Wonder why this USA Jazz is not selling?

[gjones]

Maybe it's because of the dodgy Strat type scratchplate but I do recall they were a bit of an experiment back in the 80s which didn't catch on and are replaceable with the normal type. If I had the cash I'd buy it!

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Jazz-USA-1980-E-Series-/120999594877?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D2964290270334204475%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D140869184838%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Jazz-USA-1980-E-Series-/120999594877?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D2964290270334204475%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D140869184838%26[/url]

Edited October 24, 2012 by gjones

[ash]

I had one of these and sold it when I bought my JV Squier......when you took off the single piece plate there was a lot of routing space under the hood, a bit like the cheapo recent Squiers. The bass played fine however. If it had a maple board I would consider it but I reckon the reserve will be pretty high.

[brensabre79]

This is from the very era of US Fender people are referring to when they say "The Japanese Squires were better built than the US Fenders of the time"

It is from the absolute pinnacle of Fender cost cutting, hence the one piece plastic scratchplate/control plate and other missing corners. Like all eras of Fender there are some good and some bad in terms of playing, but these ones were really built on the cheap by a largely disgruntled workforce. A bit like the British Leyland cars of the same era.

[ash]

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1351078964' post='1846976']
This is from the very era of US Fender people are referring to when they say "The Japanese Squires were better built than the US Fenders of the time"

It is from the absolute pinnacle of Fender cost cutting, hence the one piece plastic scratchplate/control plate and other missing corners. Like all eras of Fender there are some good and some bad in terms of playing, but these ones were really built on the cheap by a largely disgruntled workforce. A bit like the British Leyland cars of the same era.
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...and those people were right!