First Fender fretless?

[jenderfazz]

When were fretless Fenders first offered? Jaco (and others) took the frets out, and the 70s brought fretless P Basses, but besides those cases I haven't seen vintage fretless Fenders. When were they first offered with fretless as an option?

 

[emor]

I have an old Fender catalog copyright 1972 (CBS Musical Instruments) that has a fretless Precision.
Don't know about anything earlier.

 

[metron]

I believe that Fender first offered a production fretless in the early 70s and it was only the precision bass. I dont think they offered a fretless jazz until the 80s or maybe as late as the 90s.

 

[basicallybass]

I think '72 was the first for Fender. Precision only. I also think the first jazz fretless was released in around '88 through their Japanese affiliate - a nice instrument at that, if memory serves me.

 

[jenderfazz]

Ahh, alright. Anyone else who can confirm this?