2005 Fender Jazz Bass '62 Vintage Reissue, Lake Placid Blue w/ Headstock, Japan CIJ

Up for sale, a 2005 Fender Jazz Bass ‘62 vintage reissue in exceptional, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, sporting a custom color Lake Placid Blue finish with an optional non-catalog matching headstock. This “Crafted in Japan” bass faithfully captures the look and feel of a ‘60s Jazz Bass, designed for sale in the Japanese domestic market and uncommon outside its country of origin. Tonewoods include a basswood body, maple neck and thick slab rosewood fretboard, and the instrument has a smooth, resonant natural acoustic response. The stock pair of single coil pickups deliver a range of quintessential Jazz Bass tonalities, with ample midrange burp and cut, and a treble-centric growl accentuated by a set of roundwound 45-100 strings. There’s also plenty of thump on tap with the Tone knob rolled back to taste. This Jazz Bass weighs 9lbs 4oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with easy-playing action and spot-on intonation. The maple neck has a medium depth U-shaped profile carve with well-rounded shoulders and lightly rolled fretboard edges, gaining a hair more heft in the upper registers, measuring .845” deep at the 1st fret and .965” at the 12th. The thick slab rosewood fretboard has a vintage-spec 7 1/4“ radius and flawless stock slender fretwire, playing cleanly up the 34” scale with a straight neck and a responsive, optimally-adjusted truss rod. The nut measures 1 1/2“ in width. The Lake Placid Blue-finished headstock is a rare, non-catalog option, and the clover-button tuners turn smoothly and hold accurate pitch. The “Crafted in Japan” text and R-prefix serial number are present above the four-bolt neck plate. All of the electronics function as intended, with the pickups wired to the stock harness and governed by a traditional Volume/Volume/Tone Jazz Bass control array. The chrome-plated control plate and bridge base are notably clean, with light patina on the steel barrel saddles. Plastics comprise the original trio of knobs and the dark brown four-ply tortoise pickguard. The finish is classified by Fender Japan as "OLB" for "Old Lake Placid Blue," denoting a more icy, dark and vintage-correct shade of this custom color compared to previous Fender Japan offerings. Cosmetic wear is limited to a few small marks on the lower bout on top, a tiny finish chip on the treble-side body edge, and a handful of faint finish scratches in the clear coat on the body as a whole. The neck profile retains its smooth ambered gloss, with one shallow mark on the bass-side shoulder at fret 8 that has no impact on playability. A gigbag is included.