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SOLD Schecter KOA PJ bass - Van Nuys Era
Even though my daughter is only 11 months old she has already started to
destroy my physical condition. Therefore and with a lot of distress I
have to let go my ~5,3 Kilo Schecter bass made in the early 80s just
when Manowar released the glorious "Battle Hymns" and when Pantera was
about to start their way into music history. My shoulder just can't
handle it and I can not play in my band sitting on a chair.
So this lovely Schecter PJ bass was built during the so called Van Nuys
era. Back in those days Schecter was a small repair and custom guitar
shop started by Dave Schecter that was located in Van Nuys, California.
Together with his employees (one of them was Tom Anderson) Schecter
built replacement parts but also complete guitars (the "Dream
Machines"). Instruments made during that period of Schecter are regarded
as very high quality and great sounding instruments.
But I don't want to bore you with its history so I would like to refer you to the following sites.
https://www.mk-guitar.com/2010/10/22/the-schecter-story-schecter-guitar-research-dream-machines-the-van-nuys-era/
https://www.schecterguitars.com/about
https://foxyguitars.com/
This passive bass was bought in Germany in 1983. It is made of a 2
piece Koa body (no laminate, solid Koa). Neck and fretboard are made
from one piece of wood. I am not a 100% sure but I guess it is Pau
Ferro. All brass hardware. Nut 43mm. Volume, Volume, Tone. The volume
knobs have a push/pull function each. I am not exactly sure what they do
electrics wise but they take a bit of that punch and aggression from
the tone and add a bit of warmth.
When it was bought in 1983 it was decided to make it a fretless bass so
the frets were professionally taken off and the nut was adjusted.
Since I am not a fretless player I brought it to a professional luthier
over here in Munich (Stevens Guitars) to get it refretted with Dunlop
6110 Medium Jumbo frets. It also received a new brass nut. That cost me
400 EUR. Now, the fretboard looks and feels and plays like new.
The bass itself is a beast in all aspects and if it were not that heavy
I would not sell it. Of course there are dings&dongs all over the
body but nothing major. The electronics work but there are two very
small issues I have to mention. There is a wee bit of noise on the J
volume pot and on the tone pot if you use them. The luthier told me that
over the years dust found its way into those pots and he could not
clean them completely. It did not bother me because I usually do not
touch them during a song.
My asking price is 1600 EUR or whatever this is in GBP - Price for shipping within the European Union is included.
For shipping I will dismount the neck.
Payment by PayPal (Family&Friends because I don't want to pay
fees), or bank transfer or cash when you pick it up in Munich.
I might consider a trade for a +/- 4 Kilo Precision bass + partial payment.
More pictures on request.
Thanks a lot
Daniel
B: Warmoth PJ
E: Warmoth 7/8 HS Strat
U: Ana'Ole Spruce/Mango 6 String
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