Fender Jazz Bass (1975)
Overview
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- bass guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1975 to 1981
The Fender Jazz bass from 1975 to 1981 (CBS models) had a 3-bolt neck with bullet truss rod adjuster. These basses also had block fingerboard markers, with a white binding and block inlay option for maple fingerboards. The headstock logo was redesigned in 1976 and the serial number moved from neck plate to headstock logo. In 1977 the control knobs changed to black plastic with numbers.
The Fender Jazz bass had reverted to the 4 bolt neck and dot markers by 1983.
Specifications (14)
Body
| Body material | alder body, ash body |
| Body style | jazz bass body style |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | maple fingerboard, rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | block fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Tuner layout | four-in-a-row tuners |
General
| Number of strings | 4 strings |
| Scale length | 34 inches scale-length |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 single coil pickups |
Controls
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
