THIS BASS WAS OWNED BY CHARLY MAUCHER, OF THE GERMAN ROCK BAND JANE. HE BOUGHT IT IN THE MID '70's, REFINISHED IT AND CHANGED THE PICKGUARD, TUNERS AND KNOBS TO GOLD. (I'D KILL FOR THE ORIGINAL PICKGUARD) I REPLACED THE TUNERS WITH PERIOD, REISSUE, REVERSE TUNERS. THE PICKUPS AND POTS ARE ORIGINAL. IT'S WELL KNOWN IN GERMANY, AS A CELEBRITY INSTRUMENT, AND WHEN I PUT IT ON A FENDER FORUM, IT GOT RECOGNITION FROM ACCROS THE POND. ONE PERSON SAID 'THE LAST TIME I SAW THAT BASS, IT NEEDED A FRET JOB'. IT SINCE HAS HAD ONE.

CHARLY WAS AN AGGRESSIVE PLAYER, WOULD BREAK STRINGS AND WORE GROOVES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FINGERBOARD. HE PLAYED WITH HIS INDEX FINGER, LIKE JACK BRUCE, WHICH TO ME IS AWSOME AND FORIEGN. I USE TWO, SOMETIMES THREE! THIS BASS HAS THE REALLY WORN LOOK. HE TOOK IT FROM A NEW REFINISHE TO IT'S CURRENT CONDITION, SHOWING HOW HE POURED HIMSELF INTO HIS INSTRUMENT. IT SITS ON A STAND IN MY LIVING ROOM AND RADIATES CHARLY. IT'S ALL HIM, NO ONE ELSE PLAYED IT, AND NO ONE ELSE COULD LEAVE HIS MARK ON IT LIKE HE COULD.

CHARLEY AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO CANADA, NEXT TO US IN '95, AND WE BECAME VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. CHARLY SADLY PASSED 2019, AND A FEW YEARS LATER, HIS WIFE GAVE ME THE HONOUR OF LETTING ME AQUIRE IT. IT'S A GREAT PLAYER, AND THE ONLY REASON I'M SELLING IT IS THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP A 'REAL' EARLY '52 PRECISION. I KNOW CHARLY WOULD APPROVE.

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