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Creeper

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1972 all original Fender Jazz, with the original case, she’s aged beautifully with great looking wear and checking all over, she was Olympic white but is now a gorgeous buttermilk colour with the most beautiful piece of tort I’ve seen, I think my soul was a small price to pay.

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She certainly is a beauty, I’m loving the black binding and blocks, unfortunately the daughters sportsday is just about to get in the way of my playing!!

i suppose I should also include a photo or two of the back 😁

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Soul sold but no virtuoso playing, and I have no soul left to sell....

frets are in very good condition and have just been dressed, and no signs of a refret that I can see, there is a bit of wear on the maple fretboard, but I quite like that too, the metal is all original as is the case 😁

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7 minutes ago, gary mac said:

That era tort is so lovely.

It does mean I can't buy a modern bass with a tort guard, as just about variation of it now is just 'orrid. 

Only thing which comes close is spitfire, but for the cost of one of those yo may as well seek out a vintage one.

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9 minutes ago, gary mac said:

That era tort is so lovely.

It does mean I can't buy a modern bass with a tort guard, as just about variation of it now is just 'orrid. 

Proper old tort has it's disadvantages..

The tort on my 64 Precision is quite something to behold - almost 3D in the flesh - but it shrinks. Man does it shrink as it out-gasses. Some of the screws in mine are getting on for a 45 degree angle - I was brave and 'reprofiled' the holes and metal plate a bit to keep the original tort on, but there will come a day when really the only option will be a Spitfire replacement..

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I did a little research from seeing this to purchase in terms of the dates that Fender did the black binding and blocks (other than reissues!)  which I understand to be only between 71-73, does anyone have any more info on this or own a black block and binding jazz from the 70s???

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3 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Slightly confused: a 72 would be a poly finish so was it stripped and re-done with a nitro refinish?

There's poly and then there's poly. And strictly speaking there's no such thing as a poly finish really..

The Urethane coatings fender started using in the mid to late 60's and into the early 70's are very very different to the finishes you get nowadays, and especially on the classic thick Japanese 'poly' finish from the 80's and 90's.

Fender wouldn't have used the finish used on this one after the Fullerton plant closed in the early 80's - but I've seen plenty for which the wear, checking, shrinking, chipping and scraping can be just like this one.

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