Fender American Standard Jazz Bass

Check their website for all specs.......I got the teal with maple fretboard and white pickguard. features kick ass.

The sound on this bass is friggin amazing. Moving up from a 200 dollar yamaha to this was like having sex for the first time....I can get the phatest tones out of this thing. Slapping sounds amazing, and finger picking makes a sorta crunchy low tone..I love it. It can lay down a phat groove or some hard rock. It buzzes slightly when the pickups are up to their fullest setting but nothing to bad. It souns great through my bassman 100. I just cant get over the awesome tone of this thing.

When i bought the bass it was set up perfectly how i like it..Low action but not too low to where it buzzes. The pickups were the perfect height for playing and slapping. Everything was set up perfect...no flaws

My bass came with straplocks, which is a big plus for me cause i like to move around alot. The hardware seems able to stand up to live playing....i mean after al it is a fender jazz. this thing is bulletproof. I would use it without a backup cause i know its not gonna quit on me.

No problems yet

Overall this is one kick ass bass..the tone and playability of this thing is great. i love the feel of the neck and the way the bass fits my body. I compared this to a musicman 5 string, a washburn, and a hot rodded p bass,,,,,but i likes this one the most. Buy this bass

my fender jazz was manufactured at Corona,California in the spring of 2000.It's a 4 string for 20 fret.There are 3 controls,2volumes and 1 tone,but are enough for a good sound.the pick ups are 2 fender vintage j-bass, bi-pole,passive.they give to instrument a very clean sound.the bridge is a string-thru body,very good for a good sustain.the tuners are fender, with the "F" over everyone tuner.there is a rosewood scale,the neck is not very thin but not fat.the accessories are; a case (very beauty),fender strap,a fender cable,a truss-road tool,2humidifiers for he case,2 shaller's strap-stop and a fender cloth.

I play my fender jazz in a rock-crossover band. My amp is a marshall head+case with a boss bass-equalizer,a boss bass-overdrive and a boss bass-chorus.The instrument is not very noisy, but clear and brighty without any pedal. Whit equalizer there are a very good suond for slap and riff,the overdrive set at "dry" whit a good gain give a strong sound good for a big soundwall;it's better than a compressor.I use the chorus for acoustic songs or slow parts and for a global contourned sound.this set give to my j-bass a very versatile sound, warm and dark but also metallic and bright.

the bass set-up at the factory was well.I have changed only the strings:I have now 4 La Bella iron strings 45/108.the pick ups and all electronic parts are well adjusted. the good of this bass is on he finish,really perfect.

I play this j-bass from january of 2000.I dont'know the bass behaviour for the future.

this bass have a lifetime warranty.I don't ever repaired my J-bass

the overall rating is very good. fender is a quality mark. The only thing that i dislike is the weight:it's not light like a Ibanez soundgear! But don't become a problem if you play only this bass,the weight become natural.

1996 - 50th anniversary issue - American made

This is the whole reason I submit this review. Everyone knows what these things (and the P-basses) sound like, but I gotta tell ya: As soon as I got mine a horn player helped me line the knob and pickup cavities with copper foil shielding (actually the copper -available at industrial radio electronic stores- is in a sheet and had to be bent with pliers). This is the only way you'll get rid of that hum and be able to play in a place with fluorescent lights without interference. Fender should do this, but they don't.

Just fine. Be sure to get the locking strap peg set-up.

it's a warhorse!

Never had to...

It's either this thing for the skinny neck or a P-bass for the Duck Dunn sound if you're going with Fender (which is not to say the other basses aren't good).

2000 model, natural finish, swamp ash body (nice grain), maple fretboard, single coils, white p/g, string through body. Strap/straplocks, polishing cloth included. Classic jazz features. When you pick this up you either sound good or you suck. No added features to help you out. Very pure. All finger tone baby

I've been playing for 27 years. I've had a Stingray, Sabre (MusicMan), Marcus Miller Sig Bass. Let's talk about the sig bass for a minute. With everything that Fendeer Japan did to the sig bass, it can't compare to the pure punch, snap, growl, and flavor that the American Standard has. I realized now i should have been using Fender Jazzes because there are no surprises here. The bass is very light, weight wise, but has a very smooth bass tone the way a bass should sound. The reinforced graphite neck provides rigidity for a smooth crisp dinstinct tone. The bass just feels and sounds good. I will be adding a Aguilar OBP-1 to augment whats already there. I run it through a Eden 2x10xlt on top of a 4x10xlt with a SWR SM400. Very happy with the tone

I had to adjust the pickups a little when I got it. Looks like someone had been playing with them. But after a minor adjustment with a screwdriver everything was great. Other than that the action on the bass is very low but not fretbuzz and thats cool. Beautiful finish, gorgeous.

