'Original' pre-cbs jazz ? Something's not quite right here

Neck is clearly refinished and possibly off another bass.

 

My sense is it could well be a fender neck, but off a matching headstock oly white bass, then somebody painted the back of the headstock black and the neck shaft heritage cherry

 

And wouldn't a '64 be a 'L' series serial # ?

 

Would it have a grounding strip and string mutes?

 

All seems wrong, looks like a parts bass, but good parts

 

Not in 64

 

Reminds me of the phrase "of the 3,500 1967 Corvette big blocks build only 7,000 remain".

Rick B.

 

I wouldn't buy a shovel off of Gumtree let alone a vintage bass.

 

Wrong in so many ways, including the description. They probably have ocean front property in Nevada for sale too.