NBD - Fender

[5andFretless]

Bought this at an estate sale today. The grandson says it is a 1990 semi hollow body fretless P-Bass. It came in fiberglass hard shell 4 latch case with fender embossed in the top. It has a very strange (to me) fretless sound, almost like an upright with sustain.

 

[5andFretless]

No idea how I double posted the pictures. I just realized it is a string through made in Japan, which I didn't know existed.

 

[staurosjohn]

Nice! Never seen the like of 'er...

 

[ArteK]

I think it's called a PBAC-100. They were made in Japan back in the early 90's.

Looking on eBay and Reverb, they're pricey. A blonde one is going for $1750, and some other variants go around $1200-1400.

I saw one of these for sale a while back (maybe here, maybe on Reverb), and I remember being interested, but not sure I wanted to spend that much money on an acoustic/electric fretless. But they really are beautiful, unique basses. The blonde ones and the dark sunbursts (like yours) are the prettiest ones (IMO).

 

[5andFretless]

Screwing around with it I believe it has a piezoelectric bridge pickup besides the magnetic. Just a strange animal all around. I just looked it up and reverb is listing a couple in the $1100 range.

 

[Basshappi]

Those MIJ Fenders are very nice basses, you did good, Congrats!

 

[ArteK]

I too am a big fan of Fender Japanese basses. I particularly like the necks.