1971 fender jazz bass inquiry?

[Xeroid]

Hi Just bought a 71 jazz bass and was wondering if all original ? The neck stamp is faded but the last digit is a 1 and a letter B after it. The pots I am having a hard time reading but ill show a pic . There in bad physical condition in order to read numbers. Ill show pics . I just don't know if these are what fender used in 1971. The pickups look original and have 4 digits on them saying 2041. Please let me know what you think about the pots?

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

I can't see enough detail on the pots to comment.
The neck looks like a 1 followed by an A.
That would point toward it being a 71 with an A width neck,
which is normal for a Jazz.
I don't see anything that screams not original.

 

[96tbird]

Looks good to me. Pots look right. Someone soldered a ground wire on the back of the pot which isn’t stock but that’s ok. They did it because they wanted the bass to quit crackling and didn’t want to pull and clean the control plate and pot collars. Stock Jazz’s use the plate and pot collars as ground connection and don’t run ground wires between them. Over time the plate and pots corrode and ground becomes shaky. You either remove the pots from the plate and clean it all or solder ground wires on the back of the pots. No big deal.

 

[Xeroid]

Thanks much for info IT plays great and sounds perfect

 

[Xeroid]

Looks good to me. Pots look right. Someone soldered a ground wire on the back of the pot which isn’t stock but that’s ok. They did it because they wanted the bass to quit crackling and didn’t want to pull and clean the control plate and pot collars. Stock Jazz’s use the plate and pot collars as ground connection and don’t run ground wires between them. Over time the plate and pots corrode and ground becomes shaky. You either remove the pots from the plate and clean it all or solder ground wires on the back of the pots. No big deal.

thanks for reply