1980's ESP Navigator Japan Custom Order 70's Reissue Jazz Bass (Sunburst)

1980's ESP Navigator Japan Custom Order 70's Reissue Jazz Bass (Sunburst)Made in Japan by ESP in the 1980's, this customer order Navigator model was a high end custom build made to the original owners specs. Nitro three tone sunburst finish on a matched two piece ash body with a maple neck and bound maple fretboard with block inlays, it weighs 4. 3kgs. 20 frets with a 39mm nut width and 860mm scale length, its loaded with a pair of high end pickups (unbranded, cloth wire) and CTS pots (two volume knobs and a master tone).

Overall it's been well looked after over the years

The neck was sanded to satin by a previous owner to eliminate the sticky feel of a gloss neck

a Series/Single Coil/Parallel switch and a Passive/Active/Treble Boost switch

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Chinese made in 2004

Contoured alder body with a bolt on maple neck and a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (12" radius

the Fender TL67-70SPL was made to replicate Keith Richards' famous telecaster as an unofficial "signature model"

Lightly used condition as pictured with some light wear to the finish

Reasonably good used condition with signs of wear as pictured

Neck joint:

The W-80 was a reasonably high end model from Morris' 1980's catalogs and features some fancier binding and inlays along with some nicer wood and hardware than the basic models

Japanese made in 1993 (right before they were discontinued)