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Old 12-10-2012, 08:11 AM
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Fender Am Std Precision Modernized - Black/Maple/Delanos/P-retro

Anyone ever wonder what a modern Precision bass would sound like, this is it.

$1200 shipped within North America, shipping outside North America at buyers cost. Comes with Fender molded hard case and all case candy. Not interested in trades.

Bought this recently from a friend, who made all of the following modifications:

Take a regular American Standard Precision.
Upgrade the pickups to Delano single pole split-coil pickups
Add the fantastic East P-retro Preamp
Swap out the Precision neck for American jazz neck.
Add matte black pickguard, stealthy bridge and matching Dunlop strap locks.
And what you have is one kick-ass P-bass.

Great condition, 9.5/10, no noticeable dings, just player wear. Average weight, I'd say between 9 and 9.5 lbs.

Tone is amazing. Passive is great, pull up the front pup and you get a very clear but stronger active tone, pull up the back pup and you get earth quaking low boost, really great for aggressive music styles.

In fact, I bought this as I was joinng a new band, playing more aggressive rock than my usual. The band didn't go anywhere due to drummer health issues, folded, and so now the bass is available.

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Old 12-10-2012, 08:41 AM
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Way cool. Any sound bites?
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Old 12-10-2012, 08:43 AM
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WOW! Makes me want to start playing a 4-string once again
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Old 12-10-2012, 09:17 AM
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Say it isn't so, bro - JK. I also installed some black Dunlop Straplok strap buttons GLWTS!

EDIT: I should also note that it has a "bright" function which is enabled via dip switch. I played everything from punk to western on this beast.
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Old 12-10-2012, 09:19 AM
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Wow! I would LOVE to hear a clip of that.
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Old 12-10-2012, 09:46 AM
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I'll see what I can do about the sound bites.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:49 AM
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Old 12-12-2012, 11:09 AM
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top, maybe sound bites by the weekend, if I get time (lots of shoppin' to do, naturally).
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Old 12-12-2012, 11:30 AM
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Drooled over this when Kinetic was selling it...drooling over it now ;-)
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Old 12-12-2012, 11:33 AM
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same, I have no regrets in pulling the trigger on this one, would love to keep it, but kinda redundant in the collection, and my only Fender.
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WOW,WOW,WOW! I wish I had the cash for this.
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Old 12-12-2012, 03:20 PM
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thanks, its a great bass.
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Old 12-13-2012, 11:26 AM
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Old 12-14-2012, 11:33 AM
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As there person who had all the upgrades put into this bass, I can tell you first hand that the price is MORE than fare, actually it's a steal.
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Old 12-14-2012, 05:31 PM
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truer words hath not been uttered
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Old 12-15-2012, 10:21 AM
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lots of good basses on here for sale. none exactly like this one.
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Now that a badass looking p bass.
I bet it sound as killer as like it looks.
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Old 12-15-2012, 11:17 AM
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Yes on both counts. Thanks
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Old 12-16-2012, 09:39 AM
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Those are not single coil pickups, just sayin bump.
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