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1982 Fender JV Order Made Jazz Bass Walnut + Ebony w/ Gold Hardware, Fullerton USA Pickups, Japan MIJ Fujigen
1982 Fender JV Order Made Jazz Bass Walnut + Ebony w/ Gold Hardware, Fullerton USA Pickups, Japan MIJ Fujigen
Up for sale, a 1982 Fender JV "Order Made" Jazz Bass in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. One of the earliest special order instruments produced by Fender Japan, ostensibly in their first year of production judging by available source date codes on the components, this Jazz Bass is utterly unique and top of the line, part of the JV (Japanese Vintage) line of instruments from the Fujigen factory that paralleled production at the Fullerton, CA factory in the States.
As was the practice with Fender Japan's highest tiered models in the JV era, this bass features genuine USA-made Fullerton red and gray bobbin pickups, USA-made CTS pots, and the same hardware seen on the very first American Vintage series instruments in 1982. Beyond the gold-plating on the hardware, itself a true rarity, this bass features solid walnut body and neck construction, with a slab ebony fretboard and a satin nitro lacquer finish. Not "walnut-finished" as it refers to color, the body and neck are carved from solid walnut wood, yielding a sound with great note attack and dynamism, well suited for bass with fundamental punch and low frequency heft.
The bass offers plenty of midrange growl and treble grind; rolling back the Tone knobs yields a pillowy, thick thump that retains definition, and the stacked controls enable a level of tonal control not available with the standard three-knob configuration. This "Order Made" Jazz Bass weighs 9lbs 12oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 45-100 roundwound strings, easy-playing action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Shape: Slender U, measuring .810” 1st fret, .960” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony slab, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius, dot inlay
-Frets: Slender, no wear
-Scale Length: 34”
-Nut: 1 1/2”, bone
-Tuners: Clover button, long stems, reverse-gear (vintage-spec)
-Serialization: JV-prefix (neck plate)
-Factory Markings: Matching "Order Made" stamps on neck heel/pocket
Body Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Pickups: Red bobbin single coil x1, gray bobbin x1 (1982 date stamps on bobbins)
-Harness: CTS pots date to the 28th week of 1982
-Controls: Volume/Tone x2 (stacked)
-Hardware: Bridge with spiral (threaded) saddles, knurled knobs
While the dates on the pickups and potentiometers are from 1982 and provide the best reference for when this bass was completed at the Fujigen factory, it's entirely possible given the higher JV-prefix serial (90,000 range) that this bass left the factory in 1983-84. But that would be speculative based on a loose understanding of production totals and the likelihood that Fullerton factory stock took some time to travel from the USA to Japan, while both countries were simultaneously making the first vintage reissue instruments in Fender's history in the same year.
The finish is a very thin satin lacquer which has sunken into the grain of the walnut in the ensuing decades, offering a “barely there” open pore feel. There is light wear on the back of the bass-side body horn and along the lower bout body edge, with a few minor marks and some sporadic patina on the gold hardware, particularly on the JV neck plate and control plate. The satin finish on the neck profile is flawless.
The original JV-era Fender-branded gigbag is included.
As was the practice with Fender Japan's highest tiered models in the JV era, this bass features genuine USA-made Fullerton red and gray bobbin pickups, USA-made CTS pots, and the same hardware seen on the very first American Vintage series instruments in 1982. Beyond the gold-plating on the hardware, itself a true rarity, this bass features solid walnut body and neck construction, with a slab ebony fretboard and a satin nitro lacquer finish. Not "walnut-finished" as it refers to color, the body and neck are carved from solid walnut wood, yielding a sound with great note attack and dynamism, well suited for bass with fundamental punch and low frequency heft.
The bass offers plenty of midrange growl and treble grind; rolling back the Tone knobs yields a pillowy, thick thump that retains definition, and the stacked controls enable a level of tonal control not available with the standard three-knob configuration. This "Order Made" Jazz Bass weighs 9lbs 12oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 45-100 roundwound strings, easy-playing action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Shape: Slender U, measuring .810” 1st fret, .960” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony slab, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius, dot inlay
-Frets: Slender, no wear
-Scale Length: 34”
-Nut: 1 1/2”, bone
-Tuners: Clover button, long stems, reverse-gear (vintage-spec)
-Serialization: JV-prefix (neck plate)
-Factory Markings: Matching "Order Made" stamps on neck heel/pocket
Body Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Pickups: Red bobbin single coil x1, gray bobbin x1 (1982 date stamps on bobbins)
-Harness: CTS pots date to the 28th week of 1982
-Controls: Volume/Tone x2 (stacked)
-Hardware: Bridge with spiral (threaded) saddles, knurled knobs
While the dates on the pickups and potentiometers are from 1982 and provide the best reference for when this bass was completed at the Fujigen factory, it's entirely possible given the higher JV-prefix serial (90,000 range) that this bass left the factory in 1983-84. But that would be speculative based on a loose understanding of production totals and the likelihood that Fullerton factory stock took some time to travel from the USA to Japan, while both countries were simultaneously making the first vintage reissue instruments in Fender's history in the same year.
The finish is a very thin satin lacquer which has sunken into the grain of the walnut in the ensuing decades, offering a “barely there” open pore feel. There is light wear on the back of the bass-side body horn and along the lower bout body edge, with a few minor marks and some sporadic patina on the gold hardware, particularly on the JV neck plate and control plate. The satin finish on the neck profile is flawless.
The original JV-era Fender-branded gigbag is included.
