Controversial opinion here, but Leo’s original bass design should’ve been 32”. These are basically perfect in terms of feel and there is no compromise tonally. 32” scale or bust for me, from here on out.
This is a mid-80s A-serial Squier Precision Bass, though there were Fender branded models that came off the same exact assembly line—the only difference being the headstock logo.
This popped up online earlier this week at a really fair price and I couldn’t say no. These are starting to become extremely collectible to those outside of the niche medium scale crowd and niche vintage Squier crowd, and given they were only made for a year or two, I wanted this extremely well-preserved example. I doubt I’ll find a better one as the ones I’ve seen have been treated like Squiers.
The original chrome knobs are long gone, but I’ll take care of that at some point. The rest is original.
Here it is perched on my home studio throne, a vintage Eames aluminum group executive chair:
This is a mid-80s A-serial Squier Precision Bass, though there were Fender branded models that came off the same exact assembly line—the only difference being the headstock logo.
This popped up online earlier this week at a really fair price and I couldn’t say no. These are starting to become extremely collectible to those outside of the niche medium scale crowd and niche vintage Squier crowd, and given they were only made for a year or two, I wanted this extremely well-preserved example. I doubt I’ll find a better one as the ones I’ve seen have been treated like Squiers.
The original chrome knobs are long gone, but I’ll take care of that at some point. The rest is original.
Here it is perched on my home studio throne, a vintage Eames aluminum group executive chair:
