Vintage fender help

[glutah]

I have a fender pbass with 70 pots and a 69 neck plate and this is what the neck says, what year is this bass?

[og61pbass]

may 23 1998 ???

[og61pbass]

if you have the ser. number theres a website that can tell you what year your bass is,I'm trying to remember the name of the site??? when I get home tonite I'll give you the website...

[Dluxe]

5 is Precision bass the 230 is supposed to be a batch number. 2 for February, 9 for 1969 and B for the width at nut.

[Stumbo]

Based on the latest date, it would be a '70. Fender used parts on hand and not necessarily specific order. The body could be from '70.

Like og61pbass said: What's the serial number?

[og61pbass]

wow I was way off...anyway the neck on my bass has the date in pencil not stamped,its vintage...

[glutah]

273960, neck code, just can't make out the neck numbers...

[ExaltBass]

Originally Posted by glutah

273960, neck code, just can't make out the neck numbers...

Serial seems '69 - but I'd go with the pot date codes. My '59's neck plate's serial number has a '58 date code, but a rosewood/maple neck... so, '59

[Kevin aka Kebo]

You never date off the pot codes. There wouldbe 10 zillion 1966 basses. As a dealer we use the latest date..

[the art guy]

Originally Posted by Kevin aka Kebo

You never date off the pot codes. There wouldbe 10 zillion 1966 basses. As a dealer we use the latest date..

Yeah, that's most likely a '70.

[WildBill987]

You could also take out the pickups to see if there is a date underneath the coils. I have a '69, and have just swapped the original pups back in, and they are late 68. The summer of love. Might be more of a hassle than you want, but it would be another point of reference.

[og61pbass]

ok here is that website:guitardaterproject.org click on fender click on pot and enter serial number of the bass not the pots and it should tell you what you want to know...

[og61pbass]

ok I went a head and did it for you,results: your bass was made at the fullerton factory in 1969...serial no.273960...

[glutah]

Og, your the man. The only thing that has me curious is the codes on the neck, can't tell if the last one is a 9 or 5...

[og61pbass]

I cant tell either??? but I would say its a 5 because it has the same lines as the other 5 ???

[Beano_z]

Originally Posted by og61pbass

I cant tell either??? but I would say its a 5 because it has the same lines as the other 5 ???

If I remember correctly, It has to be a "9", because it stands for 1969, if it were a 5 then it would have been a 1965, but in 1965 the dates were stamped in a different format, more like "5 Jul 65 C" or something.

"5" stands for precision bass
"B" stands for neck width

[Jim Carr]

More pics, please.