Hi bass people
I'm selling my Japanese Fender Precision 51 Reissue, bought it second hand from the Gallery in Camden in 2008 and it was mint then, guessing it's about a 2007/8 but not sure. It's a gloss maple neck, sunburst body with a beautiful grain. I had a normal precision bridge fitted by Martin Peterson as the factory bridge on this bass had only two saddles and so had only limited intonation adjustment; now it's fully adjustable. The rest of the bass is all original, seriously good Jap build quality, built like a brick s**thouse. This is a mid-weight bass; it's slightly heavier than my old 60s p-bass but much lighter than my Les Paul.
The bass is in nearly new condition, there is a fine hairline scratch an inch and a half long on the front which is very shallow and doesn't show from most angles and a tiny bit of scuffing on the side (both shown in photos).
This bass has a great setup, medium to high, and it sounds fantastic; if you want an old-skool Fender sound this is the one. Several sound engineers have commented that they preferred the tone and signal of this bass over my vintage basses!
I am selling it because I don't play it much and it's sitting in storage, to be honest I find the uncontoured slab body uncomfortable for me to play standing up, some people like the feel of an old slab bass but not me!
Here's some pictures:
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If you want to hear it here's some video clips:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsX4-t9LaXA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsX4-t9LaXA[/url]
[url="http://video.mytaratata.com/video/iLyROoafvVam.html"]http://video.mytaratata.com/video/iLyROoafvVam.html[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRKTwzD_wc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRKTwzD_wc[/url]
The Duffy clips you're hearing a mix of half DI and half through an Ampeg SVT-VR. The Marina clip it's straight out the back of a TC RH450 on pre so that's basically the clean sound of the bass.
Looking for £500, I'll chuck in an old Warwick Rockbag if you like.
I'm in North London, prefer pickup in person.
Cheers
Ben