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Post subject: Fender JazzBass or Fake JazzBass?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:01 pm
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Please help me... It's an old, worn, repainted "jazz bass"... I don't know if it's a Fender® Jazz Bass.

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Post subject: Re: Fender JazzBass or Fake JazzBass?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:30 pm
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Looks to be a Fender Mustang Bass or a copy of one. Measure scale length from the nut to the center of the bridge saddle travel and it should measure 30 inches.

No way is it a Jazz or a Jazz copy.

The string retainers on the headstock are not stock but everything else seems to be there except a missing screw on one of the tuners.

The serial isn't on the neckplate so it would have been on the headstock and now is gone. If legitimate Fender and that is the original neckplate it would have been made after mid 1976 when serials moved from the neckplate to a headstock decal. Since the original finish and decal are gone it really isn't collectible at all, but could be restored to be a good player. These were the best short scale basses Fender made.


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Post subject: Re: Fender JazzBass or Fake JazzBass?
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:37 am
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The nut and tuners are not original either. Not for a Mustang bass.

That nut should be replaced as it appears to have been located incorrectly.

Good luck with it.

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