gjones Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBike Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBike Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBike Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Oh well looks like it's kosher then. I'd buy it if I didn't live 600 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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