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Fender Hot Rod Precision Bass questions

#21
I've lost auctions on ebay for that bass, & I bid $800. In natural, though... The bass the OP refers to must have snuck by me, never saw it...

I've cured my GAS, for now, by picking up an ESP Vintage 4, very similar to the Hot Rod P. And as far as electronics, the SD Basslines sound amazing. Not too fond of the factory distressed finsh, though.

Anyway, un-derailing this thread, still looking for that natural/rosewood Hot Rod P...

OP, you got a sweet deal on that bass. Post some pix!!
 
#22
I bought one from zzounds (Sunset Orange Transparent) new in 2001 for $700 ($699.95). ;) While it was beautiful, I found myself more into Jazz Basses at the time. And if I was in a Precision mood, I preferred my '75 P. I ended up trading it not long thereafter for a first year Highway 1 Strat in Honey Blonde/maple.
 
#24
Very nice basses. This was mine; a 2001 bought new in 2006. I traded it for a Warwick FNA

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with a different PW

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#30
i got mine in '01 for $800 (it is a lefty). the store, mars music in orange county, originally had it for about $1100 and had a sale about a week or two before i got there and they forgot to take the tag off, so they had to honor the price. it is still my favorite bass and one i will never sell. if fender brought them back i would buy one in a heartbeat.
 
#33
I bought one new in '98 or '99 with tolex case for around $700.00. It's Arctic white with maple fretboard. The small tone pot crapped out twice in short order, but the third one has been fine ever since. Around 2006 I replaced the faux tortoise pickguard with a pale mint green piece. This bass has seen serious use but still looks great; just had the frets leveled and it sings as well as ever. To me, it's the all-weather bass.
 
#34
after talking with another TB'er on here and the pics of tokemon and nightsun's HRPB's, i've confirmed a long-standing suspicion that these basses came with two different bridge pickup spacings. the one in nightsun and angelofdeath003's has the bridge pickup spaced at 1-11/32" between the P's treble coil and the bridge pickup. and the spacing on tokemon's and my HRPB is 1-3/4" between the treble coil and bridge pickup.
 
#37
dedpool1052 said:
the member i talked to had one with a '99 serial number like mine
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Serial numbers aren't reliable for close dating, but by 8/00 they should have been through the N9 necks. Only the heel sticker (not the neck stamp) would tell when the bass was actually made. Over the years, I've routinely found later dates inside Fenders than the heel stamp's.

I'm not 100% positive, but I think these had different necks than regular Precisions.
 
#38
Bongolation said:
Serial numbers aren't reliable for close dating, but by 8/00 they should have been through the N9 necks. Only the heel sticker (not the neck stamp) would tell when the bass was actually made. Over the years, I've routinely found later dates inside Fenders than the heel stamp's.

I'm not 100% positive, but I think these had different necks than regular Precisions.
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i cant speak for the other member i mentioned, but my basses is dated '99 on both the neck and body.
 
#39
FYI, mine is a 08/00 and the distance between the bottom edge of the lower Precision's rout and the top of the J rout is ~1-3/8" (measuring the routs is the only accurate way to go as there's so much wiggle room for mounting the pickups).

I just dug it out and checked.

You're welcome! ;)
 

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