Hello all, selling a 95' japanese fender p bass in cherryburst with limited edition fotoflame ,overall in great condition with only minor scratches and light dings sparingly throughout the body ,neck has little visible wear and is in great shape with little fret wear or pitting .Neck is extremely comfortable to play and is essentially a 62 reissue neck with vintage frets a 7.5 radius, and 1.625 nut width, propably one of the nicest necks ive had my hands on and is a dream to play,i cant hear any of those dreaded fender dead notes on the g in case anyone was wondering.Pick guard is a nice pearloid off white color kinda looks like has a thin film of orange and is definately original to the bass as it tries to compliment the burst Bridge is ur standard fender bent metal piece with solid saddles Weight is a helathy 8 pounds on my bathroom scale,definately lighter than my 51 or ray.. These were limited to 3 years so they are increasingly rare. Aside from the foto flame,this is just ur standard mij 62' japanese reissue that sells for 7-800, i would like to get 650 shipped.
those are the reflections of the knobs by the pickguard.most of these dings arent that bad in real lighting as this was a bright flash i used.
Heres a bit more info
The “Foto Flame” series was a short-lived, inexpensive attempt by Fender to compete with a growing “flame top” market such as PRS and Dean guitars. The “Foto Flame” is an thin piece of photographic film of some very highly figured wood laminated to the guitar, (thus the name Foto), developed by Fender, in connection some photographic corporation. (I have heard both Polaroid and Kodak, but most likely Fuji). The Foto Flame guitars, with the flame on top, usually have a Basswood cap on Alder or, in the case of the Foto Flame being on front and back, the whole body can be made of Basswood. When the “Foto Flame,” film is applied to the Basswood top, it makes the guitar appear as if it had high-end matchbook, figured Maple. The way they shrink wrapped this film around the guitar is amazing and it is hard not to think it is real wood. The Japanese are masters at copying, as these guitars testify. In fact, the Fender USA guys "almost cried" when they saw the MIJ quality as Fender USA was trying to get back up on its feet after the CBS buyout in March of 1984."
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