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The original text reads: This Limited Edition Fender American Special Precision Bass has a beautiful sandblasted crimson red transparent finish as well as all the acclaimed sound and style of the archetypal American Special Precision Bass. The sandblasted finish is one of the most alluringly unusual treatments yet seen on a Fender instrument, leaving the grain pattern wonderfully textured with parallel ruts and grooves in which the black grain-filler coat shows beneath the blue finish coat. The bass is also finely appointed with American Standard split single-coil Precision Bass pickups, Volume and Tone controls, along with a slim "C" shaped Maple neck with a 20 fret Maple fingerboard. It's undeniably one of the most striking finishes ever seen on a Fender, attracts loads of attention wherever it goes. Light and surprisingly resonant ... or maybe not surprisingly. Just a really lovely thing. Collection from HA1 3RG or WC1E 7BD.

Absolutely glorious, unusually lightweight example, in pretty much immaculate condition. A tiny amount of buckle rash, after 43 years. One significant mark in the paint ... why is it always just there? And for full disclosure, one more visible mark. Beautiful plumage, the 75. Black & Maple. Yum. Collection from HA1 3RG or WC1E 7BD.

https://xotic.us/effects/bass-rc-booster This is in perfect nick, with original box, and I won't charge extra for the velcro on the bottom. They sell these for £210 these days ... this one is £100 posted.

This is what I originally bought: Lovely wood, crap pickup, messed-about electrics, dodgy tort p/g, useless tuners. This is what it looks like now: Lovely wood, a pair of beautiful Lollar P/J pickups which sound unbelievably lush, professionally re-wired electrics, anodized p/g, proper elephant ears. In case you're wondering, the flick-switch is a DFA Control. Controls are Volume / Pan / Tone. That headstock guarantees that your bass is safe at any pub gig. No one is going to steal it, thinking it might be worth a fortune. Collection from HA1 3RG or WC1E 7BD.

Lovely clanky thing. It's an Ibanez, y'know. Mmmmm ... binding. Neck-through & everything. Collection from HA1 3RG or WC1E 7BD.

This has been an almost impossible colour to capture, and that's the only photo I've got that's really close. It's kept very good company while it's been with me. Does that A tuner look a bit wonky to you? There are some tiny scuffs and chips here and there. After 35 years, it's not a great surprise. Collection from either HA1 3RG or WC1E 7BD.

This is an entry-level bass and, as is so often the case, surprisingly good for the money. Not a lot to say about it really. It's a Precision. It says Tenson on the headstock. It plays and sounds as a Precision should. Given how cheap this is, it makes little sense to incur despatch costs. So I'd prefer collection from HA1 3RG, or possibly from WC1E 7BD.

Now that has to make sense.