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Very nice. Not a bad weight either. Just over 9 lbs. Is Matt R in the house?

Been slobbering over this one on reverb

Beautiful!

It's not often you see a rosewood block inlay neck either.

Honestly,
when you land a good 70’s jazz, they are something else.
As said, a rosewood with pearl block inlays are a def a looker.
I have basically a 75 version of this one, same color,
by far my fav jazz I’ve ever have.
Maybe I should mentioned when I got it, I took it apart to check out the electronics
as I knew they weren’t original, still fender but from an uncertain era.
It so happened that the neck pickup was an old 60’s fender jazz with cloth wire.
The sweetest pickup and tone, and probably a good contributor to its tone.
I’m rambling, but when you have a good jazz, nothing like it.

Recently, I'm finding the inconsistencies in Fender's production in the 1970s more fascinating than annoying. It makes finds like this one, a fairly-light ash-bodied Jazz from the late 70's, even more special.

The body's also been so well constructed it almost looks like a one-piece body.

Just goes to show that any generalities about 70's Fenders are just that - generalities.

Speaking of, I've read a lot of comments poo-poo'ing the stability of 3-bolt neck plate, but the neck joint on the '76 Jazz I used to have was solid. Just my 2 cents.

Question - does this mean the body is more likely swamp ash and not Northern ash?

bbl wrote:Question - does this mean the body is more likely swamp ash and not Northern ash?

I seriously doubt it's Swamp Ash. It's not a given that all ash or northern ash instruments are boat anchors (or visa versa). My old G&L ASAT was swamp ash, and it weighed a ton.

bbl wrote:.Speaking of, I've read a lot of comments poo-poo'ing the stability of 3-bolt neck plate, but the neck joint on the '76 Jazz I used to have was solid. Just my 2 cents.

I believe it's more of an issue with neck pocket routing back in the day. Many neck pockets were sloppy and wide, and combined with only three neck screws holding it all together there would sometimes be room for the neck to move - especially of one put the micro tilt mechanism to use. When the pocket is tight, three screws are fine!