Fender 60's Reissue Jazz Bass - Japanese 2004/5 - Reduced to £575 £600 Henley-on-Thames

[molan]

Bought as a backup a few years ago and totally forgotten about!

 

Serial number indicates that it's from 2004 or 2005 and made during the Crafted in Japan era (headstock says Made in Japan so could be a transitionary period). Personally I'm a huge fan of the MIJ/CIJ series instruments. I've never played a bad one and would trust quality of one of these over a USA Standard from the same build period. There's nothing particularly special about them - they are just classic Fender Jazz basses built to a high standard that simply 'work' just how a Jazz bass should.

 

Overall in very good condition playing condition apart from a ding under the lower horn (transit damage when shipped to me), some general signs of wear on the rear lower and upper bouts, a small mark around the lower neck pocket & a small ding near the strap button. There's some swirly marks on the guard but you can only see this if light is reflected off it. The main body front, pickups, fretboard, neck headstock etc are all great. The neck & board in particular look as if they've had very light playing wear.

 

I can't be sure exactly which model this is but it has fairly narrow frets (all excellent) which would indicate some kind of 60's reissue. It doesn't have the metal grounding strip of a '62 or '64 model so it was probably a more generic 60's version.

 

All controls operate smoothly and without any crackling to the pots. Action is set quite low & I've put some new D-Addario strings on it. People often upgrade the pickups and pots on these but I'd be quite happy to play and gig it just as it is!

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2022 by molan

[molan]

Digital bathroom scales say this weighs around 3.9Kg / 8.6lbs. Allowing for a little variance I'd say somewhere between 8.6 & 8.9lbs.

[molan]

Reduced to £575 inc UK shipping. 

[molan]

SOLD!