Lays Guitar Shop Custom Precision Style Bass

When Leo Fender designed the Precision bass, his goal was to eliminate the drawbacks of the so-called “doghouse” upright string bass; namely that it was hard to play and hard to hear. Because Leo was not a player, he was able to be unbound by tradition and make the radical design leap from the acoustic bass to the electric bass. The Precision bass quickly achieved generic status, and the term “Fender Bass” was even listed as an instrument in the Musicians Union directory. The Precision bass allowed bass players to step in the spotlight, thereby changing popular music forever.

Because of the newness of the Precision Bass in the early 1950's, Fender was forced to experiment with different strings, cores and wraps, adapt new tuning machines and develop new amplification.

The custom bass pictured features a traditional Precision design, Gotoh bridge, and Bartolini P style pickups, Schaller or Gotoh tuning machines, CTS pots, passive electronics, block neck inlays, alder Warmoth bodies with maple Warmoth necks, bone nut and, of course, the retrospective 1950's motif.

This example from Bronco Bob's collection features the popular Fender custom color Olympic White #2818L (un-tinted) a Dupont Duco nitrocellulose lacquer finish that became available in the late 1950's. Olympic White was used only on Cadillac's produced from 1958 to 1962............includes  soft padded gig bag .WEIGHT IS 11 LBS.....
this bass is stunning..a work of art..plays great...never played out..only limited studio work..

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Listed5 years ago
ConditionVery Good (Used)
Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • P-Bass four string
Finish
  • White
Categories
Year
  • 2010
Made In
  • United States
Number of Strings
  • 4-String

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