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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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Listed | 5 years ago |
Condition | Very Good (Used) Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more |
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