Fender Precision - Premium BITSA Build - American Original Neck, Nitro Finish, 63 Pickups - Further Upgraded
£950
Wolverhampton / Walsall

dutchbath · May 9

This fantastic bitsa bass was purchased off a fellow Basschatter a number of months ago but I have further enhanced it as you will see below.

For complete transparency, the original advert is linked below. Gunnar did a great job in the build but when I received it I decided to take a it a few notches up. Firstly the basic specs:

2023 Fender Precision American Original Neck, purchased from Thomann. Note these necks are manufactured true to the AO specs - this means in this instance the logos / decals are applied ON TOP of the lacquer finish on the neck. Also the truss rod is located at the heel of the neck.
Custom Solderless P Bass harness, Alpha A250k solid shaft pots.
Fender Pure Vintage '63 Precision Bass Pickups - these sound lovely btw, that true classic 60s Fender sound
2 Piece alder American alder body with custom nitro sunburst finish - note that due to the nitro finish the body has a few dings and wear on the body but these fit in very nicely with the overall aged look of the bass. There are no major dings / bumps / scrapes.
Aged vintage tuners.
Ash tray and pick up cover

Since I took it the following has also been done:

A full setup by one of Staffordshire's best.
A brand new semi permanent shim has been added to the neck pocket to balance the neck out. The action was quite high, the old shim was removed and this new shim has brought it signincantly in line to a very playable low / medium action.
A full truss rod adjustment with the new shim in place
Internal cavities have been fully copper shielded with tape - this has virtually removed any buzz that was present (even with treble maxed out)
Neck cavity screws have been replaced with official Fender screws
Minor hardware adjustments including reseating the tuners and replacing pickguard screws with official Fender vintage
Strings were replaced with Rotosound 105 nickels

It's now in a position where it is a very playable bass. As you can see from the specs, the cost of the sum of the parts far outweighs the asking price and it now plays very much like a complete Fender. Wesight on the bathroom scales is 9 lbs. I will also supply the original pickup box which has the original brass base, this didn't fit this particular body so a different one was added, but I'll include the original.

This also comes with a Gator hardcase as you can see in the pictures.

I'm based just a few minutes from Junction 10 of the M6 (Walsall / Wolverhampton) and collection is preferred but I'm willing to travel a reasonable distance and maybe meet halfway. Happy for you to test it out on my practice amp at my place too. Potentially could mail this due to the hard case and I have a suitable box, but at a cost to you - lets have a chat about it via DM. Cheers.