For sale F/S: Sting Custom '54 Precision Bass

Nice. How's that Fralin compare to the stock? Good luck.

chuck norriss said:

Nice. How's that Fralin compare to the stock? Good luck.

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I never had the stock 'CIJ' SC pickup in the bass.

Sorry to ask but do you still have the original one ply white pickguard? You have a very nice bass! On eBay, I'd say you could fetch $800 or more. Good luck! Love your bass! (The Sting 12th fret marker sucks!) Your's is soooo cool!

bassdude51 said:

Sorry to ask but do you still have the original one ply white pickguard? You have a very nice bass! On eBay, I'd say you could fetch $800 or more. Good luck! Love your bass! (The Sting 12th fret marker sucks!) Your's is soooo cool!

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Sorry, only have the Mint PG. Thanks for asking!

I too don't care for the Sting Inlay. No disrespect to Sting, just don't care for Inlay! I guess I'm just 'Old School'!

I did the same thing same pickup I also enlarged the control cavity for full size pots. Good Luck with the sale.

It literally hurts me that I don't have $650 laying around to send you! Very beautiful, and a creative solution to that pesky Sting inlay!

bassistjoe93 said:

It literally hurts me that I don't have $650 laying around to send you! Very beautiful, and a creative solution to that pesky Sting inlay!

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I wish you had the extra cash too! Seriously, thanks for the nice comments! I really don't want to sell it. I enjoy it every time I pick it up and Jam w/ it at home. It's a fun bass!

I play my CS Jazz 90% of the time and was looking to see what I could sell so I could have some extra cash for vacation coming up the end of next week.

If it does not sell by the first of next week, I may just keep it and sell one of my Jazz basses instead after I come back from vacation. I could use the money, but I won't lose any sleep if does not sell soon.

It's a beautiful bass. I have one, and sold you the tort pickguard; bet that would look nice in a pic. How did you get the stinglay off?

Each new question gives ya a bump so here I got another one. Do you know the ohm winding on the Fralin split coil pickup? The stock winding is 6.5k ohm but Lindy offers windings up to 8k. You're bass is KILLING ME! I wish someone would buy it before I add it to my "squirting out the windows" bass collection! A Custom Shop version of your bass would be over 2 grand!

Orpheus55 said:

It's a beautiful bass. I have one, and sold you the tort pickguard; bet that would look nice in a pic. How did you get the stinglay off?

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It also comes in a 51 reissue version sans sting scribble. See: Fender site. Dont know why they did the sig inlay at 12th fret alone--they could have at least done pearl inlays across the board like the Marcus. It just seems out of place but I'm used to it & it's set apart.
Great C neck. I love it. I'm a Precision-convert, from Jazz. It took a minute but this is one fine neck.

Great bass. I have one that is very similar, and I don't need another bass, but if this one's not sold in a week I'd have to consider buying it as a matter of principle.

Orpheus55 said:

It's a beautiful bass. I have one, and sold you the tort pickguard; bet that would look nice in a pic. How did you get the stinglay off?

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Actually the Tort PG does looks god on the bass. I just have so many basses w/ the Tort PG I wanted a different.

I did not take the Sting Inlay off. This is not the Sting neck. It is a CIJ '51 Reissue precision neck. One of my dearest friends that lives in Ohio and a long time precision player and collector, put this together and I got it from here a couple of years ago.

I contacted my friend told him I was looking fpr a nice precision and asked if he had something he could part with. Jim told me about this bass, sent it to me to try out for a few weeks. He said if I like it, he would sell it to me. Once I got it and played it, I had to have it.

I have too many Jazz basses and don't really it this and won't be disappointed if it does not sell. This is my dream '54 style pcecision and it has a great neck! Just looking for some quick cash for my upcoming (late next week) yearly cruise vacation! If it doesn't sell, I closed the thread, and post one of my Jazz basses after I get back from vacation.

On Hold till tomorrow!
Update! No longer on Hold!

Man, if I didn't have a beautifully light '51 re-issue in burst,... This would be more comfortable than the slab body with out the cut away... I swapped some Seymour Duncan's in mine and a 4 saddle bridge as well...