Fake 2017 American Standard or genuine?

I too think that the AS’s were discontinued in 2016 as well. So Im not sure about this one, I will say the headstock looks a little wonky to me, and I may be wrong but I dont think the AS fenders read “Corona, California” on the Neck Plate.

Im gonna say this is either a decent looking fake, or a parts bass.

It does however appear to have a good looking case, may lend a hand to the fact of this just being a parts bass.

 

At a glance I'd say it looks authentic. Can't remember about the Corona, Ca stamp or not. Why not check the serial #?

 

Some recent years, fender replacement necks had the "00" after the year code.

So a 2019 replacement neck might have a serial of US1900xxxx rather than a neck that was shipped attached to a body would be US19xxxxxx

If you search the serial number of a replacement neck, nothing comes up (not even "2017 Elite replacement neck, Maple/Ebony"

 

Stratofear ships to Italy, so you could get a new USA neck with med jumbos for $350 USD and put it on any bass you like

NEW Fender American Precision P Bass Replacement Neck Maple Standard 0993602921

 

Wrong indeed. 2010 AS P-Bass here.

And you can check the serial of mine, US10099676.

See above.



But back on topic, it seems indeed to be a parts bass, I tried OP's serial again but with US before it and it didn't give any results. If it was built in the USA, you need to put US before the 8 digits.

 

My memory fails me yet again it seems.

 

Ah don't sweat it. I'll be the first to admit to having a dodgy memory. You just happened to be talking about a bass I've owned for a decade.

Turning back to the OP's pic, It seems to have everything from an AS, but the serial doesn't relate to anything. It has the correct Fender spaghetti logo, the correct finish on the neck (glossy frontside, satin back with no skunk stripe), the correct string-thru bridge.. The tuners are wrong though. They look like the american professional tuners.

 

Every individual component looks legit, it's just the package in which it goes together that's a bit strange.
My theory - I'm no expert - comes from the fact Fender has ALWAYS been a very resourceful company historically.
My reckoning is, one or more parts were leftover from the discontinued AmStd run, in the production changeover period between AmStd and AmPro, 2016/2017.
As such, they could have easily slapped a new S/N on a leftover part, assembled the bass from excess stock and shipped it out to a dealer, maybe to free up warehouse space.

 

Not sure about this but I think American Standards had 3-piece bodies.

 

Real or not, it's a gorgeous P.

 

Some do, but some also have 2 and maybe there are even a few rare ones with 1-piece. I wouldn't use that as a way to distinguish. I personally have a 2-piece body on mine (as far as I can tell) from 2014.

 

Looks real to me. Any chance it’s actually a Pro and the guy named it wrong?

 

The tuners are similar but not the same as my 2012 Standard.