it does seem that possibly that this bass and the black jazz could of been 74`s or earlier,and the sellers think their 75`s,or they know 75 jazz basses are very sought after because of the reissue lines and advertise as 75`s, i have looked on the net for years at 75 jazz basses and NEVER seen 75`s`with 4 bolt plates,i live in scranton,pa and ther was a place here called the bass palace afew years ago,i live about 1 mile from it and would visit it almost every weekend,this place was amazing and he had many 75 jazz basses at all times coming and going and i never seen a 4bolt 75 j bass,but i did see 3 bolt 75`s with neck shifting problems and the way they were repaired was to make them 4 bolts,sometimes he would put a shim in the neck pocket and try to keep it 3 bolt,no matter what the 2 basses we are discussing are beautiful basses,but for the money,i would expect original,unrepaired basses,i wanted a all original 75 jazz bass so bad that i took a day off of work back in the spring time and drove 3 hours up to albany,ny and another 3 hrs home to make sure i was getting an all original piece,old fenders are just that,OLD,so all original is very important to me,also i used to love and hate the bass palce wher i used to go,ALL RIGHTYS,ALL THE TIME! also here is this topic about 3-4 bolt discusion over on the other site.
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