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Fender Player Jazz Bass

Fender · Player Jazz Bass

Price: 13 EUR – 2.818 EUR

Price history 08.09.2026 19.09.2026
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Availability: 9/10 (Common)

Fender's current mainstream Mexican-made Jazz Bass, carrying the traditional dual single-coil layout and 4-bolt neck of the model at a more accessible manufacturing tier than the American Professional line.

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About the Fender Player Jazz Bass

The Player Jazz Bass keeps the two single-coil pickup formula that has defined the Jazz Bass since 1960 - one at the neck, one near the bridge, blended via separate volume controls and a shared tone knob - using Fender's Player-series Alnico 5 pickups. The neck carries Fender's 'Modern C' profile with a 9.5-inch fingerboard radius and narrow-tall frets, a spec shared across most Player-series instruments rather than something unique to the bass.

As the successor to the older Standard series in Fender's Mexican-made lineup, the Player Jazz Bass occupies the same market position: the primary entry point into a 'real' Fender Jazz Bass below the price of the American Professional II line, without the vintage-reissue specifications (like AVRI pickups or nitro finishes) reserved for Fender's higher-tier or Vintera lines.

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Sound character of the Fender Player Jazz Bass

The Player series' dual single-coil J pickups reproduce the classic scooped-mid, bright Jazz Bass voice, with Fender's updated Player-era pickup winding giving it slightly more output and punch than a vintage-spec equivalent.

Bright Scooped mids Punchy

Technical data for the Fender Player Jazz Bass

Pickups 2x single-coil (Player Series Alnico 5)
Neck Modern C, 9.5in radius
Origin Mexico
Neck joint 4-bolt

Price history for the Fender Player Jazz Bass

Cheapest seen: 13 EUR  ·  Most expensive seen: 2.818 EUR

2.819 EUR13 EUR 08.09.2026 14.09.202616.09.202617.09.2026 19.09.2026
Cheapest seen Most expensive seen

The history of the Fender Player Jazz Bass

The Player Jazz Bass is Fender's current mainstream Mexican-made Jazz Bass, using the traditional dual single-coil layout at a price point below the American Professional line.

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