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MAYONES Jabba 422

Mayones wwww.mayones.com

$2,500 [Approx]

Mayones basses have come a long way since we first encountered them in the mid-2000s. Compared against the brand’s other body shapes and price points, this classic-looking Jazz variant looks pretty simple—but if it does the job, why do you need any bells and whistles? Let’s take a closer look.

Build Quality

Vintage white with a three-ply tortoiseshell scratchplate is always a, the bass has rounded body curves; these reduce the extremes of the legendary offset body-style, and with sensible contouring front and back, extensive cutaways, and a pleasingly-contoured neck-heel, the playing experience is very much to the player’s benefit.

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