Fender Precision Bass - 1966 £3125 Pathhead, Midlothian, UK, EH37 5QB

[tomlyne]

Hello everyone.
 

Here is my 1966 Fender Precision Bass. It is of very original quality and most of the fittings are still the original. I would call this a player’s bass and it is geaared towards someone who wants to take the bass out and play it. I will come cleean right up here at the top. I have known and played this bass since about 2002, a friend bought it so I would have a bass to play when I went to visit. He recently passed and I have recieved the bass because he left it to me. I love it, it hangs on the wall here and I try to play it when I can. However, I really am a Jazz Bass devoted player, and my main bass is actually a double bass. I am conflicted about selling the bass. Part of me feels like I am supposed to keep it forever and maybe pass it on to my son who is also a bass player, or else sell it and move on, I want someone to be playing this bass and I think that means selling it. (Don't worry about my son, he already has my 1974 Jazz Bass so he's doing all right)

 

So, about this 1966 Fender Precision. I had a couple folk look at the bass and here are the relevant points. We believe the paint is not original but it was painted a long time ago. It has been this color since at least 2000 and while I thought it was an Olympic White, I believe it is really Daphne Blue? Again, not my field of expertise. It is obviously also missing the ashtray. I have been told the scratch plate is not original and I really don’t know about the pickups but they are splayed open to view in the photographs where you can almost see the date codes.

 

The bits that are not ‘vintage’ are also the bits, to me, that have changed to make the bass work onstage and in the studio.  I can also tell you the neck is brilliant and the intonation is spot on. When I first started playing the bass it buzzed and crackled terribly. We repaired some poor wiring and foil lined the cavities and that made it useable. We could also see these were not the original pots or wiring, and that is something that ‘vintage’ purchasers are looking for. In fact I have an extra set of 500k pots from Russia that I will include with the purchase, because I think the existing pots are not very good making the bass sound darker than it probably really is.
 

Video Demo, follow this link to my Youtube 90 second bass summary. - - - Video of the bass

 

Important Points to Consider directly bearing on the sale:

 

I am happy to try and answer questions but I am a bassist, not a collector, I’ll do my best.

 

I am based just outseid Edinburgh in Scotland and the sale price I am asking does not include postage and shipping. Depending on who and where you are, it may be just as well to come visit and try the instruments. I recently sold my Sadowsky to someone in the USA and it was expensive and stressful to get it to him. The final UPS shipping bill was about £280.00 including appropriate insurance, and that included an extra £26 I had to pay because the box was 2cm longer than I claimed on the riginal shipping contract - you live and learn eh!?

 

So the price of shipping is to be born by the purchaser and while I am happy to ship if you want, I think it is so much better to come and collect it. I might even drive to Newcastle and meet you there for the price of a tank of fuel. Anyways, its something we can have a chat about.

 

The email in the pictures is my second email and is following the Basschat guide of trying to make sure someone doesn't clone this listing and try to scam someone, that woudn't be cool.

 

Cheers, have a look around, get in touch. 

Tom

 

 

[Reggaebass]

Love this, what a great bass 

[snorkie635]

Looks fine. GLWTS

[krispn]

I’m out in East Lothian and would love to clap eyes on this. We never see these vintage basses out this way.