1996 Fender Jazz Bass Fretless '62 Vintage Reissue JB62-77FL w/ USA Pickups, Japan MIJ, Jaco

Up for sale, a 1996 Fender Jazz Bass '62 vintage reissue fretless model JB62-77FL in excellent condition and in perfect working order. Made exclusively for the Japanese domestic market, this model captures the feel and look of Jaco Pastorious' famed J Bass. Finely crafted by Fender Japan with a host of premium features including USA-made pickups, an alder body, and vintage-spec tuners and bridge saddles, this fretless model features a lined slab rosewood fretboard and can deliver plenty of growl, burp, and snap via the two original single coil pickups. Things can get throaty and punchy with the tone rolled off and the neck pickup favored, or dial up the bridge pickup for a more midrange forward tone that has plenty of presence to stand out in a mix. The bass weighs 9lbs 3oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with ideal action and 45-100 roundwound strings.The maple neck has a slender C-shaped profile carve at the nut with nicely rounded shoulders and lightly rolled fretboard edges, gaining more overall heft as you travel up the fretboard, measuring .805" deep at the nut and .980" at the octave. Side dots and a lined fretboard help with pitch accuracy, and the fretboard radius matches vintage spec at 7 1/4". The bass plays cleanly up the 34" scale with a straight neck and responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The nut measures 1 1/2" in width. On the headstock, the bass features a set of vintage-style nickel-plated tuning machines with long shafts, clover buttons, and light surface patina across the plating. Even the correct third strap button is present on the back of the headstock, which speaks to the accuracy of this vintage reissue. The "Made in Japan" script text and N prefix serial number are present above the four-bolt neck plate.All of the electronics work as they should including the factory-installed Fender USA pickups, and the wiring harness has been fully upgraded with USA-made CTS 250k pots. Hardware includes the bridge with spiral saddles, control plate, and trio of upgraded flat-topped knurled knobs, all of which have clean chrome plating.The three-tone Sunburst finish is accurate to vintage-spec with a burst that is only two-tone beneath the area where you'd typically see a pickguard. Cosmetic wear includes a couple notable scratches on the bass-side lower bout on top (causing no friction with the forearm), and some small dings and light finish scratches on the body as a whole, largely relegated to the back. The ambered gloss finish on the neck profile is flawless.The original Fender-branded gigbag is included.