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Thanks @Cliff Edge, but you don't seem to know that it's something I'm known for and that I also wrote a mémoire (in French) about vintage instruments, which has been shared here. 😉 It's as hard to date a pre CBS, CBS or post CBS Fender than a Dan Smith era model and you have to take everything into account including stamps, known facts and the absolutely non reliable serial numbers. The instrument has to be disassembled to asses its origins and to be able to date it even if some are reluctant to do so. Check with my pseudo and you'll see that I've done this a lot of times just to help when others would have asked for money.

And to be totally complete, just in case, the Precision Bass never received the 3 bolts tilt neck with the bullet truss rod (introduced in June 1971), but the Telecaster Bass second version introduced in early 1972 was immediately fitted with this new "improved" system. That said 1974 as the transition year for the abovementioned system on the Jazz Bass is just a TalkBass statement... And there are certainly early example of 3 bolts Jazz Bass in the wild as usual with Fender.

Indeed, but I was simply giving the correct year of introduction of the 3 bolts tilt neck and bullet truss rod, not mentioning at all it was for the Jazz Bass. 😉

This is mine, bought the 6th of December 2023. I put an old original epoxied American Sadowsky VTC preamp that I had in the drawer as well as some brand new real deal original Sadowsky pickups. That said, it was already excellent sounding with the Chinese pickups and preamp. I also put a Sadowsky decal, but let everything else. The Sadowsky Portabag is also pictured @King Tut

A push-push, yes push-push as it's way easier and faster to use, for series/parallel would be better.

1971 for the 3 bolts necks by Fender. I clearly read 72 too. 😉

By pulling the bass knob, you enter the passive mode without tone control. If you want a tone control, you can buy the expensive VTC upgrade kit or do it yourself or put a Sadowsky VTC preamp. They come with the Sadowsky Portabag and the whole lot of goodies.

Nope, six coats, and he could thank Kevin Kaufman for making it right afterwards... https://ricksuchow.com/rebuilding-the-bass-of-doom-added-2-21

With an ebony tailpiece, it will look even more stunning!

Worth checking this very clever build:

Calling @dafonky for the original question. 😉

Maybe, like the Verdine White MetroExpress which is really good.

And the upper (E string side) holes for the thumb rest. 😉

Yes, I know they are pretty good and Mark is a truly honest person too, so no problem to get your money back indeed @TheStarsmith.

The bass you're interested in @TheStarsmith is out of stock at Bassdirect.co.uk... https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/fender-jazz-bass-gloss-black-1972-pre-owned/

For way less, you have, at the same place, a really fully original and beautiful 1976 Fender Jazz Bass. And here they say that it had been refinished in black "later scraped off" over the original Olympic White that has turned into the usual lovely creamy colour: https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/fender-jazz-bass-1976-olympic-white-pre-owned/

That said, what is interesting on this Jazz Bass is that it still is a 4 screws model, which is quite rare in 1974, but not unusual and deciphering the stamp makes it a real one: 02 means Jazz Bass, 01 means rosewood for the fingerboard, 52 is the last week (if it's not a 5, it can't be higher) of 4 so 74 and 3 is the day of the week, which is Wednesday. If it's really week 52 and 3rd day, it means this neck was made exactly on Christmas day of 1974...

It's a non original 1974 Fender Jazz Bass as the neck stamp attests it. As previously said, it's not what it's supposed to be. And the price tag is way too high.

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Great modification! Congratulations! But beware of the Apostrophe Police 🚓 🚨