About This Listing

...$10K (Or Best Offer)
CALIFORNIA "BIG-VALLEY" BASS-PLAYER -- WILLING TO DEAL!
...$10K (Or Best Offer)

The Instrument:  1978 Fender Jazz Bass

The Condition:  "Collector-Grade" Player

The Purchase Date:  29 June
1981 ("New")

The Purchase Location:  Don Wehr's "Music City"
-- 817 Columbus Avenue; San Francisco CA

The Purchase Proof:  "Original" Receipt #100462

The Purchase Price:  $671.00  USD
-- $41.00 case-price included

The Manufacturer Validation:  Fender #S 863937

The Body:  "Collector-Grade"+++
-- no "gouges"; 3-4 "shallow" body-nicks

The Paint-Work:  "Custom" (Three-Stage?)

The Paint Color:  "Strawberry" Sunburst

The Paint Finish:  "Outstanding"
-- "non-faded" & "color-fast"; no "buckle-rash"; no "checking";
no "blemishes"; few "minor" scratches

The Neck:  Straight, True, And "Fast"
-- "professionally" attended to
as needed; "original" (problem-free) lacquer-job

The Fret-Board:  "Bound"
Maple
--"mother-of-pearl" (enbloc) block-inlays; "vinyl" binding

The Frets:  "Perfect-A-Mundo"
-- even, smooth, "light-usual"
wear

The Head-Stock:  99.999%+++

The Tuning-Keys & Gears:  "Excellent"
-- no "rust"; no "slippage"

The Volume And Tone Knobs:  "Fab-U-Loso"

The Volume And Tone
Responses:  "Fender"
Appropriate
-- typical of that "expected"
from and/or "required" of the
Jazz Bass

The Investment Rating:  "Primo" (Ninety-Seven+++)
-- "gently-used" for its age
@ 97%+++

The Price: Ten-Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars  USD
-- DON'T BE SHAMED
...GET-A-LOAN FROM MAMA!

The "Original"
Purchase-Package:
1978 Fender Jazz Bass
-- custom/three-stage "strawberry-sunburst" paint; poly-urethane case;
plastic thumb-rest; chrome hand-rest

"FREE" ...Nine-Hundred
($925.00) Twenty-Five-Dollar Package ..."FREE"
*  $475.00 value -- one (1), "original", 1962 Gibson EBO
Bass chrome hand-rest;
shown in my November 1965 performing-picture; condition "primo"
*  $375.00 value -- one (1), "original", 1972 Fender
Jazz Bass chrome hand-rest;
shown in my July 1975 promo-picture;
condition "primo"
*  $  75.00 value -- one (1), "original", 2004 ("G + G" Case Company) Fender-style
(hard-shell case); two (2)
keys; condition "primo"

NOTE:  I have been alerted to
the "possibilities" that the color may be "cherry" sunburst ...the serial number indicates it may have been manufactured in
1979 and ...the fretboard
enblocs may be "pearloid";
and, I'm still not sure about
which woods the neck and fretboard are made of.

-Thank You, For Looking-

Listed3 years ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Jazz Bass 3-Bolt with Maple Fretboard
Finish
  • Strawberry Sunburst
Categories
Year
  • 1978
Made In
  • United States
Series
Model Family
  • Fender Jazz Bass
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Fretboard Material
  • Maple
Active / Passive Pickups
  • Passive
Neck Material
  • Maple
Finish Pattern
  • Sunburst
Color Family
  • Red
Body Shape
  • J-Style
Active Preamp
  • No
Body Material
  • Alder
Number of Strings
  • 4-String
Offset Body
  • Yes
Pickup Configuration
  • SS
Number of Frets
  • 20

About the Seller

"TOP GEAR"

Stockton, CA, United States
(1)
Joined Reverb:2016
Items Sold:1
1978  Fender Jazz Bass (All Original)
1978 Fender Jazz Bass (All Original)
$10,000

About This Listing

...$10K (Or Best Offer)
CALIFORNIA "BIG-VALLEY" BASS-PLAYER -- WILLING TO DEAL!
...$10K (Or Best Offer)

The Instrument:  1978 Fender Jazz Bass

The Condition:  "Collector-Grade" Player

The Purchase Date:  29 June
1981 ("New")

The Purchase Location:  Don Wehr's "Music City"
-- 817 Columbus Avenue; San Francisco CA

The Purchase Proof:  "Original" Receipt #100462

The Purchase Price:  $671.00  USD
-- $41.00 case-price included

The Manufacturer Validation:  Fender #S 863937

The Body:  "Collector-Grade"+++
-- no "gouges"; 3-4 "shallow" body-nicks

The Paint-Work:  "Custom" (Three-Stage?)

The Paint Color:  "Strawberry" Sunburst

The Paint Finish:  "Outstanding"
-- "non-faded" & "color-fast"; no "buckle-rash"; no "checking";
no "blemishes"; few "minor" scratches

The Neck:  Straight, True, And "Fast"
-- "professionally" attended to
as needed; "original" (problem-free) lacquer-job

The Fret-Board:  "Bound"
Maple
--"mother-of-pearl" (enbloc) block-inlays; "vinyl" binding

The Frets:  "Perfect-A-Mundo"
-- even, smooth, "light-usual"
wear

The Head-Stock:  99.999%+++

The Tuning-Keys & Gears:  "Excellent"
-- no "rust"; no "slippage"

The Volume And Tone Knobs:  "Fab-U-Loso"

The Volume And Tone
Responses:  "Fender"
Appropriate
-- typical of that "expected"
from and/or "required" of the
Jazz Bass

The Investment Rating:  "Primo" (Ninety-Seven+++)
-- "gently-used" for its age
@ 97%+++

The Price: Ten-Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars  USD
-- DON'T BE SHAMED
...GET-A-LOAN FROM MAMA!

The "Original"
Purchase-Package:
1978 Fender Jazz Bass
-- custom/three-stage "strawberry-sunburst" paint; poly-urethane case;
plastic thumb-rest; chrome hand-rest

"FREE" ...Nine-Hundred
($925.00) Twenty-Five-Dollar Package ..."FREE"
*  $475.00 value -- one (1), "original", 1962 Gibson EBO
Bass chrome hand-rest;
shown in my November 1965 performing-picture; condition "primo"
*  $375.00 value -- one (1), "original", 1972 Fender
Jazz Bass chrome hand-rest;
shown in my July 1975 promo-picture;
condition "primo"
*  $  75.00 value -- one (1), "original", 2004 ("G + G" Case Company) Fender-style
(hard-shell case); two (2)
keys; condition "primo"

NOTE:  I have been alerted to
the "possibilities" that the color may be "cherry" sunburst ...the serial number indicates it may have been manufactured in
1979 and ...the fretboard
enblocs may be "pearloid";
and, I'm still not sure about
which woods the neck and fretboard are made of.

-Thank You, For Looking-

Listed3 years ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Jazz Bass 3-Bolt with Maple Fretboard
Finish
  • Strawberry Sunburst
Categories
Year
  • 1978
Made In
  • United States
Series
Model Family
  • Fender Jazz Bass
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Fretboard Material
  • Maple
Active / Passive Pickups
  • Passive
Neck Material
  • Maple
Finish Pattern
  • Sunburst
Color Family
  • Red
Body Shape
  • J-Style
Active Preamp
  • No
Body Material
  • Alder
Number of Strings
  • 4-String
Offset Body
  • Yes
Pickup Configuration
  • SS
Number of Frets
  • 20

About the Seller

"TOP GEAR"

Stockton, CA, United States
(1)
Joined Reverb:2016
Items Sold:1

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