Late '70's early '80's rare Fender precision colour

[Chris Horton]

A friend of mine has a pink fender precision which may go up for sale.

I am trying to get some information together about it.
I know that these bass guitars were made in small numbers and I believe in the following colours ----
- pink
- orange
- blue
- yellow
The colour finish on these basses had a thick plastic type of colour to the body.

Are there any 70's / 80's fender experts that know anything about this range of bass guitars?

Cheers
Chris

[Chris Horton]

I shall get some pickies up when I see Rob next week

[Musky]

Sounds like the International colours, but they didn't do a pink one. Morocco Red perhaps?

[Chris Horton]

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Sounds like the International colours, but they didn't do a pink one. Morocco Red perhaps?
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Mmmmmm interesting,
When I get hold of the bass I shall see what the body colour is under the scratch plate and in the heel cavity.

[Dingus]

The orange one was called Capri Orange . It could conceivably fade to pink , or be mistaken for it . I think Fender made these colours between about 1979 and 1981 , presumably to woo the punk/ new wave players of the day with their radical and uncompromising colour schemes . The colours you describe were indeed the Fender International range. They were for the most part , monumentally awful instruments . Fender offered special incentives for dealers to stock them at the time . In retrospect , the colours were beautiful but the quality of Fenders at this time was at an all time low , just before the management buy-out , if I remember rightly .

Edited December 15, 2012 by Dingus

[Chris Horton]

Capri orange looks very cool

[lojo]

[quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1355593839' post='1900392']
Capri orange looks very cool
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yeah its lovely , reminds me of my vw camper

[Chris Horton]

Yeah me too
We owned a 1979 bay window for about 6 years in a similar colour.

[BetaFunk]

I seem to remember in the early 1980s Tempo(?) in West London had a batch of USA Fender Precisions for a more than reasonable £225 as long as you wanted an Orange or Yellow one.

[3below]

I had no complaints about the quality of my 1977 precision, bought new, other than I had to set the neck alignment. The action was the lowest I have ever achieved on a bass. These days I prefer high action so that benefit is wasted on me.

[Chris Horton]

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1355600287' post='1900529']
I seem to remember in the early 1980s Tempo(?) in West London had a batch of USA Fender Precisions for a more than reasonable £225 as long as you wanted an Orange or Yellow one.
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If only we had a time machine to go back in time and bring home a load of guitars !

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='Chris Horton' timestamp='1355601562' post='1900543']
If only we had a time machine to go back in time and bring home a load of guitars !
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Very true!
I can't remember how much a full price USA Precision was at the time but i remember these being a bargain (if you could put up with the colour). This was circa 1980 so tastes were a lot different then!

P.S. I've just remembered what my avatar was after i mentioned taste. Again, another example of 80s taste!

Edited December 15, 2012 by BetaFunk

[mckendrick]

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1355600287' post='1900529']
Tempo(?)
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Correctomundo.