Relic jazz bass by dg relics. £900 REIGATE

[reggieboomboom]

Up for sale today is my jazz bass, built by dan of dg relics. 

 

The bass was built to my spec, with allparts body and neck, sprayed sunburst and then seafoam over the top and then relic'd to look like a bass i saw online.  Headstock in matching seafoam, with fender jazz decals that were a custom print job in all gold. Fretboard is ebony to get that old worn look and looks great. It has hipshot ultralite tuners that are aged, aguilar 70s pickups, and a john east preamp. 

The neck is jazz nut with a fairly thick neck profile, slightly thicker than my 74 jazz. Strung with ti flats by ernie ball. Wilkinson bridge under the cover.

 

It plays well, but could do with a setup,   it cost around £1200 to build. Its such a cool bas and barely touched since built, it just doesn't get played now i have my 74 jazz. 

 

I really want an old p bass so I would trade for one. Up or down. 

 

Photos are from dan himself and shows the build in all its glory. 

[reggieboomboom]

[Beedster]

@d_g knows how to do a relic finish, significantly better than any of the commercially available products including Fender Custom Shop 👍

[pajhartley]

I’ll DM you. @reggieboomboom, I have something you may be interested in.

[Schlippy]

That is bee-yootiful, what a looker!

[Raslee]

Stunning! 

[BlueMoon]

I don’t normally like relic’d instruments………..but that looks very appealing. GLWTS.

[walshy]

Outstanding relic work, I absolutely love that.

[reggieboomboom]

3 minutes ago, walshy said:

Outstanding relic work, I absolutely love that.

Its so cool and looks unbelievable, it seems such a shame to keep it as an ornament, deserves to be played. 

[walshy]

Just now, reggieboomboom said:

Its so cool and looks unbelievable, it seems such a shame to keep it as an ornament, deserves to be played. 

Yeah Ive had one or 2 in stock over the last year or so, they sell well and are pretty well spec'd for the money too

[Beedster]

1 minute ago, walshy said:

Yeah Ive had one or 2 in stock over the last year or so, they sell well and are pretty well spec'd for the money too

 

All parts bodies and neck are not cheap and also come with the need for finishing/drilling, so the asking price for this bass - given the rest of the hardware - probably isn't a whole lot more than the cost of the parts, it might even be a little less. If only it was a Precision etc etc...... And of course, @Owen will be along in a minute or two to say the equivalent 'If only it were a 5-string....' 🤣

 

[reggieboomboom]

1 minute ago, Beedster said:

 

All parts bodies and neck are not cheap and also come with the need for finishing/drilling, so the asking price for this bass - given the rest of the hardware - probably isn't a whole lot more than the cost of the parts, it might even be a little less. If only it was a Precision etc etc...... And of course, @Owen will be along in a minute or two to say the equivalent 'If only it were a 5-string....' 🤣

 

I never actually tallied up the costs, as im too scared to know! But as with all customs, you start off with a budget and before you know it you've spec'd it way beyond where you started!! but it was worth while and  created a cracker of a bass. Seafoam over sunburst is just so striking.