Hooch Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Up for sale is my 1971 Fender Precision Bass. It's a nice example of these A neck Pbass, in full-original condition, except a refret. My luthier did a great job, not much wood has been removed from the veneer fingerboard, allowing further refret with this stunning piece of rosewood - frets are still seating on the fingerboard, not on the maple. The original nut is included, if you'd prefer removing the new bone nut and having this one (plus a shim) on the neck. It's in pretty good condition, the red from the sunburst shaded on the front of the body and remained under the (original) ashtray which was probably on the bass for decades. Neck's straight, action is low (2mm or so under the strings on 12th fret), no fretbuzz, no shim. Pretty resonant body, quite light bass too: 3,9kg (without ashtray). Trussrod nut looks corroded but the trussrod has not much effort to do. It got plenty of life's left, neck is pretty stiff. As for tone it's without a doubt one of the very best P i've ever heard. Labella flats (760-FL) are just great with this bass. Instant Motown-vibe but lots of clarity too with open tone pot. Tone-wise it got 'that' sound, with low-mids in spades. It really is an amazing one. It comes with a (non-original) G&G-like case, nut and ashtray from 1971, non-original pickup cover, £2990 / 3500€ without shipping (i guess it's around the 80€ mark in Europe). Will post some detailed guts pics later (neck stamp, pots and pickup). Everything is from 1971. And forgot menrioning my Feedback thread : Edited March 28, 2021 by Hooch 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Did you mean OE? Original equipment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Sorry my English is pretty poor. I thought OG for original is correct, but maybe it's not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Beautiful! 😊 GLWTS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrixn1 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 26 minutes ago, Hooch said: Sorry my English is pretty poor. I thought OG for original is correct, but maybe it's not ? I suppose OG is more like slang than an official abbreviation. I knew what you mean though. Anyway good luck with this lovely bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Thank you, corrected my slangy tendencies 😅 Edited March 27, 2021 by Hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatschmacher Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Hooch said: Sorry my English is pretty poor. I thought OG for original is correct, but maybe it's not ? That is certainly how people seem to use OG these days, you were quite correct and nothing wrong with your English. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A 71 P with flats, beautiful 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Lovely, have one of these myself! GLWTS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 A ‘71 P with an A neck - really lovely, and I think your English is excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thank you, doing my best effort but i do know it's pretty easy being misunderstood. Here are some guts shots. My luthier did some copper-shield work, pretty easy to remove it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Hooch said: Sorry my English is pretty poor. I thought OG for original is correct, but maybe it's not ? Your English is actually good. OE = “original equipment” OG is “original gravity” used in brewing beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Great i learnt a new abbreviation today, thank you ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 For the avoidance of doubt, I assume A means this has a rare 1.5" neck width at the nut (ie, J width)? Lovely bass! GLWTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Thank you, it has a A neck indeed, 1.5" width at the nut. It's the same width as a jazz bass but feels thicker to me. As a side-note, when he did the refret work, my luthier insisted how smooth and greasy the fingerboard rosewood is. He's not 100% sure, but it could be brazilian one. Edited March 28, 2021 by Hooch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Very cool bass. Never seen an A neck before either. That’s great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Damn that 20% Brexit VAT charge for importing from mainland Europe! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooch Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Payment on its way, bass is sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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