A Natural Jazzer!

This very lightweight four-string Jazz Bass weighs just 10.40 lbs. and has a very narrow nut width (compared to the Precision Bass) of just under 1 1/2 inches and a scale length of 34 inches. Solid ash body, one-piece fretted maple neck with 20 frets and inlaid pearloid block position markers and single white binding. Headstock with large type "C" decal under the finish (with "Fender" in black with gold trim, four patent numbers and "Jazz Bass" in black below, and with "Offset Contour Body Patented" at the ball end of the headstock). Single round string tree. Individual Fender tuners with registered trademark above the Fender logo and cloverleaf metal buttons. Four-bolt neck plate with the Fender backward "F" logo and serial number above it ("621974"). Two eight-polepiece pickups with outputs of 6.51k and 7.95k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard. Three controls (two volume blend controls, one for each pickup, and one master tone) and jack socket, all on metal plate adjoining pickguard. Black plastic knobs with white markings. With the original thumb rest on the bass side of pickguard. Combined four-saddle bridge/tailpiece. With both original bass pickup and bridge pickup covers. The neck is dated: "02 03 35 4 2" (August 27, 1974). The pot codes are "1377429." This guitar is in near mint condition, with only a couple of tiny scratches and one single line of finish checking on the back. The ash body has spectacular graining on it. Housed in its original Fender black hardshell case with red plush lining (9.00).

"After the introduction of the Jazzmaster in 1958, Fender needed an upscale model to augment the bass line. In 1960, Leo's new Jazz Bass borrowed the offset waist and part of the name from the Jazzmaster. It also featured a narrower neck width, which was faster playing than the Precision Bass" (J.W. Black and Albert Molinaro, The Fender Bass, p. 25).