£6295 1962 Fender Precision Bass, Sherwood Green refin £6995 High Wycombe

[pluckedout]

Sad as I am to see this go, I am lucky enough to have got hold of both a 59 and a 60 which I use more often than this one. It's a truly beautiful bass but has had some work. When I got it, it had a J pickup, an awful refinish and a fretless ebony board. I took it to Angela Arnott (of Guitar Angel) who did a stunning restoration including the nitro Sherwood green refin. She fretted the ebony board, replaced the side dots, filled the J pickup hole and rewired it. In certain light you can just see the nitro sinking a little bit into the filler J pickup rout but it's impossible to photograph and you really have to be looking for it.

 

Some minor scuffs, one on the arm contour that may polish out and a couple on the bottom near the strap button. You can also just see the old side dots (from when it was a fretless) but in normal play you don't notice them as new dots have been added. One crack in the lacquer near the E tuner, this is just the finish and not the wood.

 

What's original 

Body

Neck

Pickup (incl. brass plate)

Tuners

Bridge

Ashtrays (including what I think is the original foam in the bridge ashtray)

Decal

Headstock finish

String retainer

Neck plate

 

What's not original 

The finish on the body

The pots and jack

Scratchplate 

Tug bar

Fretboard (ebony)

Side dots

Case (later moulded Fender one)

 

What I'm not sure about 

The finish on the back of the neck - looks old but not as old as the face of the headstock. Given it had a new fretboard, assume the neck was probably refinished at that time

Screws

Strap buttons

 

4.2kg according to my bathroom scales

 

Pickup or meet-up preferred (if you come to mine, you can compare it with the 59 and 60) but happy to post, I have proper shipping cartons.

 

 

Edited Saturday at 11:06 by pluckedout
Adding weight

[Beedster]

There I was, GAS-free, minding my own business, not a care in the World, and then this…… 🧐

[pluckedout]

Price drop to £6295