that is some great starfire porn! one thing i noticed is there are 2 distinct sunbursts. one is like an orange-red burst and the other is a yellow burst. interesting, i had only seen the yellow one before like Cat's bass. i have been within inches of that thing a few times, but never seen the serial #. with that said i am quite certain it is a 1967. my guess is Cat or somone at Fender simply spaced on the info, as her P-Bass is the 66. the Starfire has been widely aknowledged over the years, even by Cat herself, to be a 67.
On that subject-in regard to Starfire 1's...also from Frons pics, it seems the 1967's have the pick up in the neck, and most 66's with a few exceptions have it in the bridge. So if a 66 w/neck pick up is a "late 66" ...that may have first been sold to the public in 67...or if even in late 66-as a "1967 model" since that is a pretty significant design change, and possibly the only change from that production year? not that it really matters, as if a 66 and 67 yellow burst both with a pick up in the neck are to be identical in every way other than a serial #, and we are talking about one consecutive year...they are essentially one in the same, at least in my opinion. my gf has a Fender Mustang bass, its all original and apparently the neck is stamped 1971 but the backplate # dates it to 72. that was good enough for us.
I'll try to find out for sure about Cat's bass when she has another gig with the girls. could be a while though as all 3 of them are independently and simultaneously super busy right now and travelling all over the globe. Fender needs to update that site though, cheers
