Up for sale, a 1965 Fender Jazz Bass in excellent condition, featuring a Fiesta Red relic'd finish and complete with a hardshell case. The body and neck of this instrument are genuine vintage components, and the bass has been fitted with a later set of vintage gray bobbin Fullerton-made Fender pickups, along with a combination of vintage and modern hardware/plastics.

Weighing at 8lbs 8oz, tonewoods include an alder body, maple neck, and dark Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, and the instrument has a smooth, balanced natural acoustic quality. The gray bobbin pickups accentuate the burp and growl of the bridge position single coil, with a rounder, broader bark from the neck pickup. The bass has been strung with fresh 45-100 roundwound strings, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with accurate intonation and easy-playing action.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Chunky U, measuring .860” 1st fret, .999” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Brazilian rosewood, 7 1/4” radius, pearloid dot inlay
-Frets: Slender (original), leveled/crowned, no wear
-Scale Length: 34”
-Nut: 1 1/2”
-Headstock: Refinished, era-correct waterslide decal
-Tuners: Hipshot (matching original baseplates)
-Factory Markings: Sept, 1965 date stamp on heel, original finish (Sunburst) in neck pocket
-Serialization: F neck plate

Body Specs:

-Wood: Alder
-Pickups: Gray bobbin single coil x2 (vintage, original windings, 1981 stamps on baseplates)
-Controls: Volume x2, Tone x1
-Harness: CTS 250k pots (modern)
-Hardware: Threaded saddles & control plate (original), bridge base (modern)
-Plastics: Aged wide-bevel parchment pickguard (modern), pointer knobs (original)

The red refinish splits the difference between Fiesta Red and Dakota Red, trending towards the former, with prominent wear to the bare alder, ostensibly from both natural playwear and additional simulated relic’ing. Forward of the bridge are four small cleanly doweled holes from the individual string mutes used on Jazz Basses that predate this instrument.

There is a repaired split in the headstock along the tuner line, visible just beyond the mounting screws for the E and G gears on the rear of the peghead. Structurally sound and professionally addressed, this split also telegraphs faintly to the new finish on the headstock face. The smooth nitro lacquer gloss on the neck profile is original, with light palm wear through the lacquer behind frets 3-6.

A modern black tolex Fender hardshell case is included.