1967-68 FENDER JAZZ BASS

[99ster]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1967-68-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-RARE-100-original-w-case_W0QQitemZ170191126812QQihZ007QQcategoryZ64400QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m122"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1967-68-FENDER-JAZZ-...ksid=p1638.m122[/url]

What a beauty!
I've bought a number of things from this seller - he's definitely 'one of the good guys' on eBay - 100% trustworthy.

[bassaussie]

[quote name='99ster' post='133173' date='Feb 3 2008, 06:25 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1967-68-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-RARE-100-original-w-case_W0QQitemZ170191126812QQihZ007QQcategoryZ64400QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m122"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1967-68-FENDER-JAZZ-...ksid=p1638.m122[/url]

What a beauty!
I've bought a number of things from this seller - he's definitely 'one of the good guys' on eBay - 100% trustworthy.[/quote]


Nice bass, 99ster. It's actually got a feature that maybe you could she some light on.

As you (and the auction) have said, it's 67-8. I notice it's got the round tuners on it, which are correct for the period. However, in my (limited!) experience, I've noticed that the round tuners seem to only appear on 1966 Jazz basses, while they seem more prevalent on Precisions and Telecasters for the years '67 and '68.

Have I observed this correctly, or have I just encountered an unusual selection of instruments?

[99ster]

[quote name='bassaussie' post='133177' date='Feb 3 2008, 06:36 PM']Nice bass, 99ster. It's actually got a feature that maybe you could she some light on.

As you (and the auction) have said, it's 67-8. I notice it's got the round tuners on it, which are correct for the period. However, in my (limited!) experience, I've noticed that the round tuners seem to only appear on 1966 Jazz basses, while they seem more prevalent on Precisions and Telecasters for the years '67 and '68.

Have I observed this correctly, or have I just encountered an unusual selection of instruments?[/quote]

From what I've seen & read the 'paddle' tuners first appeared in 1966 & were used on Fender basses until 1969 at least. I've seen them on lots of Jazzes from that period, Mustang basses (I have a 66 Mustang with paddle tuners) & MkI Tele basses - but I don't think I've ever personally come across a Precision with Paddle tuners (or even seen any pictures) - I think they're very rare. But the last years of the 60's were an odd time for Fender basses - relatively few were made (not sure why?) & it was very much a period of transition - with new 70's parts & features mixing with stuff more often associated with 60's Fenders...