Recent content by Pre63

Thanks everyone! Searching Forum history for WEBRIGHT, he appears to have been a known Fender employee / inspector. (We B Right?) His stamp shows up on a number of mid-'70s Fenders in Forum posts. And the faded green numbers beginning 020 are consistent with another '70s Jazz in a post. So I'm...

Is anyone familiar with early '70s fretless jazz necks? I have a J-bass that dates by serial number to 1974, but I can't find any pictures of fretless basses from that era to compare to, so I'm not sure the neck is original. The headstock logo is correct for 1974. The stamp on the heal is...

I'm coming late to this discussion, but can add a little personal experience with both the original '63 Precision and the AVRI '63. I bought my first '63 used in 1968 and lost it in 1971 when a bar owner burned down his club with our gear in it. I always took the bass home, but I had a...