Identifying Fender Jazz body

[MotorCityMinion]

Yuk, steel wool shavings. Somebody here should be able to tell if that's a Mexican PU.

 

[J-Bass RMR]

Yep my 2009 Am. Std. Jazz has that too.

Is the route continuous from the PU cavity to the control cavity on the MIAs? just curious.

On some off the earlier MIMs the Neck & Bridge PUs were the same width, so I would check that.

I agree - I wouldn't get too hung up on it.
A good set-up would be the most important thing for you at this point.

That said, the bigger issue for me would be - if the seller represented the bass as MIA, and you paid an MIA price for a parts bass, I would have that discussion with the seller.

 

[petermwright]

Is the route continuous from the PU cavity to the control cavity on the MIAs? just curious.

Yes, from the neck pickup to the control cavity. Both the 2009 Jazz I mentioned and my 2023 Am Pro II have that. The 2009 Am Std also has the circular one, whereas the Am Pro II doesn’t.

 

[Deleted member 271037]

Looking at that solder job, it's clear someone besides the Fender factory did it. But I agree about the body being a MIM due to the CNC hole.

It could be the original soldering IMO. MIM basses can be pretty sloppy inside and it looks like the wires are looped around/inside the holes in the terminals on the pots/jack. That's typical Fender MIM soldering and EXTREMELY annoying when you need to unsolder the wires.

The pots and the cap definitely looks like the type Fender use.

 

[Deleted member 271037]

Here they lay bare... Did not want to pull on the neck p.u. so it still sits inside its cover. Bridge came out by itself.View attachment 5352820 View attachment 5352821

These are definitely ceramic pickups (bar magnet under the pickup). The MIM Standards used ceramic pickups. Fender upgraded to alnico pickups (where the pole pieces are the magnets) in the MIM Players. Which means these are most likely stock MIM Standard pickups.

Some bass players like the stock ceramic pickups in the MIM Standards but I think most of us will agree that a decent set of alnico pickups will be an upgrade. Especially if you're looking for a classic, "vintage" Jazz Bass tone.

 

[MonetBass]

It could be the original soldering IMO. MIM basses can be pretty sloppy inside and it looks like the wires are looped around/inside the holes in the terminals on the pots/jack. That's typical Fender MIM soldering and EXTREMELY annoying when you need to unsolder the wires.

The pots and the cap definitely looks like the type Fender use.

Not really. My 2021 MIM Jazz has soldering that's as clean as can be.

 

[Dottore]

Thanks again for all this info. I will see a tech to check the sloppy soldering next week.

 

[Dottore]

Hi folks, here I am again with a little follow-up on my question about identifying my jazz bass body. Does that stamped number 58291 shed any light? Unfortunately the date stamp is partly unreadable.

 

[Dottore]

Question was answered by a very friendly guy from Fender Musical Instruments. The body is 'a genuine Mexican Fender body'.

All of you thanks for the great feedback and suggestions.