Why there aren't 67 Fenders for sale

[pbat]

Hi,

This is my first topic in the basschat
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From 2006 I'm interested in vintage basses and noticed that is very rare to find on the market 67 Fender basses (Precision and Jazz) for sale.

There are ......64,65,66,68,69....., but look there's a gap....67!......Maybe is a wrong perception!!!! Don't think so.

We know that 66 is considered a "transition" year, so the value of a 66 is theoretically much higher than a 67 (if there was 67 basses ).

Or.........this is a sign that the fake activities are much more intensive than I suposed (and I don't consider myself a kind of naive person)?

Cheers

Edited May 26, 2010 by pbat

[Ou7shined]

There was a batch of bad acid in '67 and everyone in California pulled a sicky.


Actually, a couple minutes googling and I found some dating info....

[i]1965- Late in the year pearl dots replaced clay dots in fingerboards and Lollipop tuners were used by December. I know this because I own a DEC '65 Jazz with these features.
1966- Chrome plated Lollipop tuners were used on Jazz basses and binding began on necks with dots. Logo was still the original Fender logo for Jazz basses.
Necks began to get the block inlays. Custom colors often had matching headstocks. Maple fingerbaord appeared on some Precision basses, but not Jazz basses. P-basses continued to use unmarked reverse tuners.
1967- Blocks and binding became standard on Jazz basses. Maple necks were still not offered. Lollipop tuners were still prevalent on jazz basses but began to show up in Precision basses.
1968- New "TV LOGO" appears on the Jazz bass late in the year. Lollipop tuners start to get replaced by Fender elephant ear tuners in nickel plating.
Rosewood is the only neck offered. Polyurethane replaces laquer on necks.
Face of headstock is still done in Laquer.
1969-TVLOGO is now standard on Jazz bass, Precision bass and new nickel plated Fender tuners are standard on the basses.
Rosewood is still the only neck avail for Jazz bass.
1970-71- Maple neck is introduced for Jazz bass. It has black block inlay and black binding.

I don't believe that white block inlay and binding was offered on a maple neck Jazz bass until 1973. All 71's and 72s that I have seen had the black inlay and binding.

Necks are interchangable, so it is possible that a 1967 bass has a newer neck.

The bullet truss rod was done to Jazz bass in 1975. That is when the neck attachment was changed to three bolt. [/i]

[One Drop]

Seems Fender ramped up production in '66 and probably produced enough basses to last through '67. I've not heard a better explanation, and '67s certainly are rare. I think I've only seen about three in photos in the last 5 years.

[pbat]

Yep, this is a good explanation. I've only seen 67 Mustang, not jb or pb

[hillbilly deluxe]

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[Emanew]

I know that in 66, the new owner CBS ordered a large stock of CTS pots (example 13766xx). All these pots lasted till 1969-70, CBS used them on 67-68-69 basses.
So if you only check the pots, it is easy to say this bass is a 66 whereas it's a 67.

[OliverBlackman]

i played a 67 p bass at wunjo's but it went pretty fast. This bass was so good i hope they made many of them.... Or they put all their efforts into makin a small number sound and feel the best they could, consistently. I would be happy with either of them being true.