American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®

Series: American Vintage The American Vintage series introduces an all-new lineup of original-era model year guitars and basses that Body Material: Alder, Ash (821) bring Fender history and heritage to authentic and exciting new life. With key features and pivotal design Body Finish: Urethane elements spanning the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s,

Neck: Maple, "U"-Shape new American Vintage series instruments delve deep into Fender's roots--expertly preserving an innovative Neck Finish: Urethane U.S. guitar-making legacy and vividly demonstrating like never before that Fender not only knows where it's Fingerboard: Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood available on all colors; Bound going, but also remembers where it came from. 1-Piece Maple available on (805) and (821), 7.25" (18.41 cm) Radius The American Vintage Series has long presented some Frets: 20, Vintage-Style of Fender's best-selling guitars and basses (their

Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm) early-'80s introduction, in fact, was one of the first signs that Fender was "back" as the CBS era ended). Today, Nut Width: 1.475" (37.46 mm) Fender has boldly cleared the slate to make way for a fresh American Vintage series with new features, new String Nut: Bone specs and the most meticulous level of vintage

Truss Rod: Vintage-Style accuracy yet. Rather than just replacing the previous models with different ones, we've completely and Pickups: American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass Single-Coil (Bridge and Neck) comprehensively re-imagined the entire vintage-reissue concept--restoring original tooling dies, voicing new Tuning Machines: American Vintage '70s Fender-Stamped Open-Gear pickups, reformulating vintage colors and more--based on actual vintage guitars and basses we tracked down Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone to make sure we had it right. We did the work, and it shows, because there's pure magic in each new Control Knobs: Black Plastic American Vintage instrument. Bridge: American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles Significant changes were afoot in 1974 for the Jazz Hardware: Nickel/Chrome Bass. The bridge pickup had been moved about half an inch closer to the bridge only the year before, and 1974 Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black on (800), (805) and (821); 3 Ply saw the last of the four-bolt necks for quite a while. White/Black/White on (806) Further, the slim "C"-shaped maple neck was

Strings: Fender® USA 7250M, NPS, (.045, .065, .085, .105 Gauges) re-sculpted with a meatier U-shaped profile (and acquired a walnut "skunk" stripe), white fingerboard Other Features: Mounted Chrome Pickup and "F" Bridge Cover with Vintage- binding and pearl block inlays made their first

Accurate Positioning, Upper-Mounted Thumb Rest, "Bullet" Truss Rod appearance, and black pickguards replaced their Adjustment, Four-Bolt "F" Neck Plate, Walnut "Skunk" Stripe, White longstanding tortoiseshell predecessors. Neck Binding with White Pearloid Block Position Inlays The American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass encompasses all Case/Gig Bag: Vintage Black Case with Orange Interior of the above and is the sole member of the new American Vintage bass lineup to offer a choice of maple and round-laminated rosewood fingerboards, each with white binding, pearl block inlays and 20 vintage-style frets. Other authentic features include a urethane-finished alder body (ash on Natural-finish model), three-ply black/white/black pickguard (three-ply white/black/white on Black model), new American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups, upper-mounted thumb rest, vintage-style bridge with single-groove steel "barrel" saddles, '70s-style "Fender"-stamped open-gear tuners, four-bolt "F"-stamped neck plate, chrome pickup and "F"-stamped bridge covers with vintage-accurate positioning, and more. Available in 3-color Sunburst, Olympic White, Black and Natural.

Confidential dealer-only pricing information. Prices and specifications subject to change without notice. © 2012 FMIC. All rights reserved Jazz Bass®, J Bass®, and the distinctive headstock and body designs commonly found on these guitars are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved. Part # Description UPC Code American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®, Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood Fingerboard, 3-Color 0191030800 885978279104 Sunburst 0191030805 American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®, Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood Fingerboard, 885978279111

0191030806 American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®, Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood, Black 885978279128

0191030821 American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®, Bound Round-Laminated Rosewood, Natural 885978279135

0191032805 American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®, Maple Fingerboard, Olympic White 885978290369

0191032821 American Vintage '74 Jazz Bass®, Maple Fingerboard, Natural 885978290383