Up for sale, a 1991 Fender ExTrad Custom Edition Jazz Bass ‘62 vintage reissue model JB62-128 in 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with a hardshell case. The ExTrad Fender Japan instruments were the most sought after and excruciatingly rare instruments produced at Fujigen during Fender Japan's golden age, designed for the domestic Japanese market and rarely seen in their country of origin or elsewhere. Features include Fender USA pickups, CTS pots, vintage-spec'd hardware, and a nitro lacquer finish.

A true Custom Shop offering, the Extrad/Custom Edition instruments were ostensibly made to order one-offs with features that paralleled Fender's USA Custom Shop output. Established by Makoto Sugimoto, who benefitted from a quarter century of experience in R&D, custom guitar building, and engineering at Fujigen, the Extrad/Custom Edition instruments were produced by a small team of expert craftspeople, representing Fender Japan's absolute best. This premium instrument line was first offered in 1986 and was retired in 1994.

Tonewoods include an ash body, maple neck, and slab rosewood fretboard, yielding a sound with natural midrange authority and clear note attack. The USA-made pickup pair delivers smooth growl and midrange burp, with the treble grind of a set of fresh roundwound 45-100 strings. The neck pickup has a thick, woody sound, delivering ample thump, particularly with the Tone knob backed off to taste. This ExTrad Jazz Bass weighs 9lbs 9oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with easy-playing action and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

-Wood: Maple
-Shape: Medium U, measuring .835” 1st fret, .980” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Rosewood slab, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius
-Frets: Slender, light wear beneath A and D strings on frets 1-8
-Scale Length: 34”
-Nut: 1 1/2”, bone
-Tuners: Clover buttons, long stems, reverse-gear (vintage-spec, nickel-plated)
-Serialization: “Made in Japan,” L-prefix
-Factory Markings: “Custom Edition” decal on peghead, model stamps on neck heel/pocket

Body Specs:

-Wood: Ash
-Pickups: Fender USA black bobbin single coil x2
-Harness: Full-size Japanese pots date to 23rd week of 1991
-Controls: Volume x2, Tone
-Hardware: Bridge with spiral (threaded) saddles, control plate
-Plastics: Four-ply tortoise pickguard, pointer knobs

The gloss Sunburst nitro lacquer finish exhibits some texturing in the clear coat along the lower bout perimeter and wear down to the bare wood in a couple areas. There are otherwise just a couple small chips and a handful of tiny marks and finish scratches on the body as a whole. The neck profile retains its smooth ambered nitro gloss, with a scant few shallow marks behind frets 7-10 that are not distracting to the palm while fretting.

A modern Fender black tolex hardshell case is included.