Why can't this happen to me? (J-Bass)

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Hmmm, not many (I've never seen one) '64s with maple boards.  Did you check the neck heel stamp?  Doesn't look like a 64 at all to me-guard's an earlier (50s) style and the saddles are brass (again 50s).  Wonder if yo have something worth a lot more?! What I can see looks cool!

yah sadly you cant read the stamp on it thou i dunno even the serial number is about imposible to read
they just said it was around that year

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it cant be a 50s guard cause it would have 5 screws

i have no idea why it has 2 string guides

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That' s worth pulling apart for sure.  Pot dates?  Body date?  The maple neck is interesting for sure!

[i love sharin foo]

That is a 22 fret neck, which wouldn't be a '64  . Plus there wasn't a maple cap option at that time. It has a skunk stripe and a plug at the top as well, which would point to a '50s model, with the exception of that extra fret. Have you ever had it off to see if it is maked at the heel with a brand or anything?

Justin

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I don't know of any vintage Teles w/22 frets.  Hmm-I wasn't counting!  Good eye.  I think maple boards were made on rare occasions in '65 (memory might be fuzzy, but wasn't Buck Owens' sparkle Tele a 65?).  A mystery...

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That' s worth pulling apart for sure.  Pot dates?  Body date?  The maple neck is interesting for sure!

ive checked sadly the guts were replaced with pvc wiring a old big ass paper capasitor one scratched to hell pot and one thats slightly smaller then the other one that reads 82  and ive taken the neckoff but i the dates were so bad you couldnt read it looked penciled on kinda