NBD - Fender Japan Traditional Collection 2025 Precision Pearl White

[Delberthot]

I don't normally do these type of posts but it's been a good number of years since I owned something with such a wow factor.

 

A few weeks ago I had an incident that left me without a working bass at a gig. Luckily I was able to drive 10 miles down the road from the venue and borrow a bass. It was an unusual one that I hadn't heard of before, built by the Bass Workshop and it was a simple P bass with one volume and no tone control.

 

 

 

Now I've been a Jazz guy for quite a few years now, in between the odd Stingray or Sterling. I've always wanted to like p basses but could never find anything that I liked. I now found myself in the unusual position of having to use a bass that I'd never played before, with old strings, no tone control, badly needing a set up and not even close to what I had brought to the gig - my Warmoth/Status Super Jazz with EMG JX pickups and a 3 band EQ.

 

 

I found that I really enjoyed playing it. I think that I had missed the interaction of digging in and getting a more gnarly sound. It didn't matter how hard I played the jazz, it always sounded good but I couldn't get that digging in clanky growl that I could only get from passive pickups.

 

That set me thinking so I decided to get my Squier 40th P bass out of the box, set it up and took it to the hogmanay gig. Absolutely loved it. I had one of those rare moments where the sound was amazing, not quite 100% what I wanted but close.

 

 

I decided there and then that I'd like to get myself something special and maybe keep the Squier as a back up bass.

 

I only had one prerequisite - it had to be white. After much searching I found a Japanese imported special edition 60s P in white pearl at Fender Fever.

 

Anyway, it arrived today and I have just taken it out of the box and it's even more spectacular than it looked in the pictures. The rosewood board is so deep and rich in colour. It's probably the nicest rosewood board that I've ever seen that wasn't on an actual vintage 60s Fender

Edited Monday at 20:10 by Delberthot

[Jonesy]

Lovely looking bass and I'm sure it sounds as good as it looks. Enjoy it!

[jonno1981]

Matching headstock looks so good!

[HeadlessBassist]

That's a great looking bass, Delbert. Hopefully it has that P-punch that fills out the sound which we all enjoy. I know I'm enjoying coming back to the Precision for the first time in about 7 years with the American Professional Classic. 

 

What happened with the Warmouth-Status Jazz? How did it fail on the gig? 

Edited yesterday at 09:17 by HeadlessBassist

[police squad]

Wow

[Delberthot]

56 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

What happened with the Warmouth-Status Jazz? How did it fail on the gig? 

 

I changed the batteries after sound check and it looks like one of the battery wires came loose. An easy enough fix but not at a gig 😀

[miles'tone]

So good! Happy new bass day!

I love a good MIJ...which is all of them really. 

[80Hz]

Great finish - looks like it's got a subtle metallic pearlesence to it. Love it. Enjoy 😄

 

Edit: ah yes, as you mention the finish is white pearl!

Edited yesterday at 14:55 by 80Hz
not reading the post

[Bassassin]

Congratulations on the NBD (I love the subtle sparkle finish, and being MIJ it's a winner!), but you know me - I'm easily distracted...

 

So, that cool black 'Made By The Bass Workshop' Precision... There's something oddly familiar about that. I'll take an entirely random guess that it's a through-neck build, and looks like it's had a somewhat comprehensive paintjob, including the fretboard - pretty sure I can see dot markers between some of the frets.

 

So, what does the group think we'd find if we filled a bath with industrial-strength paint stripper, and lobbed it in?

 

I've got a sneaking suspicion that when it was hauled out & hosed off, it might well look something like this:

 

Spoiler

 

1980 Satellite 91/n, made in Korea, original rrp about £100.

 

And they'd have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids! And leaving the headstock unpainted. 

[Delberthot]

Here are more pics and if it is one of those that has been painted then it would explain why there are no dots on the side of the neck! I had to improvise with bits of gaffa tape to know what I was playing 😂

Edited 3 hours ago by Delberthot

[Bassassin]

2 minutes ago, Delberthot said:

Here are more pics

 

I hope whoever you borrowed it off didn't pay much for it, thinking it was a hand-made one-off.

 

I think I paid about £40 for mine.