, just pushed the pickup up as much as I could in it to get better pole piece/string alignment.

The bass plays very well indeed, with a nice range of tonal options from the concentric pot setup available.

I'm now looking for £550 collected from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The bass will also come with a Fender gig bag, the original tug bar and a leather strap.

Any questions please PM.

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[quote name='stubass' timestamp='1451764123' post='2943272']
It's actually a shame that you had to re position the bridge pickup. Lovely jazz otherwise.
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it's only in it's original routing, so could be put back in the 'factory' holes if needed, but thanks for the comment anyhow.

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Fwiw I think that the bridge pu repositioning gives an additional lived-and-worn touch.
Overall I'd say you did a nice job!

But why did you have to move the routing? Did she come with a bad positioned routing from the factory?


Ciao
Luca


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