Fender Precision Bass 1971
Asia Jordan
An electric bass at the Acoustic Corner?? Why not!! This one owner Fender Precision bass includes it's original case and instruction manual. The F-series neck plate has a serial number of #329011 indicates late 1971, and the neck code is stamped Feb of 72.
This bass is all original with the only thing missing is the bridge and pickup covers. Very minor play wear, non existent fret wear, and just a bit of buckle rash. All electronics, pots, and input jack are original.
Up for sale is my 1971 Fender Precision Bass. It's a nice example of these A neck Pbass, in full-original condition, except a refret. My luthier did a great job, not much wood has been removed from the veneer fingerboard, allowing further refret with this stunning piece of rosewood - frets are still seating on the fingerboard, not on the maple. The original nut is included, if you'd prefer removing the new bone nut and having this one (plus a shim) on the neck.
It's in pretty good condition, the red from the sunburst shaded on the front of the body and remained under the (original) ashtray which was probably on the bass for decades. Neck's straight, action is low (2mm or so under the strings on 12th fret), no fretbuzz, no shim. Pretty resonant body, quite light bass too: 3,9kg (without ashtray). Trussrod nut looks corroded but the trussrod has not much effort to do. It got plenty of life's left, neck is pretty stiff.
As for tone it's without a doubt one of the very best P i've ever heard. Labella flats (760-FL) are just great with this bass. Instant Motown-vibe but lots of clarity too with open tone pot. Tone-wise it got 'that' sound, with low-mids in spades. It really is an amazing one.
The electronics were then switched to a new white pickguard, which is appropriate for a 1971 custom color P-bass, as opposed to the reissue tortoise shell guard that was on it. A little soldering, and the bass was finished and strung up. A Fender-style bridge replaces the BadAss bridge that was on the bass - which required setting the action and intonation.
This color has a very cool look to it and it will probably start to look a lot like surf green as the clear topcoat yellows in a few years.
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Released as a rebranding of the original version of the Fender Precision Bass, it was named as "Telecaster" after the Telecaster guitar model. The Telecaster Bass differs in shape from the original Telecaster guitar in that the latter is a single cutaway guitar and the bass is double cutaway.
The Telecaster Bass was introduced in May 1968[1] being essentially a straight reissue of the original 1951 Precision Bass design (which was in fact influenced by the Telecaster guitar), with a large pickguard, small Telecaster-shaped headstock, single pickup, and separate chrome control plate. Early versions had a two-piece maple-capped neck with no "skunk stripe" on the back of the neck and some also had the rare paddle-style tuners that were most commonly seen on the Jazz Bass. The pickguard on the 1960s Telecaster Bass was slightly more slender and employed more mounting screws than the originals of the 1950s. There were also three different headstock decals in the early version. The earliest had a regular silver Telecaster guitar logo with the word "bass" added underneath. Only prototypes are known to have this decal. The earliest prototypes were partially constructed from leftover 1952 Precision Bass parts. The second decal was the larger Black (gold outlined) Telecaster Bass logo (bass being in the same style of script as Fender). The third and most commonly used decal had the silver Fender script with the words Telecaster Bass written in a sans-serif type font underneath.
In the early 1990s, Fender Japan reissued the '51 Precision Bass, which is in essence, a reissue of the first-version Telecaster Bass. The earliest "Made in Japan" versions vary slightly from the later "Crafted in Japan" model. For example, the early 1990s version uses the larger, more historically accurate string ferrules that were used in the 1950s.