This is a Fender Jazz Made in America. The reputation speaks for itself.

Never had to use it.

27 years playing and I should have gotten a jazz a long time ago. But you live and learn. If it were lost or stolen, I would buy another. I love the fact that it's so lightweight, but punchy and meaty and sounds the way a bass should sound. There's no overly done electronics trying to create a sound/tone that wood, craftsmanship, pickups should take care of. I wish it had the chrome p/u conver like on the Marcus Miller sig bass. I will get one put on. I liked that.

This is my second American Standard Jazz listing here on ebay. I alos did a review on 1/16/2000.

2000 model with Ash body, natural finish, rosewood neck (third listing in a row with this look), graphite reinforced neck. The usual American Standard Jazz details and it came with a molded case.

I give it an 8 because of its limited features. Nothing too fancy, just how I like it!

The pickups are the Vintage Jazz single coils, so they are naturally noisier, but not terrible. Same as before, the pickups have a nice full sound. Nice for mellower tones and most rock music, I would not recommend them for harder music such as metal. It's not that it can't, I just wouldn't because you can get a more appropriate tone for Metal from either a different bass or better pickups than the stock. If you are looking for your traditional American Jazz Bass tone with some growl and snap then it's cool and you don't need to do or look for anything else.

The hum bothers me some, so I'm going to install some Vintage Noiseless from Fender with in a week. Look for a review in the Bass Pickups section, shortly.

I give the rating a 10 because of its classic Jazz Bass tone.

The body finish was GREAT. Overall, the Ash is very beautiful! There is a spot in the body wood that I might of rejected if I was Fender. Nothing major!!!

The rosewood fretboard is very grainy (GOOD). I've never seen rosewood with this beauty!!! Though my biggest complaint is with the rosewood fretboard. Why doesn't Fender season them before the leave the factory as part of the final QAQC? So, I had to oil the fretboard.

The overall construction and setup is great though!!! So I give this part a 9.

I think the reputation of American Jazz Basses speak a lot louder than I do. I think it will outlast me. I wouldn't use it without a backup
not because of a lack of faith in it but because of paranoia!! HAHA

Rock Solid Consrtuction earns this bass a 10.

Wouldn't know, never had to deal with Fender. But a limited lifetime warranty is nice.

I've been playing for about 10 years now. I also own a Music Man Stingray, US Fender Precision, US Jazz Bass, US Jazz Bass fretless and I use an Eden Nemesis 1X15 combo. If had to do it all over again I absolutely would buy this again. If I had to choose one bass this would be it. I've played Tobias, Yamaha, Ibanez, Washburn, Hamer,
Spector, Warwick, and many others, cheap and expensive and for the price and sound of it you can't beat it.

Natural finish, rosewood neck, all the usual Jazz details. Mine is a 2000 model, and came with a moulded case.

'Features' are limited really - OK, so it has good solid hardware, a strings-through-body bridge, sturdy controls and a graphite reinforced neck, but it's not a bass where you have to read the manual...

However, it's simplicity is not a bad thing. It's a 'pick up and plug in' bass. It's very sturdy, and the graphite in the neck means that when you break a string, the rest stay in tune.

I give it a 9 because it's minimalist feature set means that it's never any hastle - it sounds good and I don't have to think about it.

Ok, I play in a rock band where I need to funk out and get heavy occasionally. I use a 4x10" Trace Elliot Combo, with the amp set flat.

My tone has everyting I need: Enough punch to be heard but not too much to ruin quiet songs, enough warmth fill out the low end in my band and enough high end for a killer slap tone with the bridge pickup.

I use D'addario EXL165s. The origional strings gave the bass a real John Paul Jones sound :) but the EXLs have more top end (a better slap sound) and a smoother bottom end.

If I want bite, I just use the bridge pickup (great with a pick!!). For fignerstyle stuff I use both pickups. For slap, I can use both pickups for a subtle sound, or the just the bridge for an awesome funky, groovy sound.

The bass didn't have a very low action, but I like a bass to 'fight back' just a little bit - it helps me to get different sounds without changing any settings. I'm sure if you wanted a lower action you could get it, but that's not my thing.

The strings have a good tension, so the bass is very responsive to different playing styles. This bass is, to me, very playable.

The finish is very good (the natural wood looks fantastic), as is the fretwork. The workmanship in general is better than most basses, but the pickguard is a bit flimsy.

As I have said, this bass fells very solid, (especially the neck) and all the hardware is sturdy.

I can't afford a backup, but I probably wouldn't get one even if I could.

Lifetime warranty, I think. Can't imagine I'll be needing it.

The only bass I have played that that was better than my Jazz was a '77 Jazz which cost three times as much.

