benebass Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) Hi - clearing out the last of my guitars as I only ever really play basses these days. Up for grabs is a Washburn J-6 archtop jazz guitar in Tobacco Sunburst. It's a pretty well constructed Gibsonesque hollowbody with a couple of humbuckers going to a 3-way switch & volume/tone for each pickup, split-block inlays, bound set neck, gold hardware & a rosewood bridge. This is one of the older Korean ones (I think it's from the mid '90s). I'm the second owner - the guy I bought it off had it from new and it was his main guitar for a while. It sounds great & there's everything you'd expect from noodling jazz on the neck pickup to trebly bite on the bridge. Looks the business too - it's the only guitar my other half has never asked me to move when it's found it's way into the living room! Here are some pics: - [attachment=31865:IMGP0912.JPG][attachment=31866:IMGP0910.JPG][attachment=31867:IMGP0913.JPG] There are a couple of things I should say about it: - - The gold plating on the bridge is a bit worn. Doesn't effect playability though - The strap holder on the top of the body works fine, but there's a bit of play on it. If I was going to gig with it I'd maybe put another one on behind the neck join or take it to be fixed. I usually sit down with it so it's not been a problem to me. - It needs a set up. It's buzzy at the top of the neck on a couple of frets on the lower strings (around the 17th fret on the bottom E/A). It's fine apart from that - I never really play up there so I'd never noticed until I decided to sell. I reckon it needs a bit of truss rod adjustment & possibly a minor fret stone to sort it out, but I'm no expert so didn't want to try & bodge it. It comes with a lined hard case. I reckon a fair price for it to a Basschatter would be £[s]200[/s]175. Would prefer a face-to-face deal if possible - I'm based in Newcastle. Cheers, B. Edited October 6, 2009 by bentdice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benebass Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) Price dropped... Edited September 6, 2009 by bentdice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benebass Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Edited description & dropped price to £200... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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benebass Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Dropped price to £175 with the case. The action's very playable as it is and it's only a couple of notes up the top end that buzz, so at this price it's a bit of a bargain if jazzers are your thing. To be honest, I'd get it set up & keep it if I still played guitar, but I'd prefer to find it a home where it'll see a bit more use than it's getting here... Cheers, B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benebass Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Hi - sold this through a private sale today - cheers! B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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