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A passive stingray will still sound like a stingray, but a bit more tame. It's the pickup type+position that define a good part of the sound. It will sound nowhere near a P.

That's a cool session! That performer bass would actually look great in Daphne Blue. Surprisingly how dark your nitro finished bass shows, but from what I've read the lacquers "load" with time.

For those interested; I gave it a shot with a UV light that I had lying around for ages and that just resurfaced a few weeks ago. It still works Pictures are not very good as it's hard to take sharp pictures, but it gives an overall idea. There are darker areas visible where you can expect usual where. So I assume the Lacquer has been touched up there at one point. The grain of the alder is also visible faintly. I'll give it another try at later on, and will examine my other basses the same way. It's quite fun I think.

A CS jazz always feels like getting home and putting on your sweatpants. So comfortable.. Enjoy!

NBD: Refin '65 Jazz. It's an awesome playing and sounding instrument. It has the most beautiful tort pickguard. It still has a brazilian rosewood fretboard, but pearl dots. The pots date to week 12 of 1965. It appears to be all original, except for a refinish and the screws that hold down the pickup covers (not pictured). Added nerd pictures that show how thoroughly the finish is stripped. There is no single sign to find of the previous (sunburst probably) finish that it started with. Or it started out as a blonde finish, which seems unlikely. In one of the pictures you see the round routermark on the back, which is also present near the back strapbutton. The square marking in the neckpocket is also a sign of authenticity. It's a pretty light bass too, that was an important feature on the checklist.

Too late, we're on our way now.

Anybody has an idea what these square punch markings are? They seem common on instruments from 1962-1965 from what I see. They don't have a fixed position. Maybe it could be left by some tool for painting or routing..

That looks awesome. Honeyburst is my favorite MM finish As the 3 band eq was introduced in 1987, it's probably not older than that. Assuming that the preamp is original. Maybe they had some fretless necks in the warehouse that they could fit in the orders for fretless basses for the upcoming years. (The control plate might be dated in the inside).

I guess '66 on the Mustang?