US Fender Jazz bargain from 1990 3hrs to go!

[gjones]

As I type it's sitting at £375 but I'm not sure of it's pedigree? I do know that mid to late eighties was a transition period for Fender and some of the basses were made up of parts from different years. This may be the reason it has an early eighties 'American Standard' scratch plate, a 1990 serial number and a Mex style truss rod adjuster on the headstock. Very strange but a bargain if it's the real deal.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-USA-Jazz-Bass-Bass-Guitar-Electric-/160788603022?_trksid=e17000.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8061707993634638916"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-USA-Jazz-Bass-Bass-Guitar-Electric-/160788603022?_trksid=e17000.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8061707993634638916[/url]

Edited April 29, 2012 by gjones

[DrBike]

In terms of the headstock I just had a look at my early/mid 80s Jazz and they match up pretty well in terms of decals and the truss rod adjuster, however mine doesn't have the very tiny decal towards the rounded end (which I'm assuming reads American Standard on the one in the ebay ad). I know that mine is original since I bought it from new.

The one piece scratch plate and white knobs also match, but closer inspection would be needed to see if the neck profile matched (which is quite different to other Jazz basses I've seen/played).

I'm no expert in basses of this period but I understand there was a certain amount of mix/match of components so it's possible that the small decal is a valid one.

[DrBike]

Hmmm - I spent a couple more minutes looking at the headstock photo and it dawned on me that the headstock on the photo doesn't appear to be varnished/laquered in any way. Although mine is a maple neck and the advertised one is in rosewood I'm pretty sure (although it as was quite a long time ago that I bought mine) there was no option for a satin type finish and the laquer/varnish on mine is super shiny/reflective and I don't see any kind of reflection off the headstock.

I'll endeavour to post a photo of mine for comparison.

[DrBike]

The N9xxxxx serial number looks good for a 1990 model according to http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html#serial

Here's a photo of my headstock for comparison

[gjones]

Oh well looks like it's kosher then. I'd buy it if I didn't live 600 miles away.