FS: Fender Am Standardard Precision Neck - THE Factory Prototype

**ExaltBass** · #1 08-03-2010, 08:14 AM

FENDER USA P-BASS neck (1995) American Standard Precision / A.S.P Bass Prototype

This is a one-of-a-kind find!
It's a 20 fret neck based on the Vintage format. Butt adjustment, but with the larger diameter truss rod & 3/16 hex adjustment. 1-5/8" nut.

The frets are medium jumbo (American Standard). I used only flats on it and it has less than 12 gigs on it. So, I while can’t say the neck is new, it was played very little.

The tuner holes are for your basic Shaller ~F~ Ultralite tuners with 11/16 bushing holes. That also works with vintage bushing & tuners.

Fender / Schaller ‘F’ tuners are available in another thread. FS: Fender Am Std "F" Tuners & Drop Tuner / Extender

This piece was made by the Fender R&D (model) shop . The neck was hand pin routed, not run on the production CNC. If you look at the pics note the tooling holes used to fasten the neck blank to the template.

The production ASP basses have the large 1/4inch factory "production" CNC tooling hole. This proto type neck was PRE-PRODUTION & run on a pin router by hand & has the 1/8 inch dowel plugging the tooling hole. It doesn’t have the 1/4 inch "production" tooling hole.

On the butt of the neck you can see where it was stamped (A.S.P.BASS PROTO) This is stamped & is under the satin clear. You can also see the second tooling hole that wasn't plugged (under the word PROTO) used to fasten the butt of the neck to the pin router template.

Anyone can drill & dowel a hole claiming it to be a tooling hole, but you can’t UN-DO the large factory CNC hole!

This neck was built by some of Fenders best, the R&D Model shop. This is basically a mini-custom shop, building orders for Fenders management instead of the public. The builders could be Mike Bump, or Duane Bolinger. I'm not sure if they were the R&D builders at the time. If it wasn't them, it was George Blanda. George is amazing & responsible for countless Fender designs. All the R&D guys are superb builders.

$450 – plus shipping.

PRICE DROP - $425
WITH AM STD TUNERS - $475
WITH AM STD TUNERS & DROP TUNER / EXTENDER $525

joeyl · #2 08-03-2010, 08:19 AM

beautiful neck, but you said standardard

I wish I was in the market for a P neck.... but I cannot justify it

**ExaltBass** · #3 08-03-2010, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by joeyl

beautiful neck, but you said standardard

I wish I was in the market for a P neck.... but I cannot justify it

Well, I have a "Genuine Replacement" Jazz Neck that will be listed in a day or two if you're looking for a great Jazz Neck.

joeyl · #4 08-03-2010, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExaltBass

Well, I have a "Genuine Replacement" Jazz Neck that will be listed in a day or two if you're looking for a great Jazz Neck.

will it be as cool as a Fender prototype????

**ExaltBass** · #5 08-03-2010, 08:56 AM

Yes, it's HARD to top this one! But it is sweet...

**ExaltBass** · #6 08-05-2010, 08:39 PM

Mrdak · #7 08-06-2010, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExaltBass

Well, I have a "Genuine Replacement" Jazz Neck that will be listed in a day or two if you're looking for a great Jazz Neck.

What kind of board on the Jazz neck?

**ExaltBass** · #8 08-06-2010, 09:05 AM

Slab Rosewood. The end butt looks similar to the Proto neck. I'll be posting pics shortly today and listing it in it's own for sale thread. It's a really sweetie!

**ExaltBass** · #9 08-06-2010, 04:37 PM

Bump for PRICE DROP - $425
WITH AM STD TUNERS - $475
WITH AM STD TUNERS & DROP TUNER / EXTENDER $525

(Am Std Tuners with Extender shown)

basgitarr · #10 08-08-2010, 11:47 PM

Does the J neck have a slimmer contour than the P? Are the frets narrower?

**ExaltBass** · #11 08-09-2010, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by basgitarr

Does the J neck have a slimmer contour than the P? Are the frets narrower?

Yes that one is based on a '62 Jazz Neck, and Yes the frets are narrower (Vintage fret wire width .082 vs. Medium Jumbo .103 by my measurement)

THE JAZZ NECK FOR SALE THREAD IS HERE:

FS: Fender Genuine Replacement JAZZ Neck - RW

gnergaard · #12 08-10-2010, 01:22 PM

What body was this neck mounted on most recently? I'm looking for a 1&5/8ths p-neck for a US vintage re-issue body v- serial number...
Can anyone confirm that this would work?
Thanks,
Greg

**ExaltBass** · #13 08-10-2010, 01:31 PM

This is a 1-5/8 nut neck, with a standard neck pocket fit - but NOT sloppy at all! This was most recently mounted on a Highway One P-Bass body (now P-J)

2nd from left... (I loved it with the drop tuner!)

The Jazz Bass on the left is currently broken down and available in the classifieds also.

I only pulled it off when I found my 'dream' 1-3/4 nut width 'Genuine Fender Replacement' '62 P-Bass neck.

It's the absolute best 1-5/8 neck I've ever played.

**ExaltBass** · #14 08-12-2010, 03:41 PM

NOW ON EBAY - CLOSED HERE

Thanks for the interest!