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The two pics I've attached have a red date stamp under the pickups (1964) -- I know they are low-resolution, sorry about that. I had never seen a body stamp date before but apparently they do exist : "Body stamp dates were used by Fender from the early 1950's to the mid 1960's and then stopped...

as a side-note, I just noticed that the Limited Geddy Lee 1972 Jazz says "Modified Jazz Bass® Wiring using a .022uF Capacitor Instead of a Traditional .05uF". Definitely confused about this because in this post for example...

Hi, Can anyone point me to a reference of what cap values Fender used over the years in Jazz basses? From some forum postings, I've read that they used 0.047uF in the 60s, switched over to 0.022uF sometime in the 70s, and then eventually back to 0.047uF. Is that accurate? I'm curious because...

Nice looking bass. Just for my own education, why is there no date stamp on the neck?