Fender Precision Bass 1978 Black/Maple £1,990 £2400 Herefordshire

[DaveSetchfield]

(Price is £1,990.00, the old price still seems to be visible in the title) 1978 Fender Precision Bass. Great sounding and playing bass. Professionally set-up. I have owned this for 18 months in which time it has been in my music room for home playing/recording apart from one gig. A previous owner replaced the pots and output jack with correct Fender parts, the originals are included. I have replaced the scratchplate screws and control knobs, the originals are included, as are the bridge and pickup covers. Approx weight is 5kg, so a reasonably weighty one, but it balances nicely and doesn't feel too heavy when playing. A lovely instrument with 70s vibes in abundance. No truss rod issues. I would prefer payment by Paypal. This was a birthday present to myself, but I have not used it as much as I had anticipated and have found a lower priced P, which suits my needs, so would like this to go to a good home. Please ask any questions you have and be patient for replies (I check in a couple of times a day). Can be seen/heard here and in other videos on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDe8CelWW54 *Please note the case in most of the pictures is not included. Included is a refurbished Fender 80s/90s case as pictured separately.

 

Edited February 13 by DaveSetchfield
Price lowered

[Beedster]

Very JJB 👍

[Rayman]

Yep….. my absolute fantasy bass

[BassKS]

Man. That tone on the vid is to die for!!! 
i hope someone buys this before the wife kills me for detouring the new kitchen funds to a bass 

Edited March 3 by BassKS

[silverfoxnik]

What a fantastic sounding bass, and some wonderful playing in your video there @DaveSetchfield 👏👏👍

 

GLWTS 😊

[Lozz196]

Reminds me of my old 78 Precision, a very specific special tone there. 

[Beedster]

There’s a lot of negativity about late ‘70s Fenders, but when they got it right they really did get it right 👍

[DaveSetchfield]

11 hours ago, silverfoxnik said:

What a fantastic sounding bass, and some wonderful playing in your video there @DaveSetchfield 👏👏👍

 

GLWTS 😊

Thanks; that's very kind.

[silverfoxnik]

26 minutes ago, DaveSetchfield said:

Thanks; that's very kind.

Really nice to hear such clean, precise and dynamic playing.... 

 

It's all in the hands/fingers, as a certain Mr Santana famously once said. 

[Beedster]

On 19/03/2025 at 07:41, silverfoxnik said:

It's all in the hands/fingers, as a certain Mr Santana famously once said. 

 

I suspect the OP would prefer you said it's all in the bass mate  

 

But wow, that is such an iconic instrument. There's been a lot of talk round these parts about the next big wave of collectable vintage, and I suspect that these late 70's black/black/maple models are going to rocket in the same way as the early 70's 3TSB/tort.rosewood models have (amazing the difference in price represented by 3-4 years in some cases, and it's as often assumed purely a quality issue, I've played some utter dogs from the early 70's). 

 

If you can afford to keep it @DaveSetchfield, keep it mate, going on that video, you and it get on quite well 👍

[DaveSetchfield]

On 22/03/2025 at 07:56, Beedster said:

 

I suspect the OP would prefer you said it's all in the bass mate  

 

But wow, that is such an iconic instrument. There's been a lot of talk round these parts about the next big wave of collectable vintage, and I suspect that these late 70's black/black/maple models are going to rocket in the same way as the early 70's 3TSB/tort.rosewood models have (amazing the difference in price represented by 3-4 years in some cases, and it's as often assumed purely a quality issue, I've played some utter dogs from the early 70's). 

 

If you can afford to keep it @DaveSetchfield, keep it mate, going on that video, you and it get on quite well 👍

Thanks for your kind words. The bass has been for sale here for close to eighteen months with little interest.