Happy Friday, lefties.
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Up for sale is my 1976 Fender Jazz Bass. It's was modded when I bought it from a C'lister in SF.
Let's start with the original parts:
- 1976 Fender sunburst ash (or could it be alder?) body (heavy 3-piece. With a cheap bathroom scale the entire bass is coming in at a consistent 11 lbs, maybe 11 1/2 tops)
- 1976 3-bolt neck with maple fretboard and pearl block inlays, white binding, a nice layer of gunk
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. This neck feels REALLY solid for any neck, 3-bolt or 4.
- black pickguard
- serial #76xxxxx (they actually started their serial numbers with "76" that year - you can see it's pre-printed and the following digits are not)
- tuners, string tree, neckplate, strap knobs
- cavity cover and control knobs
- original lefty case (!), handle's gone and has been replaced with heavy duty nylon boots laces (I didn't do it, but it works extremely well - very solid and comfy).
That's about it. But hey, that's most of the exterior, so the bass looks very original, at least.
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And while I don't care about relic'ng, the body has some beautiful natural wear on its edges and back. As Prince would say, it's got the look.
Now for the mods:
- The body has been routed (near cavity, underneath pickguard) to hold a 9-volt battery. The route looks pretty clean. The battery's been removed and bass is passive with pots and wiring from Stew Mac.
- Lindy Fralin pickups with a 10% overwind on the bridge p/u (I dropped these in 2 months ago)
- New bridge from Fender in 1960's style. I would have gone with a 70's style, but to be honest, this bass has that too-often seen string alignment error that is very slight, but visible, on the g-string (sitting too close to the edge of the f'board). It's very slight - I don't notice it AT ALL when I'm playing it - but I can see it. I was going to make my own grooves with a Quan but I decided to sell that and go with a Fender part that did the trick. You can no longer see any string "offage." But the bridge isn't period correct, and is also very new and shiny at the moment.
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Pics to follow by 2pm PST.
Looking for paypal $1999 shipped within CONUS or Canada.
Thanks.
Geoff