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tomdbass
 Post subject: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 12th, 2012, 9:57 pm 
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Fender-Jaz ... 23262a3aff
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andrew
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 13th, 2012, 12:23 am 
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I LOVE the look of this bass.
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Lefty007
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 13th, 2012, 6:32 am 
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That body looks suspicious. Looks like ash with a sunburst? Rare. Also, 1978 was heavy-poly times - the arm wear makes is look like a nitro finish. . . Maybe it's a refinished ash body in nitro?
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Matt R.
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 13th, 2012, 7:22 am 
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My '78 Precision has similar wear. It's definitely heavy poly too. Was probably someone's main axe and they played the shit out of it.

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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 13th, 2012, 8:03 am 
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Lefty007 wrote:
That body looks suspicious. Looks like ash with a sunburst? Rare. Also, 1978 was heavy-poly times - the arm wear makes is look like a nitro finish. . . Maybe it's a refinished ash body in nitro?


My thoughts exactly. Never seen an ash sunburst '78 before...until I googled it and came up with this:

http://www.gbase.com/gear/fender-jazz-b ... 8-sunburst

I have seen lots of sunburst ash Strats, however.
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andrew
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 13th, 2012, 11:46 am 
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I'd bid on this but the seller doesn't allow Canuks to bid on his auctions because he won't ship to Canada. :|
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 14th, 2012, 5:27 am 
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This bass should go into a book as an example of how to correctly relic an instrument.


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andrew
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 15th, 2012, 8:15 am 
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Can one of you fine USA citizens message the seller to see if they'll let a Canuk place a bid? :mrgreen:
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belinmad
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 15th, 2012, 9:29 am 
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Just tried... it doesn't let me send a question: " Unfortunately, this seller is not able to respond to your question. We suggest reviewing the item again to see if your answer is in the seller's listing."

very weird.
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 15th, 2012, 9:59 am 
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Doesn't he have zero sellers feedback as well? He lives about 1hr and half from me but I am not planning on traveling that way unfortunately.
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 17th, 2012, 11:07 pm 
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No bids on this one so far. Why the skepticism?
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 18th, 2012, 5:38 am 
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belinmad wrote:
No bids on this one so far. Why the skepticism?



I'm watching to see what happens...

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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 18th, 2012, 7:32 am 
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belinmad wrote:
No bids on this one so far. Why the skepticism?


I would happily bid on it if I could...
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 18th, 2012, 8:47 am 
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That finish cracking on the skunk stripe could be more than cosmetic. I've seen a truss rod start to force it's way out of the back of the neck on a P bass that age.
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Petethebassman
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 18th, 2012, 9:50 am 
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Marc40a wrote:
That finish cracking on the skunk stripe could be more than cosmetic. I've seen a truss rod start to force it's way out of the back of the neck on a P bass that age.


Oh, really? On my '75 P-Bass there's similar finish cracking on the skunk stripe, though much less than on that '78 Jazz.
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 18th, 2012, 1:45 pm 
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I'm going to bid on it, what the hell.
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 18th, 2012, 8:00 pm 
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I see a bid, wasn't me, I'm staying out. Good luck!
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 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
PostPosted: December 19th, 2012, 9:02 pm 
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Someone got a badass deal! $1,135! Hopefully someone from the board
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Matt R.
 Post subject: Re: 78 Jazz bass
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Frenchy-Lefty wrote:
Someone got a badass deal! $1,135! Hopefully someone from the board



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