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Posted (edited)

Hi All !

 

I've got a 76 natural FenderJazz bass, and a friend of mine told me it could't be an original natural because of the two router marks on the back.

For him, those marks are present on Solid bodies colors but never on naturals.

He also told me that  there's always somewhere on the body (neck pocket, under pickguard...) a stamp named NATURAL. But i don't see the stamp in most of natural Fender basses i can find... mine don't have it.

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But, i can see everywhere on the web naturals Fenders with those two router marks, and sold as 100 % originals basses (or guitars).

Some have not, but some have it.

 

Got it :

https://reverb.com/item/49554131-fender-jazz-bass-1976-natural

https://reverb.com/item/50492246-fender-jazz-bass-body-c-1975-natural-original-vintage-usa-cbs-j

https://reverb.com/item/39632249-fender-jazz-bass-1975-natural

https://reverb.com/item/51533779-fender-jazz-bass-1972-73

https://reverb.com/item/44529355-fender-jazz-bass-1975

 

Don't got it :

https://www.gbase.com/gear/fender-jazz-bass-1976-natural

 

Anyone have some informations about this ?

 

Best regards

Edited by MELLOW
Posted

I think you’ve answered your own question. The bodies were sprayed while hung by the neck pocket I believe so no difference if natural finish or colour. I’ve never seen a “natural” stamp.

 

Holes are probably for routing or carving stage as reggae suggests

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I’m not so sure these are router ‘marks’. I thought I could see in close up, the wood grain of the neck slot mark. A router head is much wider than these marks.

Posted (edited)

They only thing i'm sure isn't original is the wiring of the PU's.

And i can't check the PU's SN because of  the foams stamps (?) who are glued under them and i don't really want to remove them...

 

But i'm almost sure that it was an natural born bass.

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19 minutes ago, mybass said:

I’m not so sure these are router ‘marks’. I thought I could see in close up, the wood grain of the neck slot mark. A router head is much wider than these marks.

I think it’s probably where they pinned a router template on to rout the body shape/ contouring 

Posted
6 minutes ago, MELLOW said:

So it should be on all models  ?

Not 100% sure but before a certain year I’d say yes, here’s a 72 with the pin holes 

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3 hours ago, MELLOW said:

So it should be on all models  ?

Looks that way but it’d be hidden on those with a paint finish. There are also plenty of natural finishes that have been stripped

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I find this mark fascinating...you can't unsee it now.  I just spent the last 15 minutes looking at 70s Jazz Basses on Reverb; it's even visible on some of the more lighter-coloured sunbursts.

 

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I may be wrong but I reckon your bass must have come from the factory in natural. There is absolutely no trace of any paint at all on the body which suggests it was never a solid colour that was stripped. You can see in the neck pocket where the stick it was mounted on was positioned as it doesn't have any of the poly coating on. I'd say your friend is wrong.

 

Also, it's quite a nice looking piece of ash. I think they kept those for the natural finishes as used the 3/4 piece bodies with obvious join lines for the solid colours.

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13 hours ago, MELLOW said:

Marks on Strat are in another place.

They are well hidden then as I looked very closely and buggered if I can find any.

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8 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Surely if it was originally a solid colour it would have been alder?

I think by the mid '70s pretty much all the basses were ash - not sure I've ever seen an alder 'S' series bass, although they may well exist.

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