Fender Standard Precision / Northwest Body £800 Thurso

[Bassman1974]

Here's one that should be having the frets played off of it, but I'm really gravitating toward my Jazz basses nowadays. I dare say I'll probably regret this sale given time, as it's fairly unique and very handsome, but it seems pointless to have it gathering dust and taking space up. Spec:

 

Neck: Fender American Standard Rosewood dated 2005. Straight and true. Beautiful silky smooth finish on the rear. An absolute joy to move around.

 

Body: Northwest New Ash. Originally painted with poly, it was fully stripped back before having some nitro / varnish thrown at it. It was then rubbed back to show the effect that you can see in the photos. It's stunning. No gouges as such. Some light scratches. You can see a natural shiny mark where my wrist has been sitting during playing. The weight is very light indeed. Custom brass pickguard from TinyTone recently fitted, which is starting to patina beautifully. I've black and tort guards that I'll throw in also.

 

Pickups / controls: new Tonerider classic pickups. Solderless controls. All recently fitted. Cavities are all shielded. No hum.

 

Metalwork: Gotoh vintage bridge. Gotoh vintage tuners. I had to reuse the original bushings for the tuners as the Gotoh ones were a touch loose. I roughed them up a bit. Looks fine I think. Bronze coloured control knobs. Relic pickguard screws. Schaller S Lock strap buttons.

 

Strings: Recently fitted Labella low tension flats. Beautiful, smooth strings, with the sound you'd expect

 

I'll attach a few picks of the various pickguards I've fitted in the past.

 

Located in Thurso, miles from anywhere. Post will be required I'd imagine. I'd really prefer to send this in a hard case, of which I've none spare at the moment. I'm sure a solution could be found though. I do have an old gig bag and a Fender cardboard box that would probably work for sending.

 

I'm not looking for trades at the moment. I've decided that 6 other bass guitars are enough!

 

Any questions, fire away.

 

Cheers,

 

George

 

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[Minininjarob]

I do not like bare wood basses but that is GORGEOUS.

I DO NOT NEED ANOTHER P BASS (chants over and over to himself......)

[Bassman1974]

20 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

I do not like bare wood basses but that is GORGEOUS.

I DO NOT NEED ANOTHER P BASS (chants over and over to himself......)

Thank you, it's really something special I think. The bodywork is a total credit to the former owner.

 

I'd absolutely love a Jazz done the same way..