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07-19-2011, 04:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | 1978 Fender Precision Fretless - Maple and Black - 78 Unlined PBass
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I'm selling my 1978 Fender factory fretless Precision bass with a black body, black pickguard, and maple neck and fingerboard. Included in the sale is the bass together with the original chrome bridge and pickup covers (ashtray and bell), original thumb rest, and original hard shell case.
The bass is in excellent condition. The unlined maple fingerboard is showing very minimal wear in the finish. The neck is smooth. Very little wear to the black finish on the body. One small ding near the bridge.
It's lightweight! If I weigh myself holding the bass (without the chrome covers) on my digital bathroom scale, then weigh myself without it, the difference is 8.6 lbs.
The serial number under the pickguard matches the serial number on the headstock. It's an X Armenta neck, and the stamp on the heel reads
0103X5784
My translation:
01 - Precision bass
03 - Maple
X5 - 5th week of...
78 - 1978 on a...
4 - Wednesday
The volume pot is stamped 01334878831 and the tone pot is stamped 1377831.
The truss rod functions turns easily and functions as it should. The screw is nearly flush with the heel of the neck.
The bass will ship (or be picked up in) its original hardshell case.
$1600 shipped anywhere in the Continental USA, $1550 to pick up at my place in Hollywood, CA. I accept PayPal, cashier's checks, and ING Direct Person2Person payment.
No trade offers, please.
Lots more pics at http://www.photobucket.com/fretlessp/
Any questions, feel free to email or private message me.  
Last edited by The Caterer : 08-31-2011 at 10:51 PM.
Reason: Price drop
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07-19-2011, 04:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Back of body and more fingerboard
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07-19-2011, 04:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Covers off and more headstock
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07-19-2011, 04:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Heels
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07-19-2011, 06:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Iowa | | | That's awesome enough to make me wish I played fretless....good luck with the sale!
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07-19-2011, 07:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by the art guy  That's awesome enough to make me wish I played fretless....good luck with the sale! | It's never too late to learn 
Thanks for the kind words. |
07-21-2011, 11:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Matching serial numbers
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07-23-2011, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Neck and fingerboard
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07-23-2011, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | More neck and fingerboard
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07-23-2011, 04:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Toronto | | | I personally prefer fretless.My first bass was a dotted fretless and I loved it.
You sir are selling a beauty. |
07-23-2011, 05:05 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland / Schroeder /Bag End | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: W' Sconsin | | Bravo! I wish it was mine. This could be displayed at MoMA.  |
07-23-2011, 09:56 PM
| | | | Bump for a really nice, clean-looking P fretless. I have an early '76 FL in walnut and I love it. The flame in the upper half of that maple board is fantastic. These basses sound great; tons of thump and mid growl. I almost wish I'd seen this two years ago when I bought my '76!
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07-28-2011, 07:55 AM
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GTA dealer for Acoustic USA | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | Gorgeous looking bass. Even the case looks great. Does it have fret dots on the side of the neck (5th, 7th, 9th, 12th)?
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07-28-2011, 08:37 AM
| | | Hey man good luck with the sale. I have the EXACT same bass!!  |
07-28-2011, 10:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick901 Gorgeous looking bass. Even the case looks great. Does it have fret dots on the side of the neck (5th, 7th, 9th, 12th)? | Thanks! Yes, it does have dots on the side of the neck, with double dots at the octave. The dots are located where the frets would be, so they're where your fingers should go, unlike on a fretted bass, where the dots are between the frets. |
07-30-2011, 11:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Pickups and pots
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07-30-2011, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Seattle | |
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour A 15 string bass walks into a bar and the bartender says "man, you look really stressed". The bass says, "yeah, there's a lot of tension in my neck". | |
08-04-2011, 09:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Hollywood, California | | | Bump |
08-04-2011, 09:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | That is really really nice.... |
08-04-2011, 10:42 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | That's one purty bass neck. I like the contrast with the black body. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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