NBD! '71 Precision

[PennyroyalWe]

Super cool, sounds great and looks gorgeous! I’m usually partial to flats, but that sounds so good with rounds on. That bass speaks to my point about the CV basses being too yellow. Everything but the headstock face are more of a tamed maple. What’s the difference between an A & B neck? Also, what’s the thickness of the body on that bass?

 

[Ricky Rioli]

... very refined ... Geordie.

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[Ricky Rioli]

What’s the difference between an A & B neck?

Nut width: A – 1½", B – 1⅝", C – 1¾", D – 1⅞"

 

[FenderOli]

Would you happen to know what color pickguard Fender was using in 71, I just installed an off white one on my Mendel, but would like to know especially with Candy Apple red?

Yes. Greenish would look more pre-cbs. White or off-white is right. Do you change the bridge too?

 

[selowitch]

Sounds great in your hands. Congrats!

 

[Flamingo21]

Fender makes basses?

No. Why?

 

[wateroftyne]

Wonderful. Perfect. Thank you! IIRC, and this was decades ago, American Express was running its "Do you know me?" television advertising campaign, and there was one spot where the spokesman was a very refined elderly English gentleman, a baronet or something, to judge by his residence in the background, and maybe one word in five he spoke was intelligible. This was right after Plague Dogs was published in the States and word about that glossary had gotten about. I've always wondered whether that man was speaking Geordie.

I wonder if it was better than this attempt? :-D

 

[satjhmo]

Just realised the screw heads on that are identical to mine - despite the fact that they've hardly ever been screwed or unscrewed. They just seem to get old. I think the pickup height on this has been adjusted perhaps 6 or 8 times in my entire ownership, since I've always used the same strings, but the head is basically just corroding away - sweat does that. Same with the pickguard (US)/scratchplate (UK) screws...

 

[Ricky Rioli]

I wonder if it was better than this attempt? :-D

That's..... I don't know what it is. Roy Keane's 3rd best Gazza impression?

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

What a nice looking and sounding bass. I can’t decide if I like the flats or rounds better. .

 

[Polkatronixx]

View attachment 4096397 View attachment 4096398 View attachment 4096399 View attachment 4096400 View attachment 4096402 View attachment 4096403 This landed yesterday - neck stamp says August 5th, 1971. Weighs a shade over 8lbs, and is beautifully resonant. I think it's a keeper...

God, I love this.

 

[Kukulkan61]

Yes. Greenish would look more pre-cbs. White or off-white is right. Do you change the bridge too?

I did change the bridge one time just to see how it looks, then I went back to black guard and stock high mass bridge, it has the white guard on again but I left the high mass bridge on, looks pretty good I guess..

 

[kavallero]

I'm very jealous ..!!

 

[Smooth_bass88]

A nice Fender bass!

 

[Jason Hollar]

That’s a BYB bass for me. I owned a ‘72 natural P when I was a youngster and foolishly sold it because it felt “too light”. Sigh.

 

[Geddaric]

Congrats landing a REAL Beauty!!

 

[AlexDevineMusic]

Congrats!
It looks and sounds awesome!

 

[Kukulkan61]

I had to look back on that one haha

I love my Lakland!

 

[johnson79]

She's a beaut, Clark!

 

[Thundertips]

Beautiful Bass! Congratulations. Black with a Maple Fingerboard is amazing looking! I've always loved that black Fender logo with the big loopy writing and gold trim. I also like that orange tint that Nitro finish gets when it's old.