I second with TAJOHN. I bought a new one for my '73 from Classic Industries and it was too long, the base and jack were black and the post was gray phosphate. I cut it and had it replated gold to match the original (at least I think it was the original it's hard to say what may have transpired after 30+ years). The original had about an inch of play in the brackets and mine was light blue. I know for 73, there is some contention that the base and jack were either black or light blue. I thought the older ones were light blue and assumed they started switching the colors around '73 but, I'm not an authority on the earlier years. Since mine could be light blue or black, I left my new one black.
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