Fernandes The Revival Jazz Bass RJB-75 '60 original Fretless 1981 with Stone Logo on the neck plate and original Seymour Duncan Hot Jazz Bass (SJB-2) single coil pickups £825 Etalle, South Belgium

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Fernandes The Revival Jazz Bass RJB-75 '60 original Fretless 1981 with Stone Logo on the neck plate and original Seymour Duncan Hot Jazz Bass (SJB-2) single coil pickups.

 

It will be delivered with the original Fernandes pickups (the neck one is cut), a spare new old stock SLB8 (0.065") Rotosound string and an original BadAss II bridge.

 

This bass is the successor of the Jaco model (FJB-65J) of the previous series.

 

The bass has been used a lot and is showing signs of use, wear and dings: it's a player and a fantastic one!

 

This is a really rare version of the RJB-75 '60 with a factory lined fretless fingerboard, which is impregnated (not epoxied) rosewood as the wood doesn't mark even with the long standing round wound strings, and these are the Rotosound RS66, so the ones which would mark the most.

 

I've owned several Fender Jaco Pastorius models including the Custom Shop ones, and this bass is totally equivalent to them, no worries.

 

 

NO TRADES (as I already have its successor)!

 

NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE!

 

Asking price including fully insured shipping with tracking number, to your home, in these European countries (ask for other countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding DOM -TOM), Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom: €950 EUR (£825 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros)!!!

 

Shipping to the UK is of course possible and included in my asking price, but with additional customs charges (VAT + other taxes + courier costs), as the UK is now outside the EU.

Here are the specifications :

 

Body: alder (imported from the U.S.A.)

 

Neck: hard maple (imported from the U.S.A.)

 

Fingerboard: impregnated rosewood (7.25" radius) (imported from the U.S.A.)

 

Positions: 20 lined, and dots at the fretted positions on the front and side à la Jaco

 

Headstock: 4 in line

 

Tuners: Fernandes (Fender-like non reversed)

 

Pickups: original Seymour Duncan Hot Jazz Bass (SJB-2) single coils

 

Controls : classic volume, volume, tone (CTS pots plus a PIO 22 nanofarads capacitor) with Bakelite knobs

 

Bridge: original Fernandes with threaded saddles à la Fender pre-CBS

 

Strings spacing at bridge: 19 mm (or even 20 mm, which is my preference, thanks to the threaded saddles)

 

Nut: bone

 

Strings spacing at nut: 9 mm (width 39 mm)

 

Scale: 34 inches

 

Hardware colour: nickel

 

Truss rod: one, single action, 100% functional, even if a bit hard

 

Finish: polyurethane

 

Country of origin: Japan

 

Serial number: none as it's still a Stone Logo neck plate (only for the very first series)

 

Year: 1981

 

Weight: 4.460 kilos

 

Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the E string at 12th position (can even go way lower if you shim the neck, but was perfect for me)


Will be delivered in a brand new Fame gig bag Antique Deluxe in faux brown leather.

Non-smoking environment as usual.
 

 

The bass has been fully set up.

 

 

It has received a new old stock set of stainless steel Rotosound RS66LD strings (45-65-80-105), which really serve this bass, think Jaco.

 

 

What you see is what you get!

 

 

Look carefully at the photos taken from different angles and lights to see the real condition, which is used with wear and dings, with some light ones at the back of the neck.

 

Here is the link to 45 photos in high definition: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cadFMVhpadl8HNt3UjpSZUQnSNdJdQ-h?usp=drive_link

 

 

Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus left and right shoulders injury (it's really painful to reach the tuners), I'm selling all the basses I'm not using like this one as well, because it's too heavy for me.

 

 

I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale.

 

 

Don't hesitate to ask for more, but, please, before asking read my ad first as the answer is certainly already in it!