I bought this from 3rdbass, here's his thread:
*SOLD* FS/FT: FrankenFender Precision Special: $475 *SOLD*
and his details:
CAR 20th Anniversary (2002) Squier Body
AllParts maple on maple Jazz neck, bound & blocked, vintage reverse tuners, Fender decal
SD quarter pounder pups
BadAss II bridge
Pearl pickguard
All gold hardware
FAT tone, sweeet neck, VG cond.
Molded Fender HSC fair cond.
$475+shipping; PayPal or postal money order shipped to lower 48
WEIGHT: she's a feather at 8.5 lbs!!!
TONE: His description does not note how very raucous Duncan Basslines pickups are! They bark and grind like no one's business; thus the dilemma for me. This axe is very much more Chris Squier, Geddy Lee, or Enywhistle than Jamerson, Dunn or Babbitt...
That just ain't my tone boys...
Some of his pics:
Here's what happened on my end:
Replaced the junky, noisy squier pots with a ButchBuilt vvt wiring harness. Used StewMac shilelding paint in the cavities, copper tape on the p/g, gave it a thorough set-up.
It plays damn nice, it looks pretty dang good, but here's the thing:
It's just too mean for me. Those SD pickups are bark/grind/mid heavy. Yeah, it's got bottom end, sure...If you wanna rawwwwk, hard, tear this thing up! It's a killing machine in that regard...which ain't my bag, baby! If it's yers, you're gonna love this thing!
The neck is kewl: bound and blocked, J width, nearly P depth: real fine.
It's light, the CAR paint and pearloid guard are a great combo, and the hardware is all top flight.
It just don't fit my jazz/blues/r&b gigs: it rips!
I've got plenty of "tamer basses" in my toolkit.
Can't think of any trades I'm interested in, but you can try.
Comes with a working Fender hard plastic case that has the retaining strap busted like they all do, but all the latches work. Just "doesn't stay propped open" on it's own.
$425+ the ride, I prefer not to use paypal: cashier's check, money order, wait for it to clear-you know the drill.
I spent some fair coin on the pots and wiring harness from Butch, and the shielding materials, and my time getting her set up and playin' real fine, so I'm eating it ths price:
I could use a power amp like a qsc plx 1602 or something similar...
You couldn't put it together for anywhere near this pricetag buying all the bits seperately!
... But that ain't bass compatible as far as I know.
