Is this American Standard worth it with fret wear?

American Standards are nice basses IME - never owned one but played several and did like them - but they are not exactly rare and I'm reasonably certain that you can do better price-wise. Patience is a virtue.

My $0.02 only...

 

The fret wear looks minimal to me but I think the price is a bit high.

 

“Minimal” fret ware is no big deal, but needing a fret leveling and crowning really soon means about a $200 price drop.

 

Well, the price has supposedly been lowered if I'm reading the ad correctly and it's still more than I would pay for that bass...

 

IMO, that one has minimal fret wear and shouldn't really have an effect on the price, albeit he's asking a bit too much for it. a slight level, recrown and polish of the frets would make it pretty much like new and shouldn't cost more than $120 to do by a competent luthier. unless they know how to do it properly, i wouldn't recommend having it done though, since many repairmen/luthiers that i've seen take too much off of the frets and it would've been better to just leave them alone.

 

Those frets aren't really worn other than its been played.

Price is high, keep looking.

 

Offer him $800. The frets aren't an issue, but the price is as has been previously stated.

 

I wouldn't pay over $800 for an American Standard unless it's NOS.

 

Yeah, price too high. Reverb lets you make offers though and since its been on there for 9 months they may be willing to take less.

 

Way expensive

 

Fret wear is minimal, don't worry about it. At most you'd want to get the frets level (part of a set up), and it'll be good for many years.

 

levelling etc should cost a LOT less than that.

And if you learn to do it yourself... a lot less it's not a big deal.

 

Those frets will be fine for years to come.

 

Way too much money, I would offer her $800 and she pays shipping. I'm pretty sure that's a woman's thumb in the picture.

 

Maybe... but I can guarantee it's not Tina Weymouth's thumb, with her giant sized man-hands...