Withdrawn: 1981/82 Jazz-sound JB120

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Rare and in very good condition. The most desired JB-120 version with woods / finishing and so on as close to a 1964 Fender Jazzbass as possible. Even the fretboard, it is called Jacaranda, is close or same as Brazilian rosewood ;-)

Asking price is x Euro, but feel free to PM me offers. Bass is located in Europe, Netherlands.
Including case from same age, unsure it is a Tokai case (no logo), colours match with some of 1980's Les-Paul like Tokai cases.

 

[Sigmania]

That is a very rare bass if it is a JB120. Is it marked as a 120?

What year was it made?

1981 catalog



1982 catalog

 

[Sigmania]

And it would have the cashew finish which is very rare and premium finish. Sort of amber color to it.

Cashew Finish

 

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It is 1981/1982

 

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[ATO]

I see you corrected the price, I was just about to bite your hand off

 

[Sigmania]

Haha! I know..

So that is a 1982. SN L01279 ?

Is the body 3 pieces?

 

[evert]

I did not buy it new, so cannot tell exactly the building year. But should be 1981 or early 1982 I was told.
Body is 3 pieces (see picture above from back-side!)

 

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I see you corrected the price, I was just about to bite your hand off

One minute after I posted I saw it missed one zero. Would have been "too good to be Robert Palmer"

 

[Sigmania]

It is definitely 1982. If you have pics under the hood they would confirm. Made before June I would wager.

 

[Tom H]

3 piece body seems like too many for such a high grade guitar.

 

[Sigmania]

Do you have pics showing the codes on the body and the neck?

Like Tom H said, I would have expected a 1 or 2 piece body on a 120. I haven’t looked at the catalog specs.

 

[Sigmania]

So I looked.

Catalog spec in 1981 is for a 2 piece body on the JB120.

You probably want to open it up and be sure that neck was not mated with a different body.

1981 catalog

 

[Sigmania]

1982 catalog says 2 piece also.

 

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in neck pocket ? = 7, in neck 4=3. Never found a good explanation for those codes. Bought it definitely as an JB120.

 

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