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I scored this a few weeks ago for what I thought was a ridiculously cheap price, from some Goodwill's ebay store.
The auction said the electronics were non-functioning... not a big deal, I figured I could fix them. It turns out there were no batteries! Those dinguses! Put in the two nine volts and she sounds great. Finally got around to re-stringing and cleaning her up yesterday.
It's a USA JJ Bass, 32" scale. I think they made them from like '98-2000. The only other black one I've seen in the wild is Dan Lilker's. There are a few with the interference flames finish floating around. Really nice features on this one: Hipshot bridge with the string-thru/top-load option, Hipshot tuners, sculpted neck joint, Duncan MM Alnico pickup, Duncan 3-band EQ (running on 18 volts, which I believe was stock). It's light, small (can fit in a guitar gig bag), and sounds thick as hell. Thick rosewood board, nice quartersawn neck with scarf joint. Seems BARELY used, too!
The auction said the electronics were non-functioning... not a big deal, I figured I could fix them. It turns out there were no batteries! Those dinguses! Put in the two nine volts and she sounds great. Finally got around to re-stringing and cleaning her up yesterday.
It's a USA JJ Bass, 32" scale. I think they made them from like '98-2000. The only other black one I've seen in the wild is Dan Lilker's. There are a few with the interference flames finish floating around. Really nice features on this one: Hipshot bridge with the string-thru/top-load option, Hipshot tuners, sculpted neck joint, Duncan MM Alnico pickup, Duncan 3-band EQ (running on 18 volts, which I believe was stock). It's light, small (can fit in a guitar gig bag), and sounds thick as hell. Thick rosewood board, nice quartersawn neck with scarf joint. Seems BARELY used, too!
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