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Fender American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

Fender · American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

Price: 1.000 EUR – 1.620 EUR

Price history 08.09.2026 19.09.2026
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Availability: 6/10 (Common)

The core US-made Jazz Bass Fender sold between 2008 and 2016, positioned as the brand's mainstream American Jazz Bass between the earlier American Series and the later American Professional generation.

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About the Fender American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

The American Standard Jazz Bass represented Fender's baseline US-made Jazz Bass for this eight-year window, built around an alder body, a C-shaped maple neck and a pair of vintage-style single-coil Jazz Bass pickups wired for the classic dual-volume-plus-tone control layout. Compared to the American Series it replaced, the American Standard introduced a slightly updated bridge and a satin urethane finish on the back of the neck for a faster feel, changes aimed at refining rather than reinventing the formula.

It occupies the middle of Fender's historical Jazz Bass hierarchy from this era: above the Mexican-made Standard Jazz Bass in build origin and hardware grade, but below the American Vintage reissues that targeted specific decades' exact specifications. When Fender restructured its US lineup in 2017, the American Standard name was retired in favor of American Professional, making surviving American Standard-era instruments a distinct, bounded generation rather than an ongoing model line.

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Sound character of the Fender American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

Built around an alder body and vintage-style dual single-coil J-Bass pickups, this US-made baseline model delivers the bright, articulate, punchy Jazz Bass voice of Fender's American line without the noiseless-pickup or compound-radius refinements added by the later American Elite series.

Bright Punchy Full-bodied

Technical data for the Fender American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

Body Alder
Neck Maple, C profile, satin urethane back
Pickups 2x single-coil (Jazz Bass style)
Origin USA
Years 2008-2016

Price history for the Fender American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

Cheapest seen: 1.000 EUR  ·  Most expensive seen: 1.620 EUR

1.999 EUR988 EUR 08.09.2026 15.09.202616.09.202617.09.2026 19.09.2026
Cheapest seen Most expensive seen

The history of the Fender American Standard Jazz Bass 2008 - 2016

Sold from 2008 to 2016, the American Standard Jazz Bass was Fender's mainstream US-made Jazz Bass of that era, positioned between the earlier American Series and the 2017 American Professional relaunch.

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