Help identifying this Jazz Bass

[Tabl43]

Hello all,
Been lurking on here for a while and joined up so I could ask for some community help with this puzzle.

I have a friend who does clean out/demolitions and he sent me the photo below. He found this jazz bass and sent me the photo, I realize the photo is crap but it's all I have at the moment. (Yes, the bass is safe. They store the good stuff in a warehouse).

Is there any way to ID a rough year? My best guess is 70's but that is solely based on the case interior color. The knobs look to have been changed out or this is possibly just a franken-bass. Are there any exterior clues that would give us a year? Pick guard? Painted head stock? Ashtray shape?

Thanks in advance!

 

[OldFenderPlayer]

On the surface it looks a lot like my 1965 Fender Jazz Bass only in a different custom color, Candy Apple Red. The tuners look right; the placement of the finger rest looks right; the case looks like its aged the way a little-used 60 year old guitar case would age. But that's all I can tell from this photo. Here's my bass, which I've had since 1977, for a comparison.

 

[mikeswals]

Looks like a 65 Jazz to me too...maybe a late 64 as well. There's no block inlays or binding, so it is not a 66 thru 70's model.

I have a red 65 and looks very much the same.

 

[Killing Floor]

Fender lost the technical ability to paint headstocks after that. It just might be mid 60s. It's so hard to guess from that picture. Offer $500 cash!?!

 

[Heiwa]

Tell him its a fake chinese copy and buy it for $150

 

[Tabl43]

Thank you all for the great sleuthing! Still waiting on some better pics.

Hopefully I can snag it off them before they realize what they have!

 

[Zooberwerx]

Thank you all for the great sleuthing! Still waiting on some better pics.

Hopefully I can snag it off them before they realize what they have!

I'm of the suspicion they can tap-in to the same internet resources WE use. I know a couple of guys who do estate sales and their radar is always spinning.

Riis