1962 Jazz $20K on the bay

[themacinator]

They say it's the cleanest on the planet. Basically NOS.

THE CLEANST 1962 62 FENDER JAZZ BASS ON PLANET EARTH! ORIGNIAL VINTAGE! INSANE!! | eBay

 

[Flaked Beans]

 

[millsbass5]

Where do they find this stuff?

 

[ShoeManiac]

OMG. That is insanely clean. Has it been stored in a climate controlled vault for the past 50 years?

 

[narud]

man i want to know who the source is for all of this guys stuff!!

 

[Laurent]

Well the price is retail in one of the New York 48th street shop not ebay. It's quite high IMHO; that being said it only takes one buyer.

Also to be considered instruments which have not been played often sound very average if not bad.

 

[Baird6869]

Still likely worth high teens. That is a killer bass!
It would be $35-50k if it was a Strat.....

 

[XBASSX]

Hmmm, very nice bass.

 

[4StringShooter]

They say it's the cleanest on the planet. Basically NOS.

THE CLEANST 1962 62 FENDER JAZZ BASS ON PLANET EARTH! ORIGNIAL VINTAGE! INSANE!! | eBay

Thats almost as stupid a price as the 52 Precision all beaten to hell that some douchebag posted for $25.000

 

[Bill G.]

Holy schitte!!! I just had a bassgasm!

 

[THORRR]

I'm immediately suspicious!

I don't recognize that assembly under the ashtray.
Never saw one before anywhere.

I used to own a '62 Jazz and all it had was a black weatherstrip rubber mute stuck under the ashtray. No assembly whatsoever.

Either this is a VERY rare prototypical Jazz Bass or a very elaborate counterfeit.

Anybody else recognize those mutes and metal screwdowns?

Also, I know the constant-thickness rosewood fingerboard has some significance for dating, but I'm not knowledgeable on that one.

I also can't tell if the bridge saddles in the pics are the threaded type. In '62 they should have been.

The dot markers look like the original clay markers Leo cut out of cheap floor tiles back then.

I'm also not sure about the neck pocket being completely painted either.

The Waterslide decal is a red flag too. "Offset Contour Body" used to always be in the center of the circle-end of the headstock, not where it's shown on the pics.
To me that's a BIG red flag.

I think we need an expert to evaluate this baby.
It sure does look fine on first look. It'll be interesting to see if anybody throws $20 grande at it.

 

[narud]

I'm immediately suspicious!

I don't recognize that assembly under the ashtray.
Never saw one before anywhere.

I used to own a '62 Jazz and all it had was a black weatherstrip rubber mute stuck under the ashtray. No assembly whatsoever.

Either this is a VERY rare prototypical Jazz Bass or a very elaborate counterfeit.

Anybody else recognize those mutes and metal screwdowns?

Also, I know the constant-thickness rosewood fingerboard has some significance for dating, but I'm not knowledgeable on that one.

I also can't tell if the bridge saddles in the pics are the threaded type. In '62 they should have been.

The dot markers look like the original clay markers Leo cut out of cheap floor tiles back then.

I'm also not sure about the neck pocket being completely painted either.

The Waterslide decal is a red flag too. "Offset Contour Body" used to always be in the center of the circle-end of the headstock, not where it's shown on the pics.
To me that's a BIG red flag.

I think we need an expert to evaluate this baby.
It sure does look fine on first look. It'll be interesting to see if anybody throws $20 grande at it.

youre joking right?

 

[Dark Horse]

I'm immediately suspicious!

I don't recognize that assembly under the ashtray.
Never saw one before anywhere.

I used to own a '62 Jazz and all it had was a black weatherstrip rubber mute stuck under the ashtray. No assembly whatsoever.

Either this is a VERY rare prototypical Jazz Bass or a very elaborate counterfeit.

Anybody else recognize those mutes and metal screwdowns?

Also, I know the constant-thickness rosewood fingerboard has some significance for dating, but I'm not knowledgeable on that one.

