Fender Precision 1971 (now with photos)

[gary mac]

That was a great find. I was trawling on Friday but obviously not very efficiently

[bassbiscuits]

That's lovely. Looks identical to mine, except mine has a fair bit more buckle rash on it, but same lovely sunburst and rich tort plate. Good work sir - a bass for life!

[chrisanthony1211]

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That's lovely. Looks identical to mine, except mine has a fair bit more buckle rash on it, but same lovely sunburst and rich tort plate. Good work sir - a bass for life!
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A bass for life indeed, and I think these are great investments which are surely only going to go up in value, I bought a Fullerton 1984 precision two weeks ago for £800 which had been owned by a collector and looks like new, again surely a good investment, I think I've convinced the wife that vintage basses could be a good retirement plan, and lots of fun for me in meantime :-)

[bassbiscuits]

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A bass for life indeed, and I think these are great investments which are surely only going to go up in value, I bought a Fullerton 1984 precision two weeks ago for £800 which had been owned by a collector and looks like new, again surely a good investment, I think I've convinced the wife that vintage basses could be a good retirement plan, and lots of fun for me in meantime :-)
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Ha ha I bought mine 20 years ago when it was just an old, rather nice and fairly affordable bass, rather than a vintage piece. I could only afford one bass at the time and needed something good quality and practical that I could gig with, and its definitely been a worthy buy over all those years. Great basses.

[NJE]

Oh that is a lovely looking thing! I have serious P-Bass GAS at the moment and this does not help. I am even considering going back to 4 strings and selling my main bass for a good vintage or CS fender P. I am sure you will have years of enjoyment.

[chrisanthony1211]

A drop of oil did the trick on those tuners, but seriously dirty rosewood fretboard and frets, not sure lemon oil is going to cut through all that gunk!

Edited September 4, 2014 by chrisanthony1211

[chrisanthony1211]

If anyone is interested in a status S2 classic it's now for sale on the forum :-(