Item: FE9232001883

Actual Photos of Bass

Serial # R141513

Weight 9lbs 2.5oz

The Vintage Custom '57 Precision Bass exemplifies the flagship design that has carried the torch for the electric bass for so many years on stages and on the greatest recordings of all time. This venerable model year introduced the now-familiar split double-rectangular humbucker pickup, the larger Strat-style headstock. We had fender Custom Shop do this one in Fiesta Red. The body is constructed of two-piece hand-selected Alder and is finished in NOS thinner "Flash Coat" lacquer that allows for better body resonance. The quartersawn maple neck has a '57 “soft V” profile, 7.25”-radius Rosewood fingerboard and 20 medium vintage (47095) frets.

A hand-wound '57 P Bass pickup delivers perfect vintage low-end thump and is wired to master volume and tone controls. Other features include a vintage-accurate single-ply gold anodized pickguard, four-saddle vintage-style bass bridge, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and a disc string tree. Includes deluxe tweed hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Features:

• Fiesta Red Nitro Flash Coat Finish
• Time Capsule Aging
• Hand Selected Alder Body
• Quartersawn Maple Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard 
• 1957 P Bass Soft "V" Neck Shape
• Bone Nut
• 34" Scale Length
• 7.25" Fingerboard Radius
• 1.75" Nut Width 
• 20 Medium Vintage Frets
• Neck Thickness at 1st Fret .925"
• Neck Thickness at 12th Fret .990"
• Hand Wound '57 Precision Bass Pickup
• Gold Anodized Pickguard
• 1 Volume, 1 Tone Control
• Vintage Style Tuners and Bridge

Includes:

• Fender Custom Shop Tweed Case
• Certificate of Authenticity
• Fender Strap, Case Candy