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Which of these three P's would you go for


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Soo.

I get a small golden Handshake from work. Leaves me enough to get by for a few months, and a budget of around £700 to buy a Precision.

Been looking at the Roger waters Signature, American Special FSR in Honeyburst and the Mex Classic Series 50s.

Which would you go for and why?

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I would look for a good condition used post 2008 American Standard , and the Basschat For Sale section is where I would look for it . Apart from being great basses , the added bonus would be that if for whatever reason you wanted rid , you could get your money back out of it with little or no depreciation .

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1356730283' post='1913094']
I would look for a good condition used post 2008 American Standard , and the Basschat For Sale section is where I would look for it . Apart from being great basses , the added bonus would be that if for whatever reason you wanted rid , you could get your money back out of it with little or no depreciation .
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Totally agree!

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1356730283' post='1913094']
I would look for a good condition used post 2008 American Standard , and the Basschat For Sale section is where I would look for it . Apart from being great basses , the added bonus would be that if for whatever reason you wanted rid , you could get your money back out of it with little or no depreciation .
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Yup! That's what I'd do.

And it will keep it's value too. The others will be worth a 3rd less than what you bought them new for as soon as you step out of the shop.

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Out of the three listed, I`d go for the Classic 50s, as having had one, can confirm they are really good basses.

However, for roughly the same budget, my money would be on either a 2nd hand Roadworn:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/195214-fender-mexican-roadworn-precision-fiesta-red/"]http://basschat.co.u...ion-fiesta-red/[/url]

Or this US FSR, which is probably one of the nicest to look at Precisions I`ve seen:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/189922-fs-2012-fender-usa-precision-fsr-l750/"]http://basschat.co.u...ision-fsr-l750/[/url]

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[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1356738134' post='1913196']
Or this US FSR, which is probably one of the nicest to look at Precisions I`ve seen:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/189922-fs-2012-fender-usa-precision-fsr-l750/"]http://basschat.co.u...ision-fsr-l750/[/url]
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what that man said (and he knows his precisions)

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I'd try all 3 and buy which played and sounded the best. This is what I did when I bought my last P which was a 50s MIM, Roadworn, Lakland Bob Glaub shoot out. The Roadworn won, great basses. FWIW there's one just appeared in the FS section http://basschat.co.uk/topic/195214-fender-mexican-roadworn-precision-fiesta-red/ you could a whole lot worse than get one of these (provided you don't care about the whole relic thing).

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[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1356733048' post='1913129']
I know someone who's selling a honey blonde Classic '50s P for around £500 for what it's worth.
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Would certainly not want to dis these as they are generally pretty good - but I owned a fiesta red version of this model & the neck pocket was a bit loose. Good bass otherwise.

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[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1356738134' post='1913196']
Or this US FSR, which is probably one of the nicest to look at Precisions I`ve seen:
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/189922-fs-2012-fender-usa-precision-fsr-l750/"]http://basschat.co.u...ision-fsr-l750/[/url]
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Yes! Buy mine buy mine buy mine :) :lol:

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[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1356767518' post='1913320']
I'd try all 3 and buy which played and sounded the best. This is what I did when I bought my last P which was a 50s MIM, Roadworn, Lakland Bob Glaub shoot out. The Roadworn won, great basses. FWIW there's one just appeared in the FS section http://basschat.co.uk/topic/195214-fender-mexican-roadworn-precision-fiesta-red/ you could a whole lot worse than get one of these (provided you don't care about the whole relic thing).
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+1 I don't think you'd go far wrong with one of these. They just feel right!

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[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1356733048' post='1913129']
I know someone who's selling a honey blonde Classic '50s P for around £500 for what it's worth.
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Is this for sale on here ? Quite fancy a p for a change , only really played jazz's lately !

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My classic 50's Precision is a belter, I'd highly recommend them, and it's still my favourite over the US P bass that is it's back up.

Trouble is you can't guarantee QC on [i]any[/i] bass off the shelf, no matter what it is, so try and play them all and make a decision after that, as said above.

[i]On paper[/i] though, it's the classic 50s for me, they're brilliant.

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