The US. Std. Jazz may not be for everyone, but for me, it is about perfect. It covers the tones I need, it's a joy to play and I don't have to worry too much about looking after it (I do, of course, but I don't *have* to).

I spent a long time saving to buy this bass, and I am completley happy with it. I would definitley buy it again.

The best thing is the tone - a lovely rich sound that seems to fit everything. The US. STd. Jazz is a very versatile bass, as thousands of recordings show. What ever sort of stuff you are doing, get one!!

I bought this Jazz Bass a couple of months ago and waited until I had a half dozen or so gigs under my belt before I reviewed it.

Its a '97 MIA Natural Ash with a rosewood fretboard.Like all my basses and guitars I buy almost totally on the neck and this has a beautiful neck. Fits like a good baseball glove.The pickups and tuners are all American Standard. I'll come back to the pickups in a minute.The white pickguard was kinda ugly with the nice ash finish so I swapped it for a black pickguard. Looks fabulous now...kind of a half vintage half Marcus Miller look.

I'm a Blues/R&B player and this fits my style very nicely. Classic and very versatile Jazz tone.The stock pickups were ok but I found them a little too growly/overdriven in the mids and the low end was a bit muddy for my taste.So I took them out after a couple of test gigs and put in Bartolini pickups. Significant difference..very, very clear at the bottom end and more balance in the mids. The top end remains pretty much the same as the stock pickups largely because I use Thomastik Jazz Flats to keep the edge off the highs anyway.

I use this Bass with my Eden 500 watt amp and Eden 410 cabinet and it delivers the kind of tonal range that you would expect from the versatile Jazz and the equally versatile Eden amp. They are a nice compliment.I can do a small room gig at low volume and mellow tone or I can crank it and thunder in a large venue.

Like I said, I bought it for the neck so obviously The neck is great. It was great before I had a pro set it up and its even nicer now. The body finish is flawless. The guy before me took exceptional care of this bass. The tuners are tight and stay in tune. I tune at the beginning of a gig and forget about tuning for the rest of the night. The tone control was a little loose but not a problem and was fixed in about two minutes.
I'm not critisizing the high end bass makers who make the "perfect" Jazz Bass copies but I really don't see the extra value in a three grand bass over this one ( after I changed pickups).But I must say, like all Fender basses and guitars you have to try a bunch of them to find "yours". They can be very inconsistent.I certainly found "my" Jazz Bass.

This is a working bass and I expect that it will be very reliable.I've had a lot of Fender stuff over the years and haven't had any of it crap out in a gig.Backup? No way would I bring a backup bass.

Not applicable in this case but my Fender experience on this subject has been good.

Its a classic Fender Jazz Bass with improved pickups. If you're a Jazz Bass lover what else need to be said.

Originally this was your typical 1996 American Standard 4 string Jazz Bass. Black finish, rosewood fretboard, alder body, strings thru body, 2 passive vintage pickups, 2 vol, 1 tone, molded case, Am. Std everything, etc.
I changed the pickups to active EMG's. The pickups come with new electronics as well. This includes active bass, treble and master volume control. I will break down my review based on Modified and Original when appropriate.
Basic features, which is fine for an American Standard Jazz Bass. Nothing fancy. But I needed to change some things for my own personal taste.

I play everything from Jazz to Metal. The Jazz Bass performs well for most applications. If I had to choose one bass to own for a variety of music it would most likely be this one.
Original: The original pickups are single coils, so they are naturally noisier, but not terrible. The original pickups had a nice full sound. Nice for mellower tones and most rock music, I would not recommend them for harder hiting music such as Metal. It's not that it can't, I just wouldn't because you can get a better tone and power for Metal from either a different bass or better pickups than the stock. There isn't much useful tonal variation with the standard pickups and electronics, some but not much. But if you are looking for your traditional American J Bass tone with some growl and snap then it's cool and you don't need to do or look for anything else.
Modified: With the EMG's it's a lttle different story. The EMG's I have in it are dead silent when not being played. It has a better bottom end and highs then the original pickups. You can use it for any style of music with the EMG's. Mellow to hard, you will find it is suited well for everything. The treble and bass knobs have better response then the stock models single tone knob. These pickups have more growl and snap and can purr like a kitten like you wouldn't believe. Plus you can have traditional tone and a lot more tonal range (for slapping and bass depth) without adding a lot of effects to your sound.

I wouldn't know how well it was setup at the factory. I had that all changed before I took it home since I use a different gauge of strings then Fender does. Also, I can't stand Fender's stock strings. I used the original pickups for about 6 months before changing them and they were properly adjusted in my opinion. I did not notice any flaws in fretwork, controls, wood, finish or hardware.

