1996 Grover Jackson Japan "Kelly Star" Bass (Candy Apple Red)

1996 Grover Jackson Japan "Kelly Star" Bass (Candy Apple Red)Made in Japan by Jackson in 1996, this is a very rare Japanese market "Kelly Star" bass model sold only to the Japanese market. Looks to be a poplar body with a Candy Apple Red finish bolted to a rock maple neck, 24 fret bound rosewood fingerboard (34" scale length), it weighs just over 3. 4kg's. Loaded with a pair of active Jackson branded pickups controlled by independent volume controls and a master tone along with a killswitch mini toggle. Good

bruises and scuffs as pictured

a pair of Ibanez DX-5 humbucking pickups

Loaded with the factory fitted Fender Lace Sensor single coil pickups controlled by a 5-way selector

VH-5 "Brown Sugar" humbucker with VS-3 single coil in the middle and a generic neck pickup controlled by master volume/tone knobs and a 5-way selector

the neck has a few small bumps but they don't impact on playing and there's some light wear to the frets

The Guyatone PS-019 Phaser was part of the Effect Box series produced by Tokyo Sound Co for Guyatone in the 1980's

the ST-STD model was the Japanese equivalent of the American Standard (in terms of design as it doesn't replicate any specific year like many Japanese models)

Previous owner appears to have had the pickguard swapped out and the pots changed to CTS ones and a new switch installed with Orange Drop capacitors

Loaded with the original Fender Japan pickups and full sized Japanese pots

Part of the Fender Japan Pro Feel series of "contemporary" models released in the late 1980's

The 4-saddle vintage style bridge and the original pickups selected for the Traditional series play a realistic and musical vintage tone

The OD-1 had a range of PCB revisions and IC changes over the years