1984-87 Fender Power Jazz Bass Special
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1984-87 Fender Power Jazz Bass Special, all original woith active electronics. This is an E 'Made In Japan' serial number Fender Power Jazz Bass Special in reddish-pink with black hardware and rosewood fingerboard. All original, it retains all of its 'F' monogrammed control knobs, which tended to get lost quite easily.The Power Jazz Bass Special was something of a departure for Fender, featuring active electronics, 'reversed' Precision pickup, 22 fret Jazz profile neck, deeper cutaways (for easier access to the top frets) and a layer of graphite between the neck and fingerboard (the 'weave' of the graphite is visible in the photo of the headstock. Fender Japan guitars and basses of this era are regarded as very good quality and the ATX active electronics and TBX tone circuit on this bass gives access to a vast variety of tones, from thudding rock to glass-breaking slap, pop 'n' tap. I bought it a couple of years ago, but haven't had the chance to play it much and it seems a waste to have it sitting in a gig bag when somebody else could enjoy it and use it for the purpose for which it was intended.There are a few minor knocks to the paintwork and somebody has obviously fitted a strap button to the neck joint at some point. The bridge could do with a clean and there is some rust on the screws and battery cover. (These are highlighted
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