$1,680.00
Original: $4,799.99
-65%1982 Fender JV Order Made Jazz Bass Walnut + Ebony w/ Gold Hardware, Fullerton USA Pickups, Japan MIJ Fujigen—
$4,799.99
$1,680.00
Description
Up for sale, a 1982 Fender JV "Order Made" Jazz Bass in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. One of the earliest special order instruments produced by Fender Japan, ostensibly in their first year of production judging by available source date codes on the components, this Jazz Bass is utterly unique and top of the line, part of the JV (Japanese Vintage) line of instruments from the Fujigen factory that paralleled production at the Fullerton, CA factory in the States.
As was the practice with Fender Japan's highest tiered models in the JV era, this bass features genuine USA-made Fullerton red and gray bobbin pickups, USA-made CTS pots, and the same hardware seen on the very first American Vintage series instruments in 1982. Beyond the gold-plating on the hardware, itself a true rarity, this bass features solid walnut body and neck construction, with a slab ebony fretboard and a satin nitro lacquer finish. Not "walnut-finished" as it refers to color, the body and neck are carved from solid walnut wood, yielding a sound with great note attack and dynamism, well suited for bass with fundamental punch and low frequency heft.
The bass offers plenty of midrange growl and treble grind; rolling back the Tone knobs yields a pillowy, thick thump that retains definition, and the stacked controls enable a level of tonal control not available with the standard three-knob configuration. This "Order Made" Jazz Bass weighs 9lbs 12oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 45-100 roundwound strings, easy-playing action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Shape: Slender U, measuring .810” 1st fret, .960” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony slab, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius, dot inlay
-Frets: Slender, no wear
-Scale Length: 34”
-Nut: 1 1/2”, bone
-Tuners: Clover button, long stems, reverse-gear (vintage-spec)
-Serialization: JV-prefix (neck plate)
-Factory Markings: Matching "Order Made" stamps on neck heel/pocket
Body Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Pickups: Red bobbin single coil x1, gray bobbin x1 (1982 date stamps on bobbins)
-Harness: CTS pots date to the 28th week of 1982
-Controls: Volume/Tone x2 (stacked)
-Hardware: Bridge with spiral (threaded) saddles, knurled knobs
While the dates on the pickups and potentiometers are from 1982 and provide the best reference for when this bass was completed at the Fujigen factory, it's entirely possible given the higher JV-prefix serial (90,000 range) that this bass left the factory in 1983-84. But that would be speculative based on a loose understanding of production totals and the likelihood that Fullerton factory stock took some time to travel from the USA to Japan, while both countries were simultaneously making the first vintage reissue instruments in Fender's history in the same year.
The finish is a very thin satin lacquer which has sunken into the grain of the walnut in the ensuing decades, offering a “barely there” open pore feel. There is light wear on the back of the bass-side body horn and along the lower bout body edge, with a few minor marks and some sporadic patina on the gold hardware, particularly on the JV neck plate and control plate. The satin finish on the neck profile is flawless.
The original JV-era Fender-branded gigbag is included.
As was the practice with Fender Japan's highest tiered models in the JV era, this bass features genuine USA-made Fullerton red and gray bobbin pickups, USA-made CTS pots, and the same hardware seen on the very first American Vintage series instruments in 1982. Beyond the gold-plating on the hardware, itself a true rarity, this bass features solid walnut body and neck construction, with a slab ebony fretboard and a satin nitro lacquer finish. Not "walnut-finished" as it refers to color, the body and neck are carved from solid walnut wood, yielding a sound with great note attack and dynamism, well suited for bass with fundamental punch and low frequency heft.
The bass offers plenty of midrange growl and treble grind; rolling back the Tone knobs yields a pillowy, thick thump that retains definition, and the stacked controls enable a level of tonal control not available with the standard three-knob configuration. This "Order Made" Jazz Bass weighs 9lbs 12oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 45-100 roundwound strings, easy-playing action, and accurate intonation.
Neck Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Shape: Slender U, measuring .810” 1st fret, .960” 12th fret
-Fretboard: Ebony slab, 7 1/4” vintage-spec radius, dot inlay
-Frets: Slender, no wear
-Scale Length: 34”
-Nut: 1 1/2”, bone
-Tuners: Clover button, long stems, reverse-gear (vintage-spec)
-Serialization: JV-prefix (neck plate)
-Factory Markings: Matching "Order Made" stamps on neck heel/pocket
Body Specs:
-Wood: Walnut
-Pickups: Red bobbin single coil x1, gray bobbin x1 (1982 date stamps on bobbins)
-Harness: CTS pots date to the 28th week of 1982
-Controls: Volume/Tone x2 (stacked)
-Hardware: Bridge with spiral (threaded) saddles, knurled knobs
While the dates on the pickups and potentiometers are from 1982 and provide the best reference for when this bass was completed at the Fujigen factory, it's entirely possible given the higher JV-prefix serial (90,000 range) that this bass left the factory in 1983-84. But that would be speculative based on a loose understanding of production totals and the likelihood that Fullerton factory stock took some time to travel from the USA to Japan, while both countries were simultaneously making the first vintage reissue instruments in Fender's history in the same year.
The finish is a very thin satin lacquer which has sunken into the grain of the walnut in the ensuing decades, offering a “barely there” open pore feel. There is light wear on the back of the bass-side body horn and along the lower bout body edge, with a few minor marks and some sporadic patina on the gold hardware, particularly on the JV neck plate and control plate. The satin finish on the neck profile is flawless.
The original JV-era Fender-branded gigbag is included.
