Now Sold. Thanks! Fender American Performer Jazz Bass. Nitro Fiesta Red respray....Ay Caramba! £700 Lymington and West London

[Studio GC]

I'm now a P bass guy....this week. 

 

This was my gigging bass for a few shows. And it's a great bass. I love Fiesta Red and I love nitro, so I stripped it and resprayed it with NW Guitar nitro. You can see the procedure here on a Talkbass thread:

 

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/this-is-how-you-paint-a-bass-when-you-have-zero-patience.1507848/

 

It's been shielded properly and has Fender Custom Shop '60s Jazz Pickups installed and a custom vintage harness. Very quite bass for a jazz bass and nice vintage Jazz tone. (I have the original harness and pickups someplace in storage and will gladly mail those out when we sort out our move!)

 

The light nitro paint means this will relic and mojofy quickly (as it already has). So this is a players bass. Please see the photos. Also note, there is slight check at the neck heal. Only noticed once I stripped back the poly top coat. Not structural.

 

Another nice thing about these basses is that they have the carbon reinforcement rods like their American big brothers.

 

Strung with LaBella low tension flats and includes original Fender gig bag. 

 

Can't ship at the moment, but I travel between Lymington and West London weekly and happy to meet in a reasonable radius.

 

Might consider a trade for a American P bass with rosewood and 1 5/8" nut with money your way.

Edited October 16, 2021 by Studio GC

[Clarky]

Looks great, a Pino style Jazz. Might help sale if add weight? GLWYS!

[Davebassics]

God I love fiesta Red basses! 

[stewblack]

Beautiful

[StuartB]

How did you taker the previous finish off - was it machine sanded?

[Studio GC]

1 hour ago, StuartB said:

How did you taker the previous finish off - was it machine sanded?

Have a look at the link in the post and you can see the process. Heat gun and putty knife, then sanded.

 

[StuartB]

2 hours ago, Studio GC said:

Have a look at the link in the post and you can see the process. Heat gun and putty knife, then sanded.

 

So was the heel already very square and slab like then? My Mexican and even my Indonesian both have smoother and more rounded edges. I am surprised they are so different.

[Clarky]

21 minutes ago, StuartB said:

So was the heel already very square and slab like then? My Mexican and even my Indonesian both have smoother and more rounded edges. I am surprised they are so different.

Stock photo of American Performer J heel. Pretty squared off to my eyes

 

[Studio GC]

2 hours ago, StuartB said:

So was the heel already very square and slab like then? My Mexican and even my Indonesian both have smoother and more rounded edges. I am surprised they are so different.

What Clarky said👆. Have a look at American Performer P bass I also have for sale here. The original thick poly finish may make the edges seem a bit more rounded. Less so with thin nitro.

[StuartB]

That would do it. Had no idea the finish was so thick - that's well over a mm if so.

[Studio GC]

5 minutes ago, StuartB said:

That would do it. Had no idea the finish was so thick - that's well over a mm if so.

Yes, pretty thick finish....feels like plastic to me hence why like nitro as it feels more organic. But, the satin American Performer series bass finish seem much thinner. 

[Ander87]

this is a steal, super cool bass - I am now a P bass guy (this week, too, my 3rd bass and 3/3 P basses!)... Otherwise I would've totally taken this one off your hands!!