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Stock c neck on a 1964 jazz bass

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Janalex, Jul 14, 2013.

  1. Jul 14, 2013 #1
    Janalex

    Janalex

    Jul 4, 2013
    I am considering driving over to see a vintage 64 jazz bass. One pic shows a c stamp on the neck heel. I am assuming this will be a wide neck 1.75 at the nut. Is this an uncommon variant and can it devalue the bass? The feel will probably significantly differ from the modern reissues that I have encountered, right? Any thoughts on the effect on tone and feel?
     
  2. Jul 14, 2013 #2
    Tom Howland

    Tom Howland

    Feb 11, 2003
    :cool:

    If neck is original to bass, original buyer may have requested a P-Bass style neck. ( which would be a C neck)
    Does bass have Jazz Bass sticker on head-stock ?
    Again if original, it is rare, but I have seen this before.
    I've seen a 1965 Jazz like this.

    Remember there was no custom shop back then.
    If a dealer was big enough, they could request special orders
    and fender would sometimes do these.
     
  3. Jul 14, 2013 #3
    Janalex

    Janalex

    Jul 4, 2013
    Yes there is a jazz bass sticker. As a guitar player I tend to favor the a necks however the only precisions i played were modern ones.