blyn Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Hi I have four old Fender jazz basses from sixties and seventies and four cases to put them in :-) The basses:1966, 1969, 1971 and 1977 The question is ... which tolex case to what bass? Please see attached pictures of the cases Regards Brian Cases no 4 3 2 1 Edited June 11, 2014 by blyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyn Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 And here are pictures of the cases. Thank you in advance for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I think we need to see pictures of the basses as well it might help honest Sounds like a good set of Jazzes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) No tweeds..? Not interested. ... Edited June 11, 2014 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyn Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Here is one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 They all look the same to me apart from the last one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyn Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 I was hoping that there was experts around here that could spot the small differences there is and place them cronologic :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I have no idea but I'd guess that the bottom one is the earliest. The gap in the handle seems smaller than the others (especially compared to the one on the top) and the clasp in the middle of the handle seems like a silly place to put it (and all the others have moved them across to the left suggesting that design didn't work too well). Just a fun guess though. Could be total wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Whoever can correctly identify these cases chronologically deserves the Golden Anorak award :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukulelelab Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 2, 3, 4 are definitely in the right chronological order. 2 is a '66-'68 case. Can't really see the logo on 1. Clasp in the middle of the handle is odd for a tolex case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 The style of the 'Fender' logo on the case is a good clue for dating - see details here [url="http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html#cases"]http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html#cases[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Definitely a [b]G&G[/b] Fender Tweed case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyn Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Thanks for the input! Unfortunately the logo´s are broken or partly damaged. The the clasp in the middle of the handle and the Locks having a different shape on no. one case is special. This one is supposed to be for the ´66 Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyn Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Case no.2 is for sale btw. (includng a nice sunburst Jazz from ´69) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Case 1 looks like it could be the '66. It's hard to tell without proper shots of the logo. Even broken that'd help a lot. The logo on case 1 looks smaller, I could be wrong about that, but if it is smaller then 3&4 that looks like a '66 type to me. It could also be case 2 for the 66 but the clasp in the wrong place on 1 is odd and typical of hand made gear from that period which regularly has anomaly's, a batch could have been experimented on, made wrong or just cocked up by the new guy in the factory. I've had a late 60's P Bass with a logo minus the tail, so case 2 could be for that one. I've found that the cases can vary in the 60's. Perhaps either the factory guys or guitar shops just reached for the nearest case in the store room or Fender did the usual thing of using up old stock later on. I hope this helps a little, problem with old Fender is that they often made up the rules as they went along and not everything is set in stone. Edited June 15, 2014 by Chiliwailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyn Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Thanks Chiliwailer! I will take pictures of the logo's and post them here! Regards Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Paging Rick, paging Rick. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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