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I've also read those pages through a good few times, an invaluble resource, but the paragraph quoted does say that you wouldn't expect to see black bottoms on guitars as late as '73 or '74. Maybe Fender used old stock bobbins for absolute authenticity because the basses I owned ie. Precisions...

Funny you should reply to this thread, recently I was lucky enough to get hold of another '74 Precision (same model, finish and series) and guess what? This is what I found: Pretty sure on close inspection that the soldering is factory original.

Even though this thread is 3 years old, I had to reply on the topic of the black bobbin pickups, it seems these are correct and were a production anomaly for circa 1973 (though there were also basses produced with grey bobbin pickups with the usual 1973 date markings as well) My 1974 Precision...