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Post subject: Is this a Fender Jazz Bass?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:09 am
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I have had this bass since High School and no one has ever been able to tell me what it really is. It is badged a Jazz bass, but our expert here in town believes it to be something else. Any thoughts?

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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:04 am
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How long ago was it that you were in highschool exactly? that could give a rough estimate of its age which would help.

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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:39 am
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Graduated in 2000. Played it from 96 on it was bought in a music store in nyc long before I was in school though...


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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:09 pm
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That is a asian made bass with a Jazz bass decal applied to it.

The pickups are not Fender and the neck and truss rod are not Fender.

This is the reason Fender stopped giving out decals without verifying the originality of a bass.
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:05 am
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Headstock is the wrong shape, the decal is wrong, the truss rod adjuster is wrong, the pickups are wrong, the knobs are wrong. A nice Japanese copy from the 1970s I believe.


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