In 1971,[2] the Tele Bass was modified in some aspects. A new neck plate with Micro Tilt system for a more precise neck adjustment. The old-style pickguard was redesigned to eliminate the control plate, and the single-coil pickup was replaced with a larger, more powerful, humbucking unit. The Telecaster Bass was produced alongside the contemporary Precision Bass through all the 1970s. The decal logo had changed from silver to gold, with black outlining. It was the final version of the Telecaster Bass, and was discontinued in September 1979.[1]
In 2011, Fender reintroduced the model as a part of their Modern Player series, featuring two Modern Player Wide Range Humbucking pickups, three-ply parchment (Sunburst model) or single-ply black (Butterscotch Blonde model) pickguard, three knurled "chrome-dome" control knobs (neck volume, bridge volume, master tone), vintage-style bridge with four brass saddles, open-gear tuners and nickel/chrome hardware. Available in 2-Color Sunburst and Butterscotch Blonde. This model also featured a contoured body with a belly and arm cuts, and was based on the '71-'79 Tele Bass.
A new version of the instrument was introduced as a part of the limited Parallel Universe series in 2018. This version was modeled after the '68-'71 Tele Bass, but featured a P/J pickup configuration. This model was only available in Blonde.
Squier is a subsidiary of Fender and features less expensive versions of Fender instruments. The Squier Vintage Modified Precision Bass TB was released in April 2007.[3] It is based on the second version of the Telecaster Bass, featuring a similar Telecaster Bass headstock, pickguard and humbucking pickup.[4]
Squier has also issued a 1950s Precision Bass model in the style of the original Fender 1951 Precision Bass as part of their 'Classic Vibe' series. It comes in three finishes: A Butterscotch Blonde with a black pickguard, a Lake Placid Blue metallic with a white pickguard, & a White Blonde with a white pickguard. All have maple fretboards as well as contoured edges & front & back comfort contours, making them similar to the 54-57 Precision Bass design. The pickup on these models is a single-coil similar to that at the bridge position on a Telecaster guitar.[5]
Modeled after the Telecaster guitar, the Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster and Telecaster Special basses feature a Telecaster guitar-shaped basswood body, Telecaster-style control plate and a 32"-scale maple neck/fretboard with 20 frets. The Vintage Modified Telecaster Bass sports a Duncan Designed PB-102 SCPB single-coil pickup and three-way switching among special tone circuits, which feature a modern bass sound (middle switch position, volume and tone controls), softer "double bass" sound (neck switch position, volume control only) and authentic tic-tac "baritone" sound (bridge switch position, volume control only). The Telecaster Bass Special has a large chrome-covered Fender-designed Wide Range humbucking neck pickup paired with a Duncan Designed JB-102B single-coil Jazz Bass bridge pickup and three-way blade switching. Other features include black "barrel" switch tip, knurled chrome control knobs, vintage style bridge with four chrome saddles, vintage-style tuners and strap buttons and a single-ply white or black pickguard. Available in Black and White Blonde finishes. Introduced in August 2012.
Yet another gorgeous bass has graced our growing collection! This is our latest arrival, a stunning 1971 Fender Precision complete with a beautiful dark & lush Rosewood fretboard finished in an iconic Sunburst with original chrome pickup & bridge covers! This beauty weighs in at a comfortable 9.18lb with a pickup reading of 10.81k. Considered one of the golden eras of P-Bass this stunning Fender will not disappoint!
Our beautiful '71 P-Bass has been very well cared for by its previous owner and is in amazing condition for a 53-year-old bass! aside from some light scoring around the neck plate on the back of the body & the expected tarnishing on the tuners, this is a near spotless and jaw-dropping example, fit for the avid collector.
As is standard practice with any new arrival in store, this very cool '71 P-Bass has been through the trusted hands of our team in our onsite workshop to ensure it is in tip-top shape for its new home and owner!
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1971 Fender Precision Bass - 3t-Sunburst incl. orig. case
Super clean 1971 Fender Precision bass in 3t-Sunburst with one-piece Maple Neck. This bass is in excellent condition for its age, all original and nice lightweight with only 3,9 Kg. Only very little playwear and no weatherchecking, the original frets are still in great shape. Both pots and the neck are stamped 1971, the pickups are the original Fender "Grey-bottom" PUs also dated to 1971. Nice lightweight and comfortable playing instrument, sounds great and really is a pleasure to play. Comes in its orig. Fender black tolex case with orange lining, the two chrome covers for bridge and pickup are included.
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