Fender American Vintage II 1954 Precision Bass, Maple Fingerboard, Vintage Blonde w/ Case

The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.

The Precision Bass®, the world’s first electric bass, represents one of the most important developments in music history. For the first time, bass players had access to a portable, precisely intonated, amplified instrument. As stated by the legendary Quincy Jones, the Fender bass was “…the one technological breakthrough that changed music forever.”

Although it initially shared many design cues with the Telecaster®, such as an oversized Tele® headstock, slab body and chrome control plate, by 1954, the P-Bass® had been updated with the same sweeping curves and contoured edges of the newly launched Stratocaster®. The American Vintage II 1954 Precision Bass reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original and is offered in two colors over ash: Vintage Blonde and 2-Color Sunburst mated to a single-ply white pickguard.

Other key features include a substantial ‘54 “C”-shape maple neck with a 7.25” radius fingerboard and vintage tall frets. The Pure Vintage 2-saddle bridge with fiber saddles, reverse open-gear tuners, finger rest and '54 Single-Coil Precision Bass® pickup deliver classic Fender thump and style.

The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.

Product Specs General     SERIES American Vintage II ORIENTATION Right-Hand COLOR Vintage Blonde COUNTRY OF ORIGIN US     Neck HEADSTOCK Original Precision Bass® Shape NECK MATERIAL 1-Piece Maple NECK FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer NECK SHAPE 1954 "C" NECK CONSTRUCTION 4-Bolt FINGERBOARD RADIUS 7.25" (184.1 mm) FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Maple POSITION INLAYS Black Dot SIDE DOTS Black NUMBER OF FRETS 20 TRUSS ROD Vintage-Style Butt Adjust TRUSS ROD NUT Vintage-Style Butt Adjust STRING NUT Bone NUT WIDTH 1.70" (43.2 mm) NUT MATERIAL Bone     Body BODY Ash BODY FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer BODY SHAPE Precision Bass® BODY MATERIAL Ash     Hardware BRIDGE Pure Vintage 2-Saddle Precision Bass® with Fiber Saddles, Serialized BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE Includes Chrome Bridge Cover BRIDGE MOUNTING 3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail PICKGUARD 1-Ply Parchment PICKUP COVERS Black CONTROL KNOBS Knurled Dome HARDWARE FINISH Nickel/Chrome TUNING MACHINES Pure Vintage Reverse Open-Gear STRING TREES Vintage-Style Disc STRINGS Fender® USA 9050L Stainless Steel Flatwound (.045-.100 Gauges), PN 0739050403 NECK PLATE 4-Bolt STRAP BUTTONS Vintage-Style     Electronics MIDDLE PICKUP Pure Vintage '54 Single-Coil Precision® PICKUP CONFIGURATION S CONTROLS Master Volume, Master Tone SWITCHING None     Measurements DIMENSIONS 5.60x17.40x51.50 IN SHIPPING WEIGHT 26.20 LB FRET SIZE Vintage Tall SCALE LENGTH 34" (86.36 cm)