So this "Sherwood Green" thing... Fender or ???

most likely......no

 

Do you really want to go to to the trouble to tear that apart? As always, if it's a nice player it might be a consideration.

 

2013 American Standard Jazz Bass was offered in Jade Pearl Metallic as was its 5 string counterpart. It would really bother me if there are no numbers on the back of the head.

 

JPM was only offered on American J basses, this aint one of those

 

I believe in the early 80s Fender used this color for a bass, and a bit in the 90s for The Strat.

 

Squier offered that color.
I'd have to think Fender did, too.

 

The headstock looks wrong.

 

I don't see any serial numbers on it. PASS!

 

Agree completely! Look at it and compare with a real one and the contour is all wrong.

 

100% FAKE!

 

What's the value? That's much more important to me vs is it real or not. If its a player and its a fair trade I'd jump on it. Plenty of guys here playing parts bases and loving them. I would check it out in person and plug it in.

 

Well based on the tuners and the headstock truss access it is likely some sort of import neck. The decal was added so it's likely a Squier neck that has the identifying marks sanded off and the Fender decal applied. The body and electronics are unknown. I would probably put a price on it of $150 tops if it played nicely.

 

70's logo on headstock but no block inlays? It's a fake

 

Sounds about right to me. Squier or not, it's a parts bass and the hardware does not suggest it's a top quality instrument.
It may, indeed, be a great player but that doesn't mean it has any more monetary value than any other parts bass of similar quality.

 

It's a generic Chinese fake that costs about $70 *NEW*, shipped, sometimes with a cheap cable included, so actual "instrument" value more like $30. Bunk tuners, pots, bridge, etc.

Could be fun to have, or use as a backup, but not worth more than $10-25 MAX in trade and I respectfully suggest that if you have any morals you'll sand the logo off before passing it along someday unlike the wannabe POS scammer that's trying to trade it to you.

The whole "I can't find a serial number" is blatant "doth protest too much, me thinks". The wannabe scammer seems to have a wall full of fakes, and likely knows it's a fake. No one with a wall full of real Strats, even if MIM or Squier, is stupid enough to think that bass is legit much less with no visible serial #. I mean that as a goodwill compliment to the wannabe scammer's intelligence, not as an accusation, but he could just be a moron.

If you do check it out, maybe ask him directly if he's sure it's legit. If he says yes, I'd say "I trust you, because if it turns out to be fake I know where you live so only a total idiot would try to pass off a fake to a cop ... by the way, can I check out those sweet-looking Strats?"

Get some entertainment if you're gonna waste your time driving across town.

 

That '70's era decal is easy to get. Also, a real Jazz wouldn't have chrome knobs, but most copies and kits come so equipped like my Saga Jazz kit.

 

Definitely a fake