What would it's official Fender color have been? Olympic white, Antique White or just White?
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NBD: Boxer bass, aged to perfection!
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Nut width is 41.3mm or 1.62", same as a Duff McKagan and some other P-basses, which makes sense.
The 1985 Boxer Bass catalog lists the color as Snow White (SWH). Quick search shows a lot of Fenders with this color aged this way.
Forgive my cluelessness. But why is it called a Boxer bass? I’ve occasionally wondered about that. 
Probably because of the beefed up high pole pickups but have no clue. The whole series including the guitars and basses with these matching headstock called Boxer series.Forgive my cluelessness. But why is it called a Boxer bass? I’ve occasionally wondered about that.
Thx. It just puzzled me because I can’t think of any meaning of the word “boxer” that I know (and I can think of four off the top of my head) that might apply. Unless it was possibly suggesting a one-two punch because of the dual pickups?
I had actually wondered if Boxer (capitalized) referred to a player, builder, or designer? Or maybe a location or something.
One of life’s minor mysteries.
I did not know that, but it makes sense, given how they changed parts thru the JBS run, large pole to small pole pick ups, bent plate to high mass bridge, black neck to skunk stripe neck.
I believe that the Boxer basses of that vintage had dual P pickups installed at an axis.Forgive my cluelessness. But why is it called a Boxer bass? I’ve occasionally wondered about that.
This is a very cool bass, but not sure it's a boxer.
I'm currently tempted by it's cousin for sale locally for sale on CL.
Boxer is the name for a series of Japan made Fender guitars and basses. They came in a number of styles: jazz, p, pj, slant double p, etc. Here’s a copy of the 1985 Boxer catalog in case anyone is interested.
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Yeah, they kinda used whad they had during the transition period from P to J neck. It was most likely around 1986.
E5 to E60 + A series had 41mm Precision necks with neck heel truss rod adjustment while E61+ has 38mm MIJ jazz necks with headstock truss rod adjustment. E90 is Jazz nut width with satin neck.
I suspect it’s because it sounds better than flat 4 and Fender has always been kinda into cars with their branding.
Armed with nothing but 100% ignorance of either topic, I've been happily pretending to myself that it had something to do with The Boxer Rebellion
That thought that had crossed my mind. But then I remembered that the Boxer Rebellion took place in China whereas the Boxer series guitars and basses were built in Japan. Not a lot of love lost between those two countries. So I doubt the Boxer Rebellion would have been a source of inspiration for Fender Japan.
True. But still…naming something after a defeated enemy? That would be almost like insulting your own product wouldn’t it?
