Can you send me the link to that jaguar listing please. You didn’t get it yet right?
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Nope, I didn’t purchase it. Here is the link to my earlier post with it: Show Us Your Basses (Part 2) - #6 by cheeze_pizza
Some quick and dirty math shows the parts might be had for $1200 with saavy buying. Perhaps better if willing to forgo some Hipshot items in favor of cheaper ones.
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Well for one the Hipshot HB1 tuners and kickass bridge as well as string trees are made in Korea not USA.
$650-700 for body and neck shipped. Plus I would not build Jaguar that way, lol. I’d do it with Jaguar neck. P and jazz yes swap-able. It’s a one off and when you sell it it will hurt your pocket.
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All true, but I still want it 
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Make the guy an offer that works for you. If he bites, great! If he doesn’t, you can rest easy, knowing you offered what it’s worth to you, but it wasn’t meant to be. 
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That’s not good. Not because being made in Korea is bad, but because Hipshot made the choice that the USA ones are machined while the ones made outside of the US are cast. There’s really no comparison; cast parts are not nearly as well made as machined. This is one case where you want to buy their domestic model.
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I would rather you buy it and just lend to me
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Well, we both know how that would pan out. 
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You are right, I am aiming too low. We deserve better.
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Absolutely!
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Y’all should move to SoCal. We can hang.
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Man, I’d love to visit! I hear the basses and food are pretty, pretty, pretty good at your crib.
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Lol. It’s legendary I was told. By my subconscious, lol.
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@Shibata looks like Bass o’clock
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It has arrived.
Less than 5 days between clicking the buy button and it arriving on my doorstep from Japan. They even fitted a new set of my favorite Rotosounds before shipping.
Photos are under awful artificial light, but I’ll post some natural light shots after I’ve had a chance to oil the fretboard and detail the paint.
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Very nice @HowlinDawg
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Congrats, man!
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And how do you like the bass? Owning a custom Warwick is a pretty big deal 
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Very nice. Congrats!!!
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@Paul It’s literally just out of the box so early days yet. I’ll post more detail once it’s properly acclimated but initial impressions are that the fit and finish are off the chart and the sound is 
I guess it is a big deal - I’ll admit to a mild dose of Imposter Syndrome when I unpacked it. 
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