This 1997 Fender American Standard Jazz Bass features a 2-piece alder body in Fender's classic black finish. During the 1990's, Fender was pairing the American Standard line with a pretty slim "C' neck profile, and this particular neck has a nut width of 1.51" with a fair amount of shoulder that begins to taper out starting at the 5th fret. The maple neck has a good amount of wave in the grain that helps compliment the tapered neck profile. At some point in this bass's life, the original white pickguard was swapped out with an aftermarket tortoise shell guard with a zero-mod thumb rest.
This 1997 American Standard Jazz bass is in very good condition. The body shows dings, dents, and scratches across. The top has multiple scratch marks from picking on the top edge of the guitar above the thumb rest. The fretboard's finish has begun to chip on both sides from the first to the last fret. The clear coat over the side fret markers has started to fade away in multiple sections.
