2013 Fender Nate Mendell Road Worn Precision £925 £925 Derbyshire, UK

[HeadlessBassist]

For sale or trade: 2013 Fender Nate Mendel Road Worn Precision Bass.

 

Hey SSG's,

 

As I predicted, this one is not long for my stewardship, which is a pity, as it's got an almost nuclear punch to it with the standard Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickup set. But at the end of the day, I'm a Jazz bass player, as opposed to a Precision bass player, and the chewy punch of my Aguilar equipped '95 Stingray is capturing all of my attention at the moment.

 

'Nathaniel' here has been set up beautifully with a low action curved to the 7.25 radius of the fingerboard, currently running on 40-95 Elixirs, so it's a dream to play.  Comes complete with a seriously thickly padded old gig bag (pictured). This is one of the early Mendel Signatures with the original BadAss II bridge. If you haven't played one of these before, they're a big favorite of people with either small hands or classical DB technique, as the nut width is 1.615", so not far off a Jazz neck.

 

There's no point in me pointing out dings and marks, as it was RoadWorn from the factory. I've not added any more dings to it, or kicked the body around a gravel carpark, but the Mexican workers at the Ensenada plant probably did. It's actually quite a nice subtle job, with aged maple parts and metal hardware. The nice part is that you can see the gold undercoat underneath it, as if it's a well gigged refinish of Candy Apple Red over a previous coat of Shoreline Gold.

 

Candy Apple Red Ash body with lightly Road Worn Nitro Cellulose lacquer finish.

Maple Neck with Rosewood Fingerboard. Slim "C" based on 1971 Precision. 7.25 neck radius & 1.615" nut width.

Leo Quan BadAss II Bridge.

Seymour Duncan Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound split coil pickup.

Foo Fighters Tour Bus and Platinum Records not included.

 

 

£925, or make me a sensible cash/trade offer with a little extra money going either way.

 

Buyer to collect, or will meet at a reasonable 75-100 miles from Derbyshire DE7.

 

 

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by HeadlessBassist