Fender Precision 1956

[onehandclapping]

Near mint,in knuckle buster tweed case,a nice addition to my basses

[Mrbigstuff]

Holy moly

[SICbass]

Edited August 27, 2022 by SICbass

[MungoBass]

What a beauty!  Congratulations!

[ambient]

It looks good for its age.

[miles'tone]

You are Elon Musk and I claim my 5 space bucks.

Only he could outbid Sting on that beauty 😍 

[Maude]

Wow! That's in fantastic condition. 

What a find. 

😎👍

[musicbassman]

1 hour ago, ambient said:

It looks good for its age.

Suspiciously good ?

[SICbass]

Did they have string-through bridges back then? I honestly didn’t know.

[Reggaebass]

5 minutes ago, SICbass said:

Did they have string-through bridges back then? I honestly didn’t know.

Something like this I believe 

[MungoBass]

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

Something like this I believe 

There’s one of my favourite reference books again!!!

[Reggaebass]

1 minute ago, MungoBass said:

There’s one of my favourite reference books again!!!

It’s my bible 😁

[Eric.C.Lapton]

String through body until 1957 I believe

[onehandclapping]

It actually still has the mute under the back cover,gigged( very gently) yesterday with it,kept the pup cover on as the earth wire sits under it.

[AndyTravis]

Well…that’s a beauty.

 

Had a Fender CS55 relic (just like stings bass) and I regret selling it daily. 
 

Congratulations - if you ever need a babysitter for it…🥸

[Sibob]

22 hours ago, musicbassman said:

Suspiciously good ?

Yeah, I’m with you.

Not even any checking to the nitro finish?!

Beautiful bass though regardless.

 

Si

[onehandclapping]

I like very clean and used..2 of my basses

Edited August 28, 2022 by onehandclapping

[Mrbigstuff]

1 hour ago, onehandclapping said:

I like very clean and used..2 of my basses

When does the museum open for visitors? 😁

[msb]

Simply gorgeous. Congratulations !

[MungoBass]

What’s the history of these two basses? 

[onehandclapping]

14 hours ago, MungoBass said:

What’s the history of these two basses? 

Have all the history but not putting it on an open forum ( no need as they are not for sale)but happy to give imformation on a PM…

[Eric.C.Lapton]

You’ll get a lot of pm’s now 😂🤣

[onehandclapping]

27 minutes ago, Eric.C.Lapton said:

You’ll get a lot of pm’s now 😂🤣

😀…l have another 1 owner 64 jazz that came from UK ,with full history 😀

[Happy Jack]

On 27/08/2022 at 11:34, musicbassman said:

Suspiciously good ?

 

On 28/08/2022 at 09:41, Sibob said:

Yeah, I’m with you.

Not even any checking to the nitro finish?!

 

Agreed that the condition is almost worryingly good, but the finish on those very early Precisions does seem to have been less prone to checking. Here's my very early 1957:

 

 

Now compare that to my 1966:

 

[onehandclapping]

I have owned 3 previously 54,55,56…I do have a little idea😀