2011 Fender AVRI Jazz Bass, '62 Reissue Olympic White
Many, many, many moons ago, I bought a 1962 Jazz bass from Randy Mullis (RIP) at the Spartanburg guitar show. He had the booth next to ours and I distinctly remember thinking to myself, "I can't believe I just paid this much for an old Jazz bass." Even then, those stack knob Jazzes commanded high prices and I questioned myself on that purchase for the next day and a half.
Spring forward to that Sunday, which was the last day of the show. The crowd had thinned and I was sitting in my booth, so I pulled that Jazz out and plugged it in. It did not elicit bass lines from an Iron Maiden or Rush song- rather, I found myself playing slow, smoky blues lines and I quickly realized that there was a reason those basses got the prices they did. The neck and tone on that bass was something that could only be achieved with a forty-year-old chuck of wood, four strings and some "old soul." As I was playing the bass, another friend of mine, who was a dealer out of California rolled up and sat down. We chatted and I kept playing at a low level, not really doing anything special or impressive. It was merely a slow Sunday afternoon and then he said, "I need a good bass for my studio. This one for sale?" Well, of course it was and five minutes later he was walking out of my booth with the case in hand and he still has that '62 Jazz to this day. Neck and tone, folks. Neck and tone...
Now to this AVRI '62 reissue; When I first picked it up, it immediately reminded me of the aforementioned bass. It's got all the qualities of an old stack knob, but at about 1/10th of the price. You'll see a few knicks and bumps, but they don't poke their heads up so much when you're lost in the joy of holding down the groove for 15 minutes while your guitar player gets his jollies off like a bumblebee. This bass is a solid low-end tone machine and if they have to bury me with it, I won't mind that much ( I can't say that about an Alembic Series I because it would be longer than my casket.)
Please take a look at the pictures: This package includes the original case and every stick of case candy you could imagine. The bass has been set up by that Nashville magician, Adric the Great, so it will arrive ready to rock, straight out of the box!
As a side note, the bass weighs 8 lbs, 5 oz but the case by itself weighs 21 lbs, 2 oz. I've never seen that in my life, but now you will know why the box is so heavy when you get it.
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