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Post subject: Help Dating my Precision Bass
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:54 am
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here are some shots of the neck stamp as the neckplate is not original.
any ideas on how to date with these strange numbers?

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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:10 am
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From the headstock decal the bass is a 1975 or earlier. In 1976 they changed the decal.


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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:33 pm
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This neck code is October of 1969. A nice clear stamp so I have no doubt about that.

This neck code scheme was used from July 1 of 1969 until June 30 of 1980.

You can rule out it being a 1979 neck by the decal as Mike pointed out.

Too bad you don't have the original neck plate. The neck could have wound it's way to final assembly as late as the 1970/71 model year or could have been on a 1969/1970 model. Might never know which because pot codes often are usually not very helpful during this time as CBS bought a huge stockpile of pots in 1966 and used them for many years. However it still wouldn't hurt to check the pot codes. Just don't be surprised if the pots date to 1966. If the pots date to 1969, 1970 or 1971 though, that would be very helpful information to more accurately appraise your model year. Also, it would not hurt to look for markings on the bottom of the pickup.


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