OMG! ... he's got a '65 Jazz also !!!

[Lizooki]

"All original" .... but it's been refinished. $6000.00.

It actually looks a little better...... I guess.
But still not 6 big worthy.

 

[KB5]

You think fender originally mounted that ashtray hanging off the body? That g-string looks awfully far from edge of the fretboard too. Pickup is obviously a replacement. This dude has an odd sense of originality.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

70s bidge cover on a 60s jazz bass???

Pickup covers are definitely not og. Might be an indication that pickups and electronics aren't either.

 

[mongo2]

It looks like the A and D strings are crossed over to the wrong tuners. That's....different.

A '65 J with a maple fingerboard and pearl block inlays?

Not sure myself but when did Fender start using the black plastic under the neckplate?

TV Decal?

I think the date estimate might be bit off.

 

[DirkP]

Block Inlays and ash and the tug bar above the strings in 1965??? That's a 73 or 74 Fender shortly before the 3 bolt necks. Looks like a TV logo on the head, too. And no lolipops...

 

[OldFenderPlayer]

I'm not certain about the bass in the original post (it could be a '65 body) but here is what a 1965 Jazz Bass looks like. I've had it since 1977.

 

[Allegrus]

If it sounds twice as good as it looks, he might as well sell it as firewood.

 

[mikeswals]

He's 9-10 years off on that age. Nothing is 1965 on that.

 

[Bassdirty]

Annd this bass is a "refinish"?
I'm sorry, but (in no particular order):
1) YUCK!
2) NO WAY is that worth 6 large, maybe 6 dollars. OK, maybe 60, but she'll need a restoration.

 

[Bassdirty]

It looks like the A and D strings are crossed over to the wrong tuners. That's....different.

I think the string is just not in position under the string tree. But still... YIKES!

 

[vvvmmm]

Plus, where's the tort?

 

[mongo2]

I think the string is just not in position under the string tree. But still... YIKES!

I enlarged the headstock in the image and it looks like the strings are in the right tuners and the D string is under the tree but the strings look slackened. If the G string is also slack it could explain why it's offset.

 

[Matte Black]

Is this finger nail guy again? Quite the collector.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Holy cow.....
What's with this guy and tortured old Fenders?!

 

[dennis james]

If this guy opened up a lemonade stand on his sidewalk he'd charge $500 a cup. He's nuts. I believe fender was still putting strap buttons on the back of the headstock in '65 and this doesn't have that or a hole were it might have been.

 

[micguy]

He's 9-10 years off on that age. Nothing is 1965 on that.

I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Basses are made from trees. Trees lay down their wood in layers one layer per year. There is almost certainly a ring of wood in that bass that was laid down by the tree in 1965.

 

[LoTone]

This bass looks like it was stored in a shed in the Florida Everglades.

 

[Ron Berenato]

I had a '65 for a few years and it had dot inlays . . just sayin'.

 

[Altitude]

You'd have to be an expert to buy a vintage guitar right now. Or buy one at a premium price from a credible dealer. The expectations on price for age are nuts, leading to silliness like this, and sellers who are counting on sucker buyers who don't know what they're looking at.

Most guys who really want to acquire a vintage Fender, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] (and others like it) periodically until you find one you want. Costs more, but maybe it doesn't.

 

[RocknRay]

DiMarzio Model J pickups, big routs on the neck pu cavity, looks like 70s pu spacing