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The bridge is too shiny. The refin is embarrassing. Everything else looks right for '62/63.
A refinished/refurbished example is never going to attract top Dollar collector prices. A genuine '62 original for the price of a present day re-issue should be a no-brainer.
Numbers on the neck and body refer to when those parts were manufactured rather than when they underwent final assembly. (My factory fretless P is a late 1978 neck on a February 1979 body.)
I have an AV'63 re-issue. This has the "rounded laminate" fingerboard. The truss rod adjuster is entirely within the maple. The edge of the drilled hole just touches the rosewood.
I ought to look into Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Of Bass for comparable Fender basses.
However, it's been badly refinished, badly refretted, the headstock has been partially broken and repaired reasonably well but not perfectly, the body drilled for the XLR socket, and the bridge replaced.
The pickguard is definitely correct and may be the single most valuable part.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Of course, it may be a wonderful instrument, in which case he will have to decide how much that's worth to him above its monetary value. If it isn't, don't even bother. Too many buyers get starry-eyed about basket cases of "vintage" instruments.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein