Fender American standard deluxe jazz bass

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Hi everyone. A work colleague of mine is on a overseas assignments in USA. His house mate has a. Jazzz American standard bass for sale one year old wants 1000 dollars for it would itbe a good buy? It's blemish free and only gigged a few times. Reason for selling is that. He. Upgrading to a 74 bass

[gjones]

That's £620 at today's rates. Duty on goods from the States (if your friend declares it or gets caught taking it through customs) is about 25% which would take it up to £775. I'm sure you could get a secondhand USA deluxe Jazz on Basschat or Ebay for less than that that. Tell him you'll buy it for $500.

Edited October 26, 2013 by gjones

[Lowender]

Check out the Squier J Deluxe. It's essentially the same bass at half the price but with a graphite fingerboard. Great bass!

[thebassist]

Is it one of these?

[url="http://www.fender.com/basses/jazz-bass/american-deluxe-jazz-bass-rosewood-fingerboard-3-color-sunburst-3-ply-bwb-pickguard/"]http://www.fender.com/basses/jazz-bass/american-deluxe-jazz-bass-rosewood-fingerboard-3-color-sunburst-3-ply-bwb-pickguard/[/url]

[gsgbass]

2013 Fender American Deluxe Jazz
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[leroydiamond]

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Check out the Squier J Deluxe. It's essentially the same bass at half the price but with a graphite fingerboard. Great bass!
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Thought the fingerboard on these was ebanol as opposed to graphite?

[gsgbass]

If we're talking about the same graphite, the neck adjustment rods in the Fender MIA basses are graphite. I don't know of any Fender, or Squier boards made with graphite. They do use [color=#333333][font=open_sansregular, sans-serif]Ebonol on the board of the Squier [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=open_sansregular, sans-serif]Deluxe Jazz Bass. Fender doesn't list the material used on the Squier [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=open_sansregular, sans-serif]Deluxe Jazz Bass's neck adjustment rod.[/font][/color]