Jackson Kelly MIJ Early 2000s

[cetera]

10 hours ago, razor5cl said:

 

It's odd how my Kelly is one of the biggest basses you'll ever see, and is actually surprisingly very light. My Yamaha BB feels heavier!

 

And comparatively that Jackson bird looks like a smaller body but weighs a ton. Is it made of mahogany?

Everything about the JBird is big tbh.... thick body, big size.... and I think a huge slab of maple for the body.

[razor5cl]

4 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

Thank you for this!!! I just discovered what the bass I bought on eBay was modelled on! I really need to get round to finishing this project...

 

When I picked mine up from my luthier he mentioned how if they made a reverse version of the body then it would maybe balance a bit better since the strap button would be closer to the headstock. Yours looks like a lefty but actually if a righty were to play it upside down it might balance pretty well!

 

Would also have a reverse headstock which I'm particularly partial to but I know some pointy guitar aficionados hate them haha

Edited August 15 by razor5cl

[uk_lefty]

14 minutes ago, razor5cl said:

 

When I picked mine up from my luthier he mentioned how if they made a reverse version of the body then it would maybe balance a bit better since the strap button would be closer to the headstock. Yours looks like a lefty but actually if a righty were to play it upside down it might balance pretty well!

 

Would also have a reverse headstock which I'm particularly partial to but I know some pointy guitar aficionados hate them haha

It will be for sale shortly for not a lot of money... Just need it gone.

[Twitchy]

funny that so many talk about 25 years ago because that's when I got mine. Lol.  The blue one, with case, 160 bucks at a little shop in Illinois,  roselle music.  I took lessons there and  it was on the wall one Saturday and I remember staring at it.  Owner asked if I wanted to handle it. I told him I had a lesson but afterward I would. He handed it to me and told me to use it in my lesson (that prompted a 5 min diversion as my teacher looked it over) I bought it on my way out.  Had some work done and did some myself,  installed a tune o matic bridge, swapped pickups to a custom wound high output set, sent the neck off to Chris woods in California because he was doing LED inlays and I asked him to do LED under mother of pearl Shankfin and it came out great.  Currently it's in storage as life happens but I'm looking forward to getting it out again.