Nice Woodlines. I’ve said it before but if I wanted a Jazz, one of Deviser’s brands - either Bacchus or Momose - would likely be it. (Well if it wasn’t a SBV-500 anyway).
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Alas, they have no dealer(s) in the US… 
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Ikebe Gakki will ship them to you pretty reasonably 
The stupid tariffs will suck there, but the exchange rate makes these a steal though.
Nice looking Woodline there now for about $620 after the crazy exchange rate. They have a few of them. This is a Global series, not MIJ, but probably made in Indonesia so will still be very high quality. It’s on order now and they are taking reservations.
A few great color options there:
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Wow, that is a nice looking bass. Importing a $620 bass guitar from Japan to the U.S. will likely incur approximately $139.11 in duties and fees , representing a total charge of around 22% of the guitar’s value. And shipping costs from JP to the east coast will add to that too. I’m seriously considering it but have to wait for a bit to recover from xmas. In a few months I’ll check them out in earnst.
P.s. Thanks for the research!
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My pleasure!
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Same here, fivers are nice and are better regarding stability, however, a four-stringer is all I’ll ever use.
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@howard I thought we were putting together a ‘find and export’ racket? Business, sorry, business 
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ssshhhhhh!
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Soz, my bad.
A certain person is in Tokyo at the end of next month. I’m waiting on a reply to see if our friend has an P basses in stock.
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Awesome! Let me know if she needs any help.
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Yha, I know from playing my fretsless with a tuner after tuning it with the same one (Eg Logic Pro) that straight is rarly correct but usaly close to correct. Like, your finger pressing diffrent can change the pitch more so I’m legit currius if most might play worse from missing the frets because of the weird shape. Eg string 7 from the top fret 3 would I at least personally mess up my possition on more often than any tuning benefit I would get from it is worth.
I will at least give it that the higher notes that’s less spot random might be more worth it
The is just freaking gorgeous.
Book-matched coco bolo top?
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close… it’s a California TM2 with Macassar Top
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Some pieces of Maccassar Ebony and Cocobolo can appear similar to one another while others do not at all.
Large pieces of Cocobolo, such as those used to make backs and sides of acoustic guitars, are often orange in color, straight-grained, and not heavily figured.
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Coco bolo is also a greasy wood to handle.
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Yep, Cocobolo has a lot of inherent oil content, making it difficult to glue pieces together.
A renowned acoustic guitar luthier I knew hated working with Cocobolo. Really hated it as gluing thin pieces together was often a hit-and-miss situation that required great care and humidity control.
Still, there are master acoustic guitar luthiers who work magic with Cocobolo, creating musical instruments stunning in beauty and tone.
Martin
Santa Cruz
Collings
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that’s interesting, i had no idea.