Fender Deluxe Jazz

[BarnacleBob]

Have been offered a Fender Deluxe Jazz - but not one like I've seen before - it has a Quilted maple cap, is active (18V?), blocks, binding, 4 controls (1 stacked) not sure of year and is nice and light and in mint condition - reminds me of a Victor Bailey (but that has dots and no binding)
They are asking £900 is that good or bad or whatever? Looking for something Jazzy to replace my Blade B3 which is unbeleivably heavy.


Cheers

BB

Edited March 20, 2010 by BarnacleBob

[Mokl]

If it has 24 frets it is possibly a Mexican Jazz 24 QMT which were released a few years back. Should be a nice bass, but £900 sounds quite high to me as they were a lot less than that new. Of course it may be something else and I could be wrong!

[BarnacleBob]

It is USA and 22 frets(99% sure)


BB

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='BarnacleBob' post='780645' date='Mar 20 2010, 11:38 AM']It is USA and 22 frets(99% sure)


BB[/quote]

With blocks and binding it's going to be a Deluxe QMT, similar to this:
[url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/preowned_guitars_detail.asp?stock=px-NE15RS37"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/preowned_gui...ock=px-NE15RS37[/url]

Lovely basses, my friend has one.

[BarnacleBob]

[quote name='bassmanady' post='780685' date='Mar 20 2010, 12:19 PM']I had one,...only complaint..i found it to be a bit neck heavy...[/quote]


Well, no wonder. It had the wrong number of tuning keys on it!


BB

[merello]

If you are in so much doubt as to ask here, I wouldn't.

[Heartbreaker]

[attachment=45419:P1010630.JPG]It sounds like an American Deluxe Jazz Bass FMT, comes in Flamed or Quilt maple tops 18v active & is if so certainly worth £900 smackers. They will have Vintage Noiseless pups if its a 02-04 or will have the SCN pups if its 04 onwards. I have an 02 (picture atatched) & its light, looks stunning, plays like no other Jazz with loads of tonal variation & has overtaken my 96 Custom Shop American Delux Jazz as my main gigging instrament. I notice that Fender are just introducing a new range of American Deluxe basses with yet again an upgrade to N3 pups & new pre amp whatever these are.

[basshead56]

[quote name='Mokl' post='780643' date='Mar 20 2010, 11:36 AM']If it has 24 frets it is possibly a Mexican Jazz 24 QMT which were released a few years back. Should be a nice bass, but £900 sounds quite high to me as they were a lot less than that new. Of course it may be something else and I could be wrong![/quote]


Think that one was actually made in Korea.
Came in Quilted Tobacco (4 or 5 string) and flat black
They also had Duncan Basslines pups

This one sounds like an American Deluxe Jazz FMT
900 is a little steep for a second hand one, though I have seen a few go for close to that.
I would be more likely to go for one around the 650-800 mark

[JTUK]

I don't see this as a bad direction for Fender to go..ie, towards a super jazz, but please do something about that woeful effort of a bridge.
It looks totally out of place with the rest of the design, IMV