2009 SX 70’s Jazz Bass Fretless Project £150 Barry/Cardiff

[basslondon]

Well where do we start?

 

Bought locally from someone who had thought that they would do this the Jaco way but ran out out talent and chickened out after the fret removal stage. As you can see they didn’t make a complete pigs ear of it.

 

i thought it would be a good little project to complete in my spare time. Of which recently I’ve come to learn I simply don’t have enough of to realistically finish .

 

Also I was humbled by my experience and leaning that being a half reasonable fretless player requires an amount of patience that I simply don’t possess.  ( apparently living down the road from where Mr Palladino grew up helps very little I’ve been told. It’s not in the water as some would have you believe.

 

it has a new set of Johnny Brook round wounds 40-100 strings , so that’s nice. Perfectly adequate strings but not cork sniffing expensive.

 

One could always refret it of course but that’s way above my skill set. 
 

its not without war wounds( Mojo ) i think people pay extra for that in some circles but ill forgo that surcharge seeing as you’re here. Equally the after market scratchplate isn’t a perfect fit but worth having for the value of the bonkers crop circles alone!

 

I've highlighted the dings in the photos its a lovely bass and apart from the fact that the last owner was a lefty and saw fit to drill a couple of holes where they shouldn’t be( there’s filler for that if it bothers you) and I took the liberty of foil shielding the cavities. We all know how noisy things can get on a jazz when pups get solo’d, what I’ve done hopefully minimises the racket. In one of the photos you’ll see I ran a brass braid from the bridge pickup to the control panel. Far shorter than the Leo way which ran to the bridge if memory serves.

 

Period accurate three point neck fixing completes the 70’s aesthetic. It’s not a total boat anchor at 4.1 KG / 9.1 lbs but it’s no stick bass either.

 

Happy to meet up in Cardiff/ Barry environs or post at buyers cost( I have packaging.

 

Any queries let me know!

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by basslondon