1972 Precision, neck & body original, tuners (except one gear screw), knobs, pickguard screws, neckplate/serial number also original. Pots replaced and date to '79, pickup is likely an early Duncan SPB-1. Genuine Fender American pickguard with trussrod notch, lightly & appropriately aged, genuine Fender bridge cover and thumb rest, nice Wilkinson bridge with brass saddles. The semigloss white Allparts pickguard and Badass II bridge that were on the bass when I got it are also included in this sale. I liked the black-on-black look better, and I've never been able to get a Badass to set up as low as I like, so I installed the much shorter Wilkinson.
I am the third owner of this bass. The guy I bought it from got it in 1997 so he could try to learn to play, and he said he soon realized he wasn't a musician, so he stuck it in his mom's closet where it stayed for the next 20 years.
The original owner apparently did with this bass what I used to do with my bicycle when I was a kid: painted it himself a couple of times. I'm not sure what the original color was, though when I took off the Badass bridge, a couple of small pieces of paint came up and I could see gold, red, yellow, and black layers. Someone suggested to me that it might have been Candy Apple Red since gold was used as a basecoat under red, but I'm not sure. Whatever the rhyme or reason, the guy sprayed *over* buckle rash and chips without sanding, and this can be seen clearly in several places (mostly the belly contour on the back and inside the horns). When I got it, the paint had a ton of texture and orange peel and wasn't very shiny, but I spent quite a bit of time wetsanding and polishing, and now it looks a lot better, especially from 5' away or more. Up close, it's an obvious repaint, but certainly can be lived with. The plus side is never having to worry about a detrimental scratch from hitting a mic stand or cab! There is a small section of paint missing at the front edge of the bridge from where it stuck to the Badass that had been on for so long, but that area can not be seen under the bridge cover, and can easily be touched up if you want the cover off.
The bass weighs a comfortable 8lbs14oz on a digital scale. The frets appear to be original and are in good shape. There is a small chip out of the corner of the fretboard on the E side at the 3rd fret, with no sharp edges, from long ago. The back of the neck has the usual multiple tiny indentations and shows a few skin-oil places & ring wear in the typical player's-'70s areas, but no structural issues at all. There is about a half-turn left to tighten in the truss rod. The fretboard has been conditioned with Danish oil and has a nice rich color, and is a fantastic "B" neck by measurement and the heel stamp. The headstock has typical vertical lacquer cracking more noticeable at some angles than others, and a smal chip off the bottom rear corner edge.
Please look closely at all the photographs, as any negative points I've mentioned are detailed in the pictures as best as I could capture them. I always feel that 100% disclosure is the best policy for any bass I'm selling, and especially for one in this price range!
Comes with a formfitting hardshell case, and will be carefully packed then shipped USPS with insurance.
1,400 includes the shipping to the lower 48 U.S. states. I will not ship internationally or outside the Mainland United States.
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