2000 Fender American Jazz advice please

[Jonesy64]

I have the possibility to do an exchange for a 2000 built American Jazz.

I have seen it and had a quick play and found it really nice. I plan to go ahead with the exchange but I have read that pre-2008(?) American builds are a bit hit and miss.

I'm going back to have another viewing and a longer play on it, probably midweek.....is there anything I should be paying particular attention to or looking out for?

The item I am exchanging (an amp head) is worth around £600. Is that a decent price for a 2000 Jazz? Condition is very good by the way, just some buckle rash and and a scratched(!) scratchplate. Nothing else stood out when I saw it recently.

Thanks in advance.

[Dom in Dorset]

I've got a 2006, if memory serves I payed about £600 (from the research I did that was a fairly good deal)
It was second hand but looked virtually untouched , the set up was appalling but with a little patience it turned out to be the dogs dooh dahs. The fit and finish is great and all my basses have to be set up like this one now.

[jezzaboy]

I would say that 550-600 is round about the going rate. If you have played the Jazz and liked it, then get it. Any mass produced guitar maker can have the odd duff one.