FS ONLY: Fender American Special P Bass

BillySid · #1 07-01-2011, 09:18 AM

Up for sale only (no trades) is my black and maple Fender American Special P Bass. I bought this bass new in the fall of 2010 and it's been my main work bass and it's seen quite a few gigs and rehearsals. It has Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder's in it and I don't have the original pickups that came with it. Plays and sounds great! One little blemish on the front top corner. It's not really a scratch but presses into the body a bit. (pic below) A little belt rash on the back of the bass up toward the neck joint but the paint isn't chipped. Also a little down below as I swing the bass around a lot when playing. It will come with a Fender hardshell case.
I'm asking $600 shipped for it to the US only.

Pics (serial is blurred in photoshop and not on the bass). On the impression pics...that's light reflecting and not a paint chip.

BillySid · #2 07-06-2011, 10:34 AM

Price drop. No love for these?

DasClyde · #3 07-06-2011, 10:39 AM

What's the difference between an american p special and a regular american p?

BillySid · #4 07-06-2011, 10:44 AM

Both made in the US. This one has the standard bridge and grease bucket tone circuit. Those are the differences I know of.

fish slapper · #5 07-06-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BillySid

Both made in the US. This one has the standard bridge and grease bucket tone circuit. Those are the differences I know of.

Tuners (supposedly, the Standard one's are lighter), and "rolled" fingerboard.

Laurie Bass · #6 07-06-2011, 08:34 PM

I could be wrong,,but I thought that somewhere I read that the American Special "P" Bass has a slightly thinner neck,,not the width at the nut but thinner from the Fret board to the back of the neck.

davkane · #7 07-06-2011, 11:57 PM

Nice looking, I miss my P bass with the maple fretboard....

What is the weight on this, my 2008 standard p was close to 10 pounds and was doing a number on my shoulder...

parsons · #8 07-07-2011, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Laurie Bass

I could be wrong,,but I thought that somewhere I read that the American Special "P" Bass has a slightly thinner neck,,not the width at the nut but thinner from the Fret board to the back of the neck.

You are correct. The neck is slim from front to rear. The nut is still standard P size. They are also setup for lower action from Fender.

BillySid · #9 07-07-2011, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by davkane

Nice looking, I miss my P bass with the maple fretboard....

What is the weight on this, my 2008 standard p was close to 10 pounds and was doing a number on my shoulder...

I don't have a scale but it's not 10 pounds.

THORRR · #10 07-07-2011, 07:13 AM

The neck is slimmer.

The body is about an eigth of an inch thinner also.
So it should be lighter than a standard.

These are nice basses.

BillySid · #11 07-07-2011, 10:17 AM

Lots of talk about the bass but no interest in the sale of the bass. Thread closed.