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For sale FS: 1978 Fender Precision Bass

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To All My Low End Friends...

This is a 1978 Fender Precision Bass that from all signs of wear would be considered good-excellent. The bass is very clean, and as you can tell by the pictures there are very few nicks or dings in the overall cosmetic shape of this bass. This is the only vintage piece of gear that I have ever owned, and from others that I have shown, I am being told it is in stellar shape given its age. If this were a boutique bass I would be better equipped with the types of answers you would need for questions, but being vintage I am a little out of my normal sandbox. By all means if you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call and I can answer anything that you need. I am going to be doing some recording with this over the weekend, so if it doesn't sell before then or if it is a selling point I can record sooner. My asking price on this bass is $1350 and for $1365 I'll pay all shipping costs.

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Eric Swaim

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Sep 21, 2004
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You have three things that make this not all original (1) the screws in the bridge saddles should be flat head and not allen wrench type (2) the tuners (3) the volume and tone knobs. I did not see a mention of that in the thread and wanted to point it out. I have owned enough to know. Good Luck with your sell, it looks nice.
 
Eric-
I don't mind it being pointed out. I am by no means an expert in this area of bass guitars. A friend of none gave me a range on value and I took the low end of that because of exactly this reason. I knew the knobs weren't original, but the other things you pointed out are helpful to and others who might be prospecting this bass. Thank you for the help Eric.
 
You have three things that make this not all original (1) the screws in the bridge should be flat head and not allen wrench type (2) the tuners (3) the volume and tone knobs. I did not see a mention of that in the thread and wanted to point it out. I have owned enough to know. Good Luck with your sell, it looks nice.

It is a very clean bass, even if a screw here or there is not correct. The tuners are original...I have other Fenders from the same era that are identical.

I saw one just like this on ebay a while back that went for more and it was pretty rough. This is a good price, you shouldn't have any issues selling it. Good luck....

To all the pickers out there, PM your quips...these are classifieds not the forum for debates!
 

Eric Swaim

GOD, U.S. MIlitary, Country
Supporting Member
Sep 21, 2004
2,992
3,148
Murfreesboro, TN
It is a very clean bass, even if a screw here or there is not correct. The tuners are original...I have other Fenders from the same era that are identical.

I saw one just like this on ebay a while back that went for more and it was pretty rough. This is a good price, you shouldn't have any issues selling it. Good luck....

To all the pickers out there, PM your quips...these are classifieds not the forum for debates!

Tuners are not correct, I have owned enough of these basses to know. You need to double check your resources. Pictured below are the correct tuners from the 1970's Fender Precision or Jazz Basses

I am only showing you this so you, or future buyer honestly know what they have. Tuners are not the tuners from the year model of this bass.
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That bass is stupid clean regardless, did they change them to unstamped in 1981? I was looking around and saw a bass similar to this one that was unofficially a 1978/1981 bass. Meaning it was put togetrher and sold by Fender in 1981 but the majority of the parts came from 1978. The color, dark trans red is a rare finish and indicated that this may be one of those rare 78/81 basses. I cannot confirm or deny this, but that is what I read.
 
Here are some updated photos of the bass. I was able to capture the actual color of the bass in daylight. In addition, after doing some searching I was able to find vintage Fender American tuners. These are from a 1976 Fender P Bass.

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