2002 Fender American Deluxe Precision V - £1350 ono (Poss Trade/PX) £1350

[Paddy777]

For sale is this absolute monster of a bass - the very rare 5 string US Fender Precision Deluxe. This is the one with the Precision pickup at the neck and the ‘Double Jazz’ Humbucker pickup at the bridge & active 3B preamp, it’s a hugely versatile bass and is a proper tone machine!

 

I’m not here to try to sell this particular model of bass to you - I’m sure you probably know what they are, so I’ll just tell you about this specific one. (If you’re looking online for it the bass is sometimes known as the “Fender ADPV” on TalkBass etc. If you are wanting where there is a lot of info/player reviews - they’re very well thought of, worth a looking there if you’re considering it as there’s a lot of discussion on there about them)

 

These are extremely sought after due to the versatility of them & amazing build quality - l really don’t want to let it go and tried to sell my Mayones Jabba 5 instead first but there’s no takers, so unfortunately this is on the chopping block 

 

It has an Ash body, maple neck and is finished in a really nice transparent teal green (so you can see the grain of the ash underneath) and a 3 ply mint pickguard

 

Sound-wise the bass can do it all - it’s a fantastic sounding bass, it has the Precision pickup at the front and the double jazz humbucker at the bridge. In my opinion the blend centred is one of the best fingerstyle sounds there is. Depending on the gig/genre I usually have the blend 10-20% either side of centre, front gives you a huge precision sound or rear gives you a bridge pickup style sound whilst retaining all the low end and not just sounding thin and ‘middy’, then give the Mid knob on the preamp a turn to taste - cut makes the bass sound more passive and boost gives a really nice mid boost that seems to cut through the mix (that’s just how I liked to use it anyway!)

 

It’s an active bass and the 4 knob setup is Vol/Blend/Bass & Treble stacked/Mid - the mids are definitely the secret sauce of this preamp, also for some reason the mids turn the other way to the bass & treble, so forward is cut and backwards is boost - it’s always been this way, no idea why 🤷‍♂️ 

 

Condition wise, it’s in reality good nick, there is a couple of bits of buckle rash to the back, not much at all but enough to mention. It looks like someone before me playing with a pick and so there’s some dulling of the gloss and marks where someone has clearly been giving it some welly with a pick at some point, it’s not bad but it’s there. There is odd marks and stuff here and there as it’s a 23+ year old bass, but you wouldn’t know that - it looks great, no big dings on it, the chrome hardware still looks new - obviously it’s not perfect but there’s nothing worth noting. I’ve tried to do as many different pics as possible so you can see for yourself  

 

I’ve included screenshots of the info from the Fender serial number website in the photos but I’ll quickly list the important stuff:

 

 

- Ash body/Maple neck & fingerboard

- Satin neck finish

- String through body or through bridge

- 22 medium jumbo frets

- 34” Scale

- 9.5” (241mm) Fretboard Radius

- Modern C shaped neck 

- Nut width - 1.875” (47.6mm) 

- Bone Nut

- Abalone dot inlays 

- Deluxe lite bass tuners 

- Rolled fingerboard edges 

- Contoured neck heel 

 

This is an absolute top drawer US Fender, there’s not much else I can say, but it’s definitely one of the models that makes you realise why Fender has the name it does! These were made in a real golden era for modern Fender’s, these basses and the electronics were John Suhr designed and both the Jazz and the Precision deluxe’s  from this era (mid 90’s - early 00’s) have almost mythical status and you can see why

 

This comes with the original Fender moulded hard case, and includes the original case candy including manual, lifetime guarantee, stamped QC inspection card and all that, as well as the Fender branded truss rod tool & Allen key 

 

Price - £1,350 ono. Shipping/delivery can be arranged

 

(Trades - May take cheaper trade + cash my way but it depends what it is, I already have a bass on hold and I need som)

 

Loads of pics below 👇 Sorry for the essay, congratulations/commiserations if you managed read it all! 
 

 

 

[Gaucho 5]

While I'm still in the poor house up pops one off my bucket list Paddy! How did you find that and in that colour!!!

May have to consider busking to raise the cash....lol!

[Paddy777]

4 hours ago, Gaucho 5 said:

While I'm still in the poor house up pops one off my bucket list Paddy! How did you find that and in that colour!!!

May have to consider busking to raise the cash....lol!

It took me ages to find one, the only ones I’ve seen were for sale abroad for £2k+