1961 Fender Jazz Bass Restoration
The holiest of Fender Bass grails is a “stack knob” custom-color Jazz. The “J-Bass” proved the market could support fancy, pricier bass guitars; a solid duco-finish Jazz was a hot-rod four-string nonpareil. By the mid ’60s, they were ordered comparatively often – not so in 1960! Highly collectible since the ’70s, a custom-color Jazz Bass still tops the list today. Sunburst models from the period fetch $16,000 to $21,000.
Quote from Vintage Guitar Mag .....
Back to Perfection !!
A huge thanks goes out to Greg Force for his
masterful filming and editing of the
play-by-play restoration of this 61' Jazz Bass.
It's agonizing, to see
what has been done to the original finish !
A new custom wound set of
"Bare Knuckles" pickups
has been ordered from the UK.
I see this so many times; an original finish ruined
by an amateur attempt at finishing.
This is the perfect example of just how paranoid
and protective people can be ( and rightfully so !! )
when it comes to Vintage Instruments.
This instrument sat unplayable, for over 30 years !!
After a few bad repair attempts, the customer
was terrified to let anyone touch it !
I don't blame him .... I've handled so many
Vintage Restorations, for exactly that reason.
This is why I get so many instruments shipped,
to my workshop, from across the continent,
by people who are in exactly
the same position as David.
I demonstrated to the GRAD students
precisely how this type of job needs to
be executed .... flawlessly.
In this case, because of the value of the instrument,
I am personally doing the entire job.
The opportunity for the students
to get a detailed step-by-step
demonstration on this restoration;
is easily worth the Patreon,
price of admission !!
