In stock now: Moon JB-5 Active Custom Build - Natural, maple fingerboard, black hardware. Buyer out of EU responsible for all import cost.
This one's special: a custom build that shows just how far Moon can take the Jazz Bass concept. Five strings, active electronics, maple board, and black hardware for that stealthy boutique look.
Hand-built in Japan, the JB-5A brings the same obsessive craftsmanship and balance that made the brand legendary, with serious low-end authority. The B string is tight, clear and defined all the way down, without the muddy bloom a lot of five-string J-Basses suffer from.
Under the hood you get Moon's Oxalis JB pickups and their active preamp: articulate, responsive and flexible across genres. There is no passive mode, but honestly, you won't miss it.
Specs
- Weight: 4.38 kg / 9.65 lbs
- Body: quilt maple and white ash
- Neck: maple (34 inch)
- Fingerboard: birdseye maple
- Pickups: Oxalis JB-5 and XTCT preamp
- Parts: black
- Color: natural
- Finish: urethane
This Moon JB-5 Active Custom comes from a private collection and is in stock at Sarg's Guitars, my curated shop for high-end and collectible basses in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, which I run alongside Bass Freaks and Guitar Freaks. A blacked-out custom Japanese five-string J like this does not come up often second-hand in Europe. Fully inspected and set up ready to play, shipped from Belgium.
