Fender 1970 guitar and bass catalog. Page 20. Details of the Fender Jazz bass. The stunning bass shown sports black custom finish, with matching painted headstock. For other colour options see the 1970 Fender color chart on page 95.
The Jazz bass was priced between $356.50 and $429.50 in the 1970 price list. The lower price was for a right-handed bass in Sunburst finish and with a rosewood fingerboard, with increases for left-handed instruments, maple fretboards and for one of the custom finish options mentioned above. The bass pictured below would have been $374.50.
The "thin neck" bass with two pickups for full string tone
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