These were made in 1996 to commemorate Fender's 50th Anniversary. Essentially it's an American Std. Jazz but it's "beautified" a bit.

It's an alder body with flamed maple venier top and back. All gold hardware. These were limited to only 500 pieces total. Mine is #J465 of J500. Overall it plays well, and has a great passive funk tone that I haven't heard from any other jazzes that I've played.

I bought it for the collectible value of the piece. But had it not been there, I would've bought the $575 American Standard Jazz.

Bottom line is it's an American Std. Jazz. It just looks nice.

Construction	90%
(I would expect more of an instrument of this stature)
Playability	90%
(Plays like all other jazz basses)
Appearance	98%
(The sunburst over the flamed maple + gold hardware makes it a looker)
Sound	90%
(Nice passive tone)
Value	50%
Cust. Service	80%
(Fender is a little stale at times)
Overall	75%
(It's a great sounding bass that Fender didn't even come close to the potent
ial it could've had)