1961 Fender Precision Bass Price Drop to £9750 £10750 Woking, Surrey

[0353203 122]

Hi All,

Up for sale is my 1961 slab board Fender Precision Bass with its OHSC.

I have owned a number of P basses stretching over its long years of production and in my opinion, this period are the finest.

Overall, it is in great condition with the dinks, dongs, scratches, playwear etc etc you might expect.   The sunburst is still really vibrant and it plays with a low action all the way up the neck.

There are a couple of very small areas on the body rear which have been rather crudely touched up and the rear of the neck has possibly been re-finished, it is difficult to tell but let's assume yes.

The rest of the bass is stock with neck date 10-61, pot dates 35th week of 61 and body pencil date May 61. 

The original case is in terrific condition.

Feel free to PM me with any questions or to arrange to view / play with no obligation.  I live near Woking in Surrey.

Cheers, Si

Edited December 11, 2020 by 0353203

[Kevsy71 462]

Stunning Si!!! 😍

[headofire 93]

That is beautiful. What a bass

[Chewie 228]

I need a lie down......

[Platypus 87]

Wow! What a bass.
I have that phrase saved as a hot key, to hit whenever I see one of Si’s ads!

[Urban Bassman 117]

Oh my! My year of birth.....sadly I'm about £10,000 short of funds 😔.  GLWTS though, someone is going to be very happy! 

[NoirBass 228]

🤪

[mr4stringz 169]

OMFG. Just stunning!

[woolf 161]

Wow - that sunburst is just lovely 😍

[oldslapper 1,530]

YOB bass. 
..............🏃🏻‍♂️...........runs towards nearest lottery retailer 

[will4bass 191]

Great bass man! Love my 1960 Olympic White P bass very much too. These oldies have something that is hard to explain. Partly it is between my ears but a larger part is in de bass really. So forgiving, so fat, so cool! Don't play it much.. but always feels like home.

Edited March 17, 2020 by will4bass

[Hobbayne 655]

I think I have just soiled myself. 😲

[AndyTravis 6,680]

50 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

I think I have just soiled myself. 😲

My pants went warm too - but round the front.

[dodgnofski 61]

Si must be a Time Lord, it’s the only explanation 😂😂🙈🙈👍👍...

 

[hiram.k.hackenbacker 3,455]

25 minutes ago, dodgnofski said:

Si must be a Time Lord, it’s the only explanation 😂😂🙈🙈👍👍...

Bet he’s got a DeLorean.

[bootleg 31]

Si pulls another one out of the vault

[0353203 122]

In answer to numerous PMs - just under 8lbs 4oz......

[TorVic 106]

This is the kind of bass that makes you want to sell your entire bass collection in order to buy it! 

[Kevsy71 462]

31 minutes ago, TorVic said:

This is the kind of bass that makes you want to sell your entire bass collection in order to buy it! 

Yes indeed. I'm even tempted to put in an offer for the scales used to weigh it...

[StuartB 22]

Forgive my ignorance, but with no date or s/n on the neck how do we know it is of the same provenace? Is there an s/n anywhere in fact?

[AndyTravis 6,680]

3 minutes ago, StuartB said:

Forgive my ignorance, but with no date or s/n on the neck how do we know it is of the same provenace? Is there an s/n anywhere in fact?

Looks to be on the neckplate

[Kevsy71 462]

51 minutes ago, StuartB said:

Forgive my ignorance, but with no date or s/n on the neck how do we know it is of the same provenace? Is there an s/n anywhere in fact?

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Looks to be on the neckplate

Serial numbers did not appear on the headstock until 1976, according to 'The Fender Bass: an Illustrated History'

[hiram.k.hackenbacker 3,455]

2 hours ago, StuartB said:

Forgive my ignorance, but with no date or s/n on the neck how do we know it is of the same provenace? Is there an s/n anywhere in fact?

The date on the neck, the date on the body, the pot codes and most importantly, the bloke who is selling it. He is very well respected around these parts.

[JapanAxe 450]

What does a healthy human kidney  fetch these days? Asking for a friend...

[0353203 122]

12 hours ago, StuartB said:

Forgive my ignorance, but with no date or s/n on the neck how do we know it is of the same provenace? Is there an s/n anywhere in fact?

More than happy to forgive your ignorance.