Fender Jazz Bass, Japanse or American Vintage??

Pics would help

 

But the emperor has no clothes!

Fender:
AMERICAN VINTAGE '62 JAZZ BASS® (1999-2012) <<< NOTE YEARS OF ISSUE!
Serial #: V062393
Brand: Fender

Serial Decoder UK:
Results for V062393
This US guitar is a Custom Shop Instrument ('Vintage Reissue').
Unfortunately these cannot be dated by serial number

 

Where is the serial number located?


U.S.

 

Sounds like American Vintage:
Another AVRI dating issue

 

It looks US made to me.

 

I could be wrong but looking at the neck pocket it appears that this may have been Sunburst originally.

 

how 'bout pics of the whole entire instrument?

 

hi Hilko

It certainly looks like an AV!

I can't tell without a sound sample!

(late) happy new year

Wise(b)ass

 

Truss rod looks fairly tightened up to me, some of those AV necks took a bit of straightening and were quite temperature sensitive which is way I stopped using them. I tried three before I stopped, but QC may have improved since that was a while ago. Never had the same problem with Japanese ones. If it was mine I would probably pop a couple of washers into the truss rod cavity and put in a new truss rod nut (just because I am anal about these things ).

 

Its a US made AVRI 62,refinished.

 

Yep, the way that truss rod nut is buried very deeply would concern me. Hopefully he’s checked that it’s not maxed out.

 

That's a nice looking piece of rosewood on that fingerboard

 

I don’t understand... what made you think it was Japanese in the first place ?

 

There wasn't ever any such thing as an American Vintage ("AV") '62 Jazz Bass. The American Vintage Series ran from very late 2012 through 2017, and the Jazz Bass in that line was called the '64, with a Round-Lam board, tan dots, and Flash Coat finish (Fender's in-house name for the same finish process used on Wildwood Thinskins). The '62 was an American Vintage Reissue ("AVRI") from 1999 through 2012. And the U.S. made reissue series was simply called the "Vintage Series" from the '80s (when it was first introduced) through '98. The '60s Jazz in that line was a '62 slab board as well.