Fender Custom Shop 2013: 1951 Relic P Bass
 

Couldn't find a post about this yet, but this looks pretty nice. I especially am interested to see the colors. Aged Lake Placid is the only one available now, but the other 2 colors are Melon Candy and Candy Tangerine.

FYI, here are some other custom shops in those colors:

Melon Candy



Candy Tangerine:

"melon candy" looks suspiously like "candy cola"

price check ????

It looks pretty nice, but they're gonna try and charge $6k for it or something ridiculous. At that price, I'd just grab a refin'd REAL 50's P. I've seen quite a few real early-mid 50's refinished P basses on Ebay not getting any action around the $5k mark.

like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1957...item3f2091c69e

or this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Fender-...item3f1fd2b7cd

That reminds me to ask:

What colors did the original pre-split Precision bass came in, anyway?

I believe it was blonde, blonde and blonde.;)

And two-tone sunburst (from 1953 I think).

Yeah when the price gets over $4,000 and certainly over $5,000 the reissues end up competing with the real deals.

I don't need it, but I sure do want it!!!