We Found The HOLY GRAIL Fender Jazz Bass (Bass Tales Ep. 14)

More like Olympic baby shit. One of Leo’s crappy jobs. Laquer fell if you sneeze and the color changed immediately after you paid for it.

It’s nice and rare and all but….I think you’re over thinking it….and over selling it.

I don't understand when people like the instrument completely worn out and with scratches. I like them pristine

Muito da hora !!! 🙏👏👏

I believe that the stack pots were fazed out by early to mid 62. I have a 62 with them. Although John Paul Jones' 62 has the 3 knob configuration.

Droooooool.....

Sweet!

Sweet.

Sir Scott i really want to play bass since my childhood but I can't afford one, since you have a ton of bass will you bless me 1 of your cheapest 1 please 🙏🙏🙏...

I love everything this bass and i'm a guitar player.

Such an amazing bass ! And yes, it is absolutely amazing what he got right right from the get go… Let’s not forget that the jazz bass is still one of the most emulated and copied bases beside the precision bass

Amazing bass, how sweet the sound.

Please show us how to use the finger rest, mounted on the pickguard just below the G string. I never saw anyone using this... Thank you!

I have a ‘75 Mustang that similarly has gone from “Arctic White” to what I call Smoker’s Teeth Yellow.

Love Ray and dig that you are using a Tsunami Cable 😎🤙🏽💥

Notice that the headstock reads "Electric Bass"? It's not a "bass guitar" like so many say. When people ask me how many "bass guitars" I have I say "Zero".

The mutes give it that White Album sound. Very cool!

Jeez I wished I could find some of those string mutes like that........

Indeed it s the HOLY GRAIL!!! how lucky are you!!! what a piece of beauty and art and what a sound!! I dream to have, even a custom shop, stacked knobs 160-1962 jb...but I can't afford it lol..in my town shop they have one for several months plus a PB from 68 with Jazz neck and lollipop tuners..it's like the 2 basses are perfect and waiting for me....but it's just a dream!!

I like that staccato sound, but if i heard this only by ear i would never recognize a jazz bass

Looks like a refret. 😉

I’ve never heard a stand-up double bass referred to as a “dog house bass” ! Hilarious !

Wow! How special is this?! Thanks so much for sharing this!

Very cool but I don't consider a 1960 Jazz Bass to be the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is one of only four Fender Jazz Bass prototypes made in 1959 with three knob control plates and shallower, wider single coils that look similar to Jazzmaster pickups.

Absolutely beautiful tone. Thanks

Approximately September 1962 was when the 3 knob system was started and the concentric knobs were discontinued.

Amazing. Two wonderful things came out of 1960. This awesome bass and me..!! ;) Lol...

olympic white looks different nowadays

I have a set of those. Fender shipped their vintage reissues with them….

My holy grail jazz bass will always be a black '72 w/ maple neck and black block inlays.

I was lucky enough to play one of those, it was awe-inspiring, though I ended up not buying it. The decay, indeed, scared me when it comes to these sums of money, when eventually I want a bass to work with. Still looking for my early-60s dreambass.

Unds like just a bunch of statickyclicking

really like the tone of this instrument. i have the same bass and am struggling with the sound. would you be so kind as to tell me your pickup height dimensions for both pickups? i'd love to try what you have going there.

I want one. Gary Lunn has one, and love his sound.

Dope riffs and that bass is amaze balls. Were you playing flat wound strings?

What a pearl of a bass.

Oh man, that thing is dreamy.

Damn, that sounds so good

Beautiful tone!

beautiful bass. It was late 64 not 65 that they switched from clay to pearloid to dots (I have one from 64!). Also it's not the paint that yellows but the clear coat. The original white is still there underneath which you can see in the spots where the player's thumb and arm wore down the clear coat.

Ray’s such a great player and has an awesome IG site

HOOTENANNY BUTTON IS RIGHT
HARDLY ANYBODY CALLS IT THAT ANYMORE SINCE THE 1960s

THAT’S A BEAUTIFUL BASS

I JUST GOT A 1960 JAZZ BASS
LAST MARCH A 63 PRECISION

BOTH FINE INSTRUMENTS

CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 USA

What's this that he is playing at 3min49sec?

That sounds great!

Wow....that's one gorgeous bass! Vintage instruments are simply amazing. I can't wait for my 2023 MIM Jazz bass to become vintage...lol. Of course, I'll be long gone by then.... 😄🎸

Fender Basses have bin on more Hit records than any Bass made to day… A Forever classic…

Does anyone know if he would have been using a noise gate, or something like that to get the sound so clean? I have an old jazz bass that's awesome, but the hum is kind of a buzz kill if you'll pardon the pun. I hate to mess with any of its electronics trying to address it so I'm not sure what to do.

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Ok I know its special... but its a bit crap hahaha. Seriously modern hardware is so much better. Rose tinted glasses here