1982 Fender Jazz Bass - U.S. Reissue

Can you post some more photos?

 

Pic is really from too far away, but from a distance it looks like Fender Japan tuners. Definitely not Fender AVRI '82.

 

V11 would not be accurate for that early of a reissue. Beyond that those are defintely some sort of import tuners. There doesn't look to be a gloss finish of any kind (it looks to be satin) so that excludes it from even being an import reissue. So if that's the case than the neckplate with SN is a fake or was added which would make anything else on the bass questionable and the seller a liar. I would stay away from it.

 

No way. Either the owner thinks that is real and you might have to break the bad news to him, or he's trying to rip you off.

Tuners WRONG, finish WRONG, controls WRONG. That'd be enough evidence for me to pass

 

Here's the headstock of my 82 reissue

 

Neck pocket curve doesn't look quite right...it looks kinda of flat, right? Might not even be a fender.


What's the seller asking?

 

Anybody notice in the front pic of the bass the neck has one too many frets?
It's not a Fender neck.

 

Truss rod access is also at the headstock - WRONG for a 62RI. This thing is an epic fail.

 

Noooooo! it's a fake!

That is not even a real Fender bass. Someone stuck a repro decal on a really cheap Jazz copy.

 

That serial number is 10 years too late for it to be an '82. Should be V00.

I don't see any tint in the neck lacquer, which is wrong for early-90s AV reissue as the serial number seems to suggest it is.

21 frets is wrong.

The contour of the neck behind the nut is wrong for AV.

Tuners are wrong.

Body finish looks like poly, not nitro. Also wrong.

The cutaway is wrong, with no telltale router hump.

No grounding strip between bridge and bridge pickup. Also wrong.

What do you guys think? MIM?

 

Conveniently ...

No, they don't waste time trying to fool the educated, they just keep looking for a sucker.

Buyers must be extra vigilant these days. I've noticed an increase in fakes lately on various forums. Must have something to do with the economy. Desperation tends to erode integrity.

 

All of the above, plus ... gigbag? Where's the case? Who buys an AVRI and sells off the case so they can tote it around in a $15 gigbag? Also, the bridge is wrong.

 

Too many frets = fraud, not even a MIM.

I personally think it is a MIM knock-off (!!??!!), the guy or a previous owner put a Fender decal on it. The tuners and headstock scream Mexicano.

No buy.

 

has that been re-decaled? thats the wrong type face for an 82.

 

Well it had to be done at the factory cause that's where it came from to me.

I purchased the 1962 AV stack knob reissue from a friend who was a Fender dealer at the time back in 1982 and it was ordered from Fender. When it arrived it was still in the shipping package from Fender,I opened it up direct from Fender so if there seems to be a discrepancy with the logo it would purely be Fenders error.