Alfie Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Inspired by my latest acquisition from eBay, I thought I might start a thread to post delectable shots of MIJ and CIJ Fenders, there do seem to be quite a few on this site. Happily, I now own a Japanese Fender from the 80s, 90s and 2000s. Here's a little story about the new bass: I have always always wanted a 57 reissue surf green precision with a maple neck and I have been actively searching for one for years without any success, I was seriously looking at getting something made by the Fender Custom Shop. Last week I decided to give in and get a daphne blue precision I had seen on eBay, daphne blue is pretty close to surf green I thought. Anyway, fast forward to today and the Parcelforce man arrives with his large package, eagerly I rip open the box and what do I find? The bass that was pictured as blue on eBay is in fact very close to surf green (it is a hard colour to capture), there was much rejoicing. Before you could say rockabilly, I had removed the active EMGs and put in some wizards, replaced the chunky brass bridge for something more vintage and stuck on some ashtrays. A quick polish and the little beauty is perfect. So here they are, left to right: 1989 Fender Precision Bass Lyte; 1996 Fender '57 Precision Bass ; 2009 Fender '51 Precision Bass And a couple of art-farty ones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Cool retro collection you have there! The 57 looks surf-tastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwoff Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Poor photo! Bass is also in my sig 57' P reissue CIJ with Duncan 1/4 Pounder added bridge cover and seriously non-standard thumb rest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey1-8 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Here's my MIJ '75 RI Jazz which I bought new in '97. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Predictably, here's Sid, my 1993/4 CIJ 70RI (back with original rosewood neck, after a BassChat-documented dalliance with an after-market maple neck): [attachment=51679:clarky_basses_004.JPG] Edited June 8, 2010 by Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I've got a black fretted '62 Jap Jazz reissue, but I've lent it to someone.... Here are the other two, a Jap Jazz fretless probably from the '80s and an early '90s Jap reissue '62 P bass which seems to have sprouted an extra string.... Probably should have dusted them off before I snapped them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Alfie' post='860132' date='Jun 7 2010, 05:47 PM'][/quote] God, that is [i]sweet[/i]. I want one in sonic! Edit: And that '51 is very nice, too. Edit: Not sure about that other thing, though. Edited June 8, 2010 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Just put these in another post - thought they might be at home here. Some of the finest from The Land of The Rising Sun. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p58 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 my mij jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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