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You don't need any birthday/Christmas gift excuse. You deserve it!!

How could it be wrong? DO IT DO IT DO IT

Worth looking at his performance from Glastonbury 1971. I don’t know how to post a link. Very loose band but a great voice, and a nice blackguard Tele. Great to see him still performing. Thanks for the extra info DrTStingray. Not a typical peters&Lee stablemate, I agree.

It was. Terry Reid was outstanding.

I have a fretless sunburst '79 pre EB Stingray I bought off Pino and it enables me to play just like him. Not all listeners agree.

Magnificent! Mods, please lock the thread. There is nowhere left to go.

It's a bass. Keep it. Buy others.

By coincidence, onehandclapping, I have some similar jazz basses ( previously posted using photo bucket so images now gone) The white one is '62, the sunburst is '64 and the CAR is '65, all with original finishes. Whether this is appropriate for this thread I am not sure, but I also have a '62 with a replaced fretless fingerboard and refinish. I much prefer older instruments to have plenty of wear. It removes the sense of responsibility for keeping them pristine, making them more likely to be used, like yours. have a great birthday !! BTW, Please add me to the list of inerested parties if you ever decide to sell your '63😀

Great collection. The matching headstock 63 looks fantastic. Just the right amount of wear . Do you still have them?

To answer the OP, I am pretty sure the bass you have been offered has been put together from period correct components. I have never heard of a maple neck '62 jv reissue. Interesting question from musicbassman. A quick check on the 21frets website shows JV03197, a large Fender-logo rosewood fretboard Precision bass. They are out there, but I did have to check, and I do remember seeing large Fender-logo versions of all the other guitar and bass types, so perhaps the '62 Precision large Fender-logo version is less common. Certainly, I have the large logo 62 Jazz (JV08875) have had the large logo 62 strat (serial number within 50 of the Jazz bass and identical wood) and seen numerous 57 strat and precisions with the large Fender logo.

My local shop to work is bass gallery. So all good. I don't buy brand new basses, only really vintage now, so a great environment and stock. I do make a point of buying my strings there also. I know I could pay a little less, but I value the facility, advice & service so I see no reason to quibble. I don't ever try gear in a shop then buy it online. If you are happy to buy without trying first, you have earned the discount.

Picture would be good, if you have a wide-angle lens😀

modified 62 top Pino Stingray 64 Jazz Family photo of the remainder, 65 and 62 2nd and 4th from left respectively. Thanks to Mark for assistance with image and kind comments below🙂

As everyone else is in confessional mode, I have 10; '62 Jazz Bass defretted and refinished '62 Jazz Bass Oly white '64 Jazz Bass Sunburst '65 L series Jazz Bass CAR matching headstock '79 Stingray Sunburst fretless ex Pino '82 jv Squier Jazz Bass Sunburst large Fender logo bought in '83 '84 jv Squier Jazz Bass Oly white bought new '84 ish Tokai Jazz Sound fretless Godin A5 fretless Washburn AB10 Also have a 66 Tele for when the mood takes me, if such heresy is permitted here, mods feel free to remove

Hold out for an original 80s tokai. I have an 80s tokai jazz and it is the equal to my jv squiers. you will have no regrets, nor should you lose money

I've bought 10 of which I still have 8, so am part of the solution not the problem.

+1 for DRs. I have Hi-Beams on all my jazz basses. Stay bright for ages.

You still would, don't deny it.

C'mon Rick, who are you trying to kid? You know you would have the two nice stack knobs AND this if circumstance permitted....... I'd be very interested to hear the opinion of anyone who has played it.

Here is the link https://jayrosen.com/collections/fender-basses/products/1959-fender-jazz-bass-sunburst I'd give it house room.

There is a very interesting listing on the website of Jay Rosen in the US of what looks like a prototype Jazz Bass. Advertised at $78250 I don't expect it will be there very long. I don't seem to be able to paste a link from my phone, but it is well worth a look.

It always does. Any time a thread with a title such "as are you bothered if you ding your relic bass", it is inevitably hijacked, often in a good natured way, such as here, other times less so, by posters expressing their distaste for relic basses, and passing judgement "sad" etc - often less pleasant on the instruments and those that buy them. It is seemingly not possible to have a discussion about some aspect of relic basses without it, If a thread is on a subject I'm not interested in, I don't bother posting that I don't like it,, because that would seem to me a tedious and oppressive waste of time for those that are and would like to enjoy an exchange of views on it. Further, passing judgement on posters based on the finish they prefer on their bass, as has often happened in other threads on the subject, is sad. It might be described as "bassism" i don't have a relic bass, Im so grateful that by your standards I have a life

Yeah, you'd have to be pretty gullible to buy a relic bass, right?

My position exactly. Also why I like quite feral originals too; if they are already quite damaged, who cares about a few extra dings apart from th neck. The worst dent on a pristine bass is the first, so why have that to look forward to?