1976 Fender Jazz Bass; I Could Look At This Forever

[ikeweezy]

Its got that Marcus tone without a onboard preamp...

[caesarbass]

@ikeweezy Yes it does!! Pretty amazing!!

[ikeweezy]

I bet in 1976 people weren't as excited about this bass...Funny how with time things become more valued!

[widepass]

Great stuff, the only thing missing was a multimeter to measure the the pickups, it would have been interesting to know the DC resistance on them!

[ech10]

fingerstyle on the 60's is incredible...

[DissolvingTime]

enjoying a bunch of your videos. just wondering if you ever shield the insides of any of your basses like the j-basses or active ones? if so it'd be cool to see a video on that, or if you know of a good resource for correctly shielding the bass (to eliminate any hum)

[fabibass]

very interesting video - "Bass Hang" sounds great to me

[caesarbass]

@fabibass Thanks very much!!!!

[knifesabove]

didnt squier do a version of this model ???

[caesarbass]

@knifesabove I believe they did but i don't believe that the pick up spacing it "true" 70's spacing.

[muddbunni]

I had a '75 Jazz I bought down in San Diego in 1981. Bought it used for $500. I bought a brand new '88 Ernie Ball MM that replaced the Jazz. Sold the Jazz in '91 but never should have. Kick myself for that move but I needed rent money at the time.

[LostInFunk]

Lovely bass. Good video. Some great playing.



[AnotherNightAtLimbo]

Very Informational video! Thanks For Sharing The Beautiful History of these Well Preserved Basses!

[slapbassforthewin]

Wow Man. Just WOW!!!

-Joel951 of Talkbass

[Fsmomma]

Very interesting. Were both basses strung with the same strings?

[caesarbass]

@Fsmomma Thanks for checking out the video. I believe all the J basses were strung with DR's, but not too sure if they were all the same type or how old the strings were. I will tell you this, the strings on the '76 were definitely not new and had a lot of wear, but you couldn't tell, the bass made them sound soooo good and they actually sounded as if they were relatively new.