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For sale Fender MIA Deluxe P 5 60th Anniversary

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Amazing Fender American Deluxe Precision V 60th Anniversary in Cherryburst. This is a beautiful example one of those coveted models that Fender inexplicably discontinued. :confused:

The bass came with a Badass bridge, which I swapped out for the original. I installed a John East U-Retro Deluxe preamp in it (3-band, sweepable mids, active/passive, passive tone) which is very versatile. I'll also throw in the original preamp which is much less versatile and clean-sounding but has a charm all its own if you want to try that out. This bass is very big and powerful sounding, and the bridge humbucker has a unique sound, fatter than a J single coil.

In great shape except for a couple of small dents in the headstock and a couple of small patches of finish discoloration on the back, described in this thread: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/fender-am-dlx-5-string-60th-anniversary-beauty-719895/
Also, when I swapped the original bridge back in, one hole from the Badass bridge is visible, you can see it in one of my pictures.

Here is the old thread with all the pictures: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f126/fs-fender-american-deluxe-p-bass-v-60th-cherryburst-611456/
Let me know if you want me to take some more pictures of any details, but I take care of my instruments and it looks identical to the pics in the aforementioned thread.

Comes in the 60th anniversary silver case which as you can see from the picture is very pretty and classic looking. It is durable and in good shape, although the outside does not weather as well as a more normal plain-looking case would.

The bass comes with both preamps. The East goes for $325, so that's a pretty good deal. If you really don't want the East preamp, I can take that out and put the original 18v Fender preamp back in.

Asking $1300 shipped in the ConUS with both preamps (U Retro installed).
OR... $1100 shipped in the ConUS with the original preamp only.

My phone takes lousy pictures, but here's some:
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Here is a picture stolen from the original sale thread (apologies and thanks to Weshunter413):
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Feb 26, 2008
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Just bought one of these here,but not an anniversary model. I have used it now for a couple of gigs. Must say it blows away all my other bass's. Mine has a rosewood board,but same color body with a white pickguard. The factory eq is great for what I do. Dollar for dollar,this is a great bass for the money. Get it now before I buy a mate for my other,cause I get wood for maple boards!
 

rojo412

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WOW!!! The U Retro in one of these... makes my heart skip a beat:)
 
May 6, 2009
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Dang! I was waiting forever for Smeet to sell this back to me. That was a fast sale. Pm me if you don't get the funds.
 
Jul 20, 2006
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This bass is a very good deal for the price.
IMO the East U-retro deluxe pre changes everything (I have one). It makes a bass sound great and it can give you all the modern tones (and then some). The tone knob works like the Sadowsky VTC in both active and passive modes. Very nice.

I've got the modern thing covered already so I'm moving on.

Good luck with the sale Smeet. We had a good conversation.

Shindig :D
 

smeet

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Nov 27, 2006
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Sure, I'll consider trades. I'm pretty much set on 5-strings only, and I'm starting to feel like I might want to pull this off the market, but what do you have?
 
Nov 16, 2011
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HI, I AM FROM MEXICO, I WANT BUY YOUR BASS, WHATS YOUR LAST PRICE WHIT SHIPPED? THIS BASS IS 18v or 9v?
 

smeet

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The original pre is 18v. Currently the East preamp is wired for 9v and it sounds great. It could run at 18v, but *might* require a bit of routing to fit the extra battery, as the U-Retro Deluxe 4-knob has a pretty big circuit board.

I would much prefer to keep this in the Con US for now.

Hugo, you might want to fill out your profile.
 

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