## Sold ## Fender Classic 50's Precision - Fiesta Red with Upgrades £500

[Deedee]

[color=#0000cd]Hi all

I recently purchased this from Kevsy71 and beautiful though it is, the neck is a little too 'shallow' for me (I prefer a chunkier neck, such as on my Steve Harris sig).

So, it's for sale at the price I paid for it and includes the additional goodies that came with it i.e.the original pickup, chrome pickup and bridge covers and thumb rest/pull.

Here are the key points from the original ad detailing the mods etc:[/color]



More pics here: [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/133089969@N07/albums/72157670981331285/with/27653357453/"]https://www.flickr.c...th/27653357453/[/url]

[b]Spec[/b]
Fender Classic 50s Precision in Fiesta Red, i.e. one of these [url="https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-50s-precision-bass-fiesta-red/20345"]https://www.gak.co.u...iesta-red/20345[/url]
[indent=1]Body: Alder[/indent]
[indent=1]Neck: 1-Piece Maple, "C" Shape, (Gloss Urethane Finish)[/indent]
[indent=1]Fingerboard: Maple, 7.25" Radius (184 mm)[/indent]
[indent=1]No. of Frets: 20 Vintage Style Frets[/indent]
[indent=1]Pickups: 1 Precision Bass Split Single-Coil Pickup (Mid)[/indent]
[indent=1]Controls: Volume, Tone[/indent]
[indent=1]Pickup Switching: None[/indent]
[indent=1]Bridge: American Vintage Precision®/Jazz® Bass[/indent]
[indent=1]Machine Heads: Vintage Style Reverse Tuning Machines[/indent]
[indent=1]Hardware: Nickel/Chrome[/indent]
[indent=1]Pickguard : Gold Anodized Aluminum[/indent]
[indent=1]Scale Length: 34" (863.6 mm)[/indent]
[indent=1]Width at Nut: 1.750" (44.5 mm)[/indent]
[indent=1]Unique Features: Vintage Styling, Anodized Aluminum Pickguard, Synthetic Bone Nut Gauges: (.045, .065, .080, .100)[/indent]

[b]History and mods[/b]
I bought this from eBay about a month ago.

The stock pickpups are included with the sale, however I have fitted Fender 'Original Vintage pbass' pickups which have a fantastic full range to them: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_vintage_pbass_pickup.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...bass_pickup.htm[/url] .

At the same time I swapped the rather flimsy stock pots for Fender CTS pots, and replaced the 0.1uF cap for a 0.047uF, as I found the tone rolled fully off with 0.1 to be too muddy. Rolled off now it gives thump without the mud. I redid all the pickguard screws with a Fender set, as some of them had a spot of rust/wear.

Finally I added a Fender bridge ashtray/pickup cover, and a non-Fender maple thumbrest which complements the neck nicely.

[s]Strung with Fender Nickel roundwounds 7150M .045 .105 [/s] [color=#0000cd]## Now strung with a new set of 7250ML strings ##[/color]

[s]Note: no hardcase, but I will include a basic Ritter softcase.[/s]

[b]Condition[/b]
See photos for a couple of body dings, also the ding on the edge of fretboard halfway between nut and first fret on G side [color=#0000cd](this is very tiny) [/color]

[color=#0000cd]## There are also some marks at the back of the body at the chamfer as shown on the photographs. These were not noted in the original ad but are minor ##[/color]

[b]Sounds[/b]
Full working order, sounds and plays beautifully. The new pots and pups really give a lovely range from grind to thump. The neck on these is very playable, don't be put off by the width!




[color=#0000cd]This really is a gorgeous looking and sounding bass, but I just can't live with a skinny neck!

Ideally looking for a sale with collection/meet up preferable (I'm in South Yorkshire). Possibly interested in a trade for a nice P with a fatter neck.[/color]

Edited September 10, 2016 by Deedee

[bassgurumonster]

Wait. Is that karlfer running this way???

[karlfer]

No Mike.
I'm staying out of it for the time being as I'm honour bound to let somebody else in 1st (I'd kinda pointed him this way Thurs, then my AV went this morning .

Now, if it doesn't pan out with the chap in question..............