I think the reputation of American Jazz Basses speak a lot louder than I do. I think it will outlast me and I'm 25. The finsih is holding up along with everything else but I've owned it only for 3 years. I wouldn't use it without a backup not because of a lack of faith in it. But because I own a MusicMan Stingray and I'll take it with me anyway.

Never needed it.

I've been playing for about 10 years now. I also own a Music Man Stingray and use an Eden Nemesis 1X15 with a 1X5 combo. If had to do it all over again I absolutely would. I'm going to buy another one this year. As I said earlier if I had to choose one bass this would be it. Also, if you are looking at the American Deluxe models in a Precision or Jazz Bass or anything else. I would take a look at the American Standard Jazz Bass and seriously consider adding active pickups, such as the EMG's. It will probably be cheaper and better. Also, don't forget the awesome neck on the Jazz Bass. It's definitely a PLUS. I've played Tobias, Yamaha, Ibanez, Washburn, Hamer, Spector, Warwick, and many others, cheap and expensive and for the price and sound of it you can't beat it.

Fender jazz, made in USA, dont know year. 20 frets (jumbo). 2 volume and 1 master tone. has 2 vintage J pickups. Passive. Alder body with maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. Truss rod access at neck heel. The finish is candy apple red, which is my favorite finish fender offers. String thru body, stainless steel saddles, deluxe schaller tuners. Came with a hard case. Looks, plays, and smells like a million bucks.

I play in a 3 piece pop-rock band, and this bass is great. I put it through a fender BXR 200 combo amp, and I can get a lot of different sounds; it's very versatile. I use a chorus effect nd it sounds great with the warm, p-bass like tone. I used to have a p-bass and let me tell you: I can get every sound out of the J that I could get out of the P plus MORE. THis bass is really great for a boingy punk sound or a warmer rock sound. Not noisy at all.

Action of course had to be adjusted, but now it feels awesome. No flaws at all, and every thing is impecible except for this miniscule piece of cloth (about a fourth of a millimeter by a fourth of a millimeter) that got caught between the paint and the finisher. This is so un noticable though that I dont even care in the least.

I would totally gig with the J without a backup. it's built like a tank! If you pay $700 for an american made fender, you need not worry about it BREAKING. this thing will probably last me and my kids the rest of our lives. Strap-lock ready buttons are solid and untouchable; everything is great. wont break ever.

lifetime warranty. that gets a 7 in my book

This bass is probably the best money I ever spent. I am in love with every part about it, even it's "flaws". I know that I will play this bass for the rest of my musical career, and let me tell you, thats a GOOD feeling. If it were stolen I would: 1. cry. 2. bust a cap in da thief's nappy ass 3. buy 8 more cuz they are so great.
overall, this value is unbeatable. I would pay 1000 dollars for this bass, luckily I got it for 700

American made, 20 medium jumbo frets, Controls: 2 volume, one tone, 2 passive jazz pick-ups, alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, string-thru body bridge, Fender-Schaller tuners, hard shell case, 3-color tobacco sun-burst finish

The sounds that I get out of my jazz bass are perfect for what I play which is blues and classic rock. I have played some heavier music with it and I think it sounded great for that too. There is a great tonal range on this bass, it will play a muffled mellow tone but with one turn of the tone knob, it turns into a pretty good slap bass tone. I recently played on an active jazz bass and the slap tone was much better, but I don't play slap that much so it really isn't a problem. I couldn't seem to get the mellow tone out of the active jazz bass so I am glad that I got the passive electronics on mine. Overall the tonal range will satisfy most bass players.

Nearly everything was great from the factory. The one big thing is that the electronics were grounding out somehow inside and was cutting the output by quite a bit. I didn't realize it when I was playing it at the store but when I got home I found out that the output was way down. I have a 160-watt amp so I didn't realize it for a little while. I took it back to the store and Fender paid for all of it because it was still under warranty. This is a very rare thing so don't be turned off by this. Other than this insident, everything was set pretty good. I adjusted the pick-ups a little bit but they weren't that off.

I think this is one of the most reliable/durable basses ever built. It's big, heavy and indestructable. I think this thing will last longer than I will live. Everything is solid with a good feel. The neck never got warped when I changed strings or anything like that. I wouldn't ever play with a backup because I know it won't fail.

I had it fixed the one time and I din't pay a thing. This makes me happy as I am cheap. I never dealt with them directly, only through the store.

I can't say that I've played on tons of other basses, but so far, mine feels and sounds the best out of all that I have played on. I would recommend this bass to anybody. This is the first and only bass that I have ever bought but I had been playing on a friend's bass before the purchace, so I knew a fair amount about basses before I bought it. I don't think that I will ever sell this bass because I love it so much. I know that some people buy the Mexi-bass because it is cheaper, but the American Standard is well worth the price.