I don't think I've ever really shown my jazz basses, so I borrowed a digital camera from my 10 year old nephew (isn't that a sad statement) and shot a few pics.
Here's a group shot and some close ups of my :
Sunburst 1973/74 Jazz Bass. (pots say very late December 1973, so most likely a 74 build. Has 4 bolt neck))
Bought from a druggie muso in 2003 who'd "scored" it from his father or uncle who had bought it originally in the 70s. He had actually bought some humbuckers to replace the existing PUPs but thankfully had never got around to stuff up the bass. (they are now in one of Docs J bass.) The black guard with sunburst appears to be an original combination, so it may have been an extremely early use of the black guard.
Natural 1975 Jazz Bass (with 3 bolt neck)
First guitar/bass I ever bought, sometime in 2000/2001
Again black guard is original, which is interesting given it has while/pearl binding and block markers. (I have to say for me personally, black block markers are
, just looks like someone has stuck duct tape on the neck)
Custom Shop 5 String Jazz Bass (built aorund 2002).
I ordered a IBM finish with a non standard (at the time) chrome neck PUP cover (ashtray). I have always been disappointed with the colour. As shown in the last photo, if the colour was the "blue" version all of the time I would be happy, but most of the time it looks "grey", which to me is boring. This bass has active PUPs
relaxing alternative to doing actual work ...