I also can't tell if the bridge saddles in the pics are the threaded type. In '62 they should have been.

The dot markers look like the original clay markers Leo cut out of cheap floor tiles back then.

I'm also not sure about the neck pocket being completely painted either.

The Waterslide decal is a red flag too. "Offset Contour Body" used to always be in the center of the circle-end of the headstock, not where it's shown on the pics.
To me that's a BIG red flag.

I think we need an expert to evaluate this baby.
It sure does look fine on first look. It'll be interesting to see if anybody throws $20 grande at it.

That mute system is the stock mute system for early Jazz basses. They replaced it with foam under the ashtray, as the first gen mutes weren't very adjustable, so people often removed them. That's why you'll see lots of early Jazzes with screw holes between the bridge pickup and the bridge.

The saddles are clearly threaded - you can see it in the first picture.

It has the proper cap, veneer board, clay dots, guard, etc ...all indicative of a proper 62.

Exceptionally nice example of a 62 Jazz.

 

[XBASSX]

I'm immediately suspicious!

I don't recognize that assembly under the ashtray.
Never saw one before anywhere.

I used to own a '62 Jazz and all it had was a black weatherstrip rubber mute stuck under the ashtray. No assembly whatsoever.

Either this is a VERY rare prototypical Jazz Bass or a very elaborate counterfeit.

Anybody else recognize those mutes and metal screwdowns?

Also, I know the constant-thickness rosewood fingerboard has some significance for dating, but I'm not knowledgeable on that one.

I also can't tell if the bridge saddles in the pics are the threaded type. In '62 they should have been.

The dot markers look like the original clay markers Leo cut out of cheap floor tiles back then.

I'm also not sure about the neck pocket being completely painted either.

The Waterslide decal is a red flag too. "Offset Contour Body" used to always be in the center of the circle-end of the headstock, not where it's shown on the pics.
To me that's a BIG red flag.

I think we need an expert to evaluate this baby.
It sure does look fine on first look. It'll be interesting to see if anybody throws $20 grande at it.

The string mutes assembly looks right. They used them up until '63.

The decal is correct. It wasn't until '65 did the "Offset Contour Body" got moved to the end of the headstock.

I agree the finish looks a bit suspect especially on the back near the neck plate.

 

[phangtonpower]

I'm immediately suspicious!

I don't recognize that assembly under the ashtray.
Never saw one before anywhere.

I used to own a '62 Jazz and all it had was a black weatherstrip rubber mute stuck under the ashtray. No assembly whatsoever.

Either this is a VERY rare prototypical Jazz Bass or a very elaborate counterfeit.

Anybody else recognize those mutes and metal screwdowns?

Also, I know the constant-thickness rosewood fingerboard has some significance for dating, but I'm not knowledgeable on that one.

I also can't tell if the bridge saddles in the pics are the threaded type. In '62 they should have been.

The dot markers look like the original clay markers Leo cut out of cheap floor tiles back then.

I'm also not sure about the neck pocket being completely painted either.

The Waterslide decal is a red flag too. "Offset Contour Body" used to always be in the center of the circle-end of the headstock, not where it's shown on the pics.
To me that's a BIG red flag.

I think we need an expert to evaluate this baby.
It sure does look fine on first look. It'll be interesting to see if anybody throws $20 grande at it.

Look what I found
Fender Jazz Bass Mute Kit for that 60's sound Genuine Fender parts | eBay

 

[Jimmy Stump]

I wonder if you could use this for metal though.

 

[Kwesi]

Also to be considered instruments which have not been played often sound very average if not bad.

 

[bluesblaster]

I kind of wonder if the body is a refin, neck pocket looks a bit odd for that era, Im no expert but usually there is a paint stick mark and I dont see that here.

 

[pnut166]

It looks legit to me, though I`m not an "expert". Amazing ! He`ll probably get it; some millionaire rockstar will get it, and probably stow it away . Where`s Johnk ?

 

[narud]

one of my favorite parts of talkbass
"im no fender expert but heres all the things that i think are wrong with this fender."

uh...ok