say brother, yes it's a fender. I had to get a new neck bc I wore out the other one. I actually took the frets out and after a while of round wounds from back in the day, it ate through the wood and started to buzz against the pearle inlay :-) so I got another neck for xmas at the time. Doesn't it sound great though? I love it. I also have a 76 3 bolt jazz fretted. Thanks for the comment bro, all is well, Mark