J.W. Black's career began in 1977 working with Dick Boak at Martin, and for several years starting in 1983 he worked with Sadowsky.
After a brief stint at Rudy's (a New York guitar store that produced many great builders, including John Sur, Stephan Marchione, Mas Hino, and Jimmy Coppolo), he moved to Fender in 1989.
The connections he made in his time up to this point are still good today, and J.W. Black is the one who does the relic work for Suhr Guitars and Sadowsky Guitars.
Also, at some point prior to Fender, he was friends with Prince, Jim Hall, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and Marcus Miller, with whom he continues to have a relationship as one of his customers.
His work with Fender began in 1989 as a master builder from day one, working with world-famous names such as Lou Reed, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton.
The Relic process, born out of a project with Rolling Stones producer Don Was, was an innovative idea at the time and has become a very large and much favored element of guitars today.
After more than a decade of work with Fender, J.W. Black earned his reputation and became Fender's first Senior Master Builder, a position he held until 2002, when he decided to go out on his own.
After going out on his own, he spent several years repairing vintage guitars for vintage guitar dealers (he once repaired a guitar destroyed by Jimi Hendrix for Frank Zappa and maintained Eric Clapton's guitar collection over the course of a week! ) ).
Later, he finally launched his own brand and began selling his products. He selects and cuts the wood, paints, wires, and of course hand shapes the necks himself, so he produces only about 5 guitars per month.
This model is a gem of the JP series manufactured in Japan.
Designed in the style of the Fenders of the 70s, it is characterized by its tight yet clear low frequency range.
It is packed with many of the royal elements of jazz bass, but with a high playability and hot sound that is ideal for the modern musician.
The sound is deep, open, and musically rich.
While packed with many of the royal elements of jazz bass, it is highly playable and hot sounding, ideal for the modern musician.
Fret wear is minimal, and the truss rod and neck are in good condition.
The body is in good condition with some faint scratches and dings.
The weight is super light at 3.66 kg.
Pitbull Strings, which we import and distribute, was used for the setup.
Please enjoy them as well, as they are high quality strings with a natural sound that brings out the best performance and character of the instrument.
GIB craftsmen will adjust the strings to make them easy to play and deliver them to you.
Comes with a gig bag
Comes with a 3-month warranty
Text: Shunsuke Saga
SPEC
Weight:3.66kg
Fret:like new
Truss rod:like new
neck condition:like new
body condition:a little scratches on around the body
any custom:none
serial number:170108
accessories:gigbag
country of origin:JP
We ship in a sturdy cardboard box.
Will be packed with hard cardboard box.
will be packed with hard cardboard box.
We do ship internationally.
Contact Info
Contact Info
LINE : vwj2699r
email :gib.hyogo@gmail.com
TEL : 050-7127-1046
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