Fender Precision Special 1980?

[2fngrdeathpunch]

Hi!
I'm considering this Fender Precision Special, but the neck seem to be from a Precision 79(?), the pickup is a seymour duncan quarter pounder and is rewired for passive, and tuners and bridge have been replaced.

Any Precision experts here that can help me figure out the value of this. Asking price is about 1500$

 

[bobba66]

Nice looking bass.

 

[2fngrdeathpunch]

Nice looking bass.

Yeah I think so too, love the faded Lake placid blue

 

[FenderOli]

Fender Precision Special

Specials came always with a matching headstock. So, I think its a parts bass. Is the electronic still there?
Fender Precision Special Bass 1980 - 1982

 

[2fngrdeathpunch]

Specials came always with a matching headstock. So, I think its a parts bass. Is the electronic still there?
Fender Precision Special Bass 1980 - 1982

No the only original part is the body, so yes it's a parts bass, but if it plays well I don't mind that, really like the looks. Just wondering what it might be worth, and what kind of neck it is.

 

[ajkula66]

Just wondering what it might be worth, and what kind of neck it is.

Way too much money for a parts bass IMO, regardless of how well it plays and sounds. Precision Special from that era is not a very popular bass and I've seen original examples change hands for under $2K not long ago.

That neck seems to be a late '70s neck from a standard P-Bass. I'd like to see the picture of the date stamp - presuming that there's one in the first place - though.

Good luck.

 

[FenderOli]

Just wondering what it might be worth, and what kind of neck it is.

Looks like an Standard USA Precision Neck from 1979-82, an 1981 Special Body and some SD Quarter Pounder. Do you know the weight?
It is worth what someone is willing to pay.

 

[2fngrdeathpunch]

Way too much money for a parts bass IMO, regardless of how well it plays and sounds. Precision Special from that era is not a very popular bass and I've seen original examples change hands for under $2K not long ago.

That neck seems to be a late '70s neck from a standard P-Bass. I'd like to see the picture of the date stamp - presuming that there's one in the first place - though.

Good luck.

How much would you say it's worth?

 

[2fngrdeathpunch]

Looks like an Standard USA Precision Neck from 1979-82, an 1981 Special Body and some SD Quarter Pounder. Do you know the weight?
It is worth what someone is willing to pay.

It's 4,4 kg, about 9,6 lbs.

 

[ajkula66]

How much would you say it's worth?

To me personally, absolutely nothing.

Half of their current asking price sounds about right, even in today's insane marketplace.

Sometimes an item is worth less than the sum of its parts...

 

[H K]

Haha! I know this one. It's in Norway, correct? Yeah, it was bought on finn some months back by the guy selling it. He reposted it for double what he paid a week later. If you decide to go for it, keep that in mind. The guy bought it to do a quick flip and DOUBLE his money, which is really poor ettiquette if u ask me.. Sure, make a few bucks is OK, but not this much on a pure re-sell.. Thats just my opinion tho. Personally I hope he's stuck with it. He's in no rush to get rid of it it seems, cus thats still twice what he paid, allthough he might have gone down a little..
Other than that, it's like others here say, more likely to be a parts bass. I also dont believe totally what he says about it being a faded color. But I'd have to see it in person to be sure. Seeing as the original neck is gone, I suspect damage and repaint to cover repair...

 

[Acoop]

$1,500 might be a high for it. ... You could together a nicer parts bass for that much.

 

[J Wilson]

As you can see in the link Fender Oil posted for us, the bass you're looking it is far different than the bass in that link (there's a picture of the blue one down the page).

This was Fender's first attempt at an 'active electronics' bass, and they had a large printed circuit board internally that can be a devil to fix all these years later. So I'd guess either this bass was beyond economical repair, neck bad or broken, any number of events in its' past it can't tell us. But obviously it's FAR from stock as originally built!

To me, IF it plays well, is quiet electronically, and you see no real issues with it as it is, if it were here in the US, I'm thinking around $500USD (I'll let you do the currency exchange calculus). $1500 is way past what I would pay for it, and at that price range, you'd have many choices better . . . . than this one.

For me, it would be just an old, tired, survivor that's had more than a few non-original parts spliced onto it to keep it going, kind of like an old used car: Still runs, but it's just seen better days quite a while ago.

 

[Fender_Bender]

Your money, but that’s a lot of money for a parts bass imo.

 

[2fngrdeathpunch]

Thank you all! Won't go for it then. Or maybe I'll offer a third of the asking price just to see how he responds.

 

[trey le parc]

Thank you all! Won't go for it then. Or maybe I'll offer a third of the asking price just to see how he responds.

This is a viable strategy. You might get lucky! Let us know what happens.

 

[H K]

This is a viable strategy. You might get lucky! Let us know what happens.

He wont.. The guy is a reseller here, with a bad rep and an even worse attitude towards buying and selling gear.

 

[trey le parc]

He wont.. The guy is a reseller here, with a bad rep and an even worse attitude towards buying and selling gear.

We had an easy back-and-forth with most flippers, but there were a couple goofs... We made up a fake employee to deal with their janky trade proposals. "Chip Davis" (related to the fictitious absentee owners in Seattle) was always always out of the shop and never answered calls or email. One day toward the end we were talking with someone at Fodera and we told him about our fake employee and he said "I need a Chip Davis, too!" So we gave Chip to Fodera and we haven't heard from him since. Fodera says he's happy and productive. So at least one flipper story has a positive outcome.