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2010 
Custom Jason Newsted '89 Elan 5 replica
"Blackened"
| Body: | Maple, Flame Maple top |
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| Color: | Sheer Black (see through), clear neck | |
| Neck: | Flame Maple/Purpleheart with dual truss rods, Neck trough body | |
| Ebony fingerboard , Flame Maple veneer on headstock front + back. | ||
| FC inlay @ 12th fret, black Tahitian MOP ovals | ||
| Electronics: | JPJ pickups, Jazz pickups with pan control, P pickup with on/off switch | |
| Three 3-position Q, one for each pickup, 3 filter controls, one on each pickup | ||
| 3 internal gain trimpots, one for each pickup, master volume, mono out | ||
| Hardware: | Alembic brass Tailpiece, Bridge, bridge block and nut, | |
| Alembic (Gotoh) tuners | ||
| Birthday: | Estimated: February 2010 | |
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| For build pics Click here | ||
| Weight: | 5,240 Kg | |
| Strings: | R.Cocco |
This is the original: 
In 1991 Jason's bass was upgraded to Series II
Electronics setup on the original was:
Volume x 3
one filter + 2 way Q switch
My "upgrades" compared to the original '89 Jason Bass:
electronics:
3 x Filter + 3 way Q-switch, Pan for the J style pickups,
on/off switch for the P style pickup
Master volume
Neck:
Flame Maple neck lams
Tahitian MOP ovals + FC inlay @ 12th fret
Comfort taper neck profile
Hardware:
Solid brass bridge block
Jason's after the upgrade:
The road case:
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