Bass Details:

photo credit: Manuel Gratias
country: France
bass make: Fender (J+M)
bass model: Jazz Bass
bass year: neck : 1992, Japanese make, body : 2013, Mexican make
body color: 3 color sunburst
body style: Active jazz bass
neck specie: Unlined fretless, 1992 from an original Japanese black fretless jazz bass bought in 1993 serial # starting with O 02…
neck style: jazz bass 38mm at nut
fingerboard: rosewood
fret lines: none
pickup brand: Fender
pickup config.: J / J / piezo controls : 1 magnetic pickup volume on upper stack, 1 piezo pickup onlooker stack, 1 pan pot, 1 tone 4 way rotary switch (home made), 1 active/passive switch
originally fretless?: Yes
comments:

Originally a Japanese stock black fretless Jazz Bass bought in septembre 1993, I started modifying it in 2007. I sold off the whole body attached to a fretted P bass neck I got from another project and bought Telecaster hollow body to fit it on. It had 2 Jazz pickups and piezo on the bridge. It turned out bad so I sold the hollow body alone and bought a Mexican Fender active Jazz Bass body off eBay. And Voilà ! I had it setup to my taste and it’s a real killer bass, the neck has always been soft, narrow and fast. Piezo needs active but sucks out the power very quickly. You can hear a lot of noise of the fingers and it sounds nothing like an upright bass, so I rarely use it and prefer magnetic pickups in passive mode. Tone control is a sort of tone styler with 4 positions.