Precision people, how would you rate this one, looks-wise?

[ChrisNJ]

Oh, by the way, which one's "Reg"?

 

[jj4001]

That's pretty much THEE bass you'd put in a time capsule to leave behind for the aliens to find so that they learn what a bass guitar is.

My '63 AVRI is definitely a forever bass. So much so I put teeth marks in it.

 

[Jurassic Thump]

I love it! it's a classic bass.

 

[rashrader]

I think you've totally reinvented the P- Bass!!! 3TSB with a Tort PG?!?! And a RW FB?!?! Crazy, dude. Absolutely crazy.

 

[Jason Hollar]

I have a 2013 burst tort P and really like it - I think the yellow in your burst adds to that vintage look. Great basses - good luck!

 

[foolforthecity]

Nice. Pretty much what my '71 looked like before I got insanely krunk and took it down to wood. Someday I may get it resprayed

 

[CryingBass]

I have one that looks just like that and I would never kick her out of bed for eating crackers.

 

[Corevalay]

Sunburst-Tort-Rosewood on a Precision is about as classic as it gets IMO. I'm actually GASing for one myself and have been looking into a build.

 

[Biffa]

Yeah love it, with the all important clay dots, I'm gonna build one

 

[aekisz]

Definitely a classic and something to be proud of for sure, but FWIW it also happens to be my least favorite combination of body color and pick guard. I wouldn't be caught dead with it, but who cares what I think (especially if I'm dead)?

 

[BradH]

I had a 1982 63 reissue once, & that looks just like it.

 

[micguy]

Is it just me, but does the space between the A and D strings seem larger than the space between E/A and D/G?

I don't think it's you. I think it's got a big space there, but....as it's no doubt the classic bridge, you can probably just shove the strings into place. And then hope they stay there.

 

[guitarflinger]

In the sixties (The Sixties, not my sixties, which is now) this defined the concept of bass guitar. I hadn't seen any other colors of P bass, or any other brands of bass guitar. This was it!! Keep it and play it forever.

 

[Bass4ThePublic]

Have you played it in person? Looks great to me, but I would put a spitfire on it instantly.

 

[_godspeed_]

Classic look, definitely a go-to in my book. For me it's either fiesta red/tort/rosewood, white/tort/rosewood or sunburst/tort/rosewood. Well, you could see a pattern here

 

[madmarvin]

Total classic look. If you get it and don't like it, easy resell or trade as that is "the" look.

Me, I'm trying to track down an Antigua P that I know once I get it no one will ever want it lmao.

 

[Mike Sorr]

This is a 2013 American Vintage '63 Precision bass. How much does it please your eyes? Do you like/dislike the sunburst, the pickguard?
Fire away!

It's hideous. I will mercifully take it off your hands cheap.

 

[devnulljp]

It's lovely except for the fugly modern tort pickguard. Why can't they make tort any more? Was it really made with cancer-causing ozone-killing chemicals in the old days?
Tort should look like this

 

[Kevin Teed]

I tend to be interested in stuff that's a little out of the box. That this is absolute dead center of the box - there's nothing wrong with it per se, It's just not my cup of tea. I don't like the covers - Whenever I see that, I'm struck with the fact it's a bass that I would never want to play - stuff is in the way of where you need to get to. If a bass is unplayable to me, it's very uninteresting - I'm not a collector by any means (I do have a few basses, but they're all players). It also has hardware choices that, yes, they're trying to capture the vibe from an old, bass, but as a musical instrument, I simply don't want the old clunky heavy tuners that Fender designed in the 50's - they're way heavier than they need to be, and they don't work any better; it's time to move on in my opinion. Keep the old stuff on your real 63; that's history, and somewhat interesting in that, back then, those things probably made sense. If you're making bases today to be musical instruments, let's make what works well, and take advantage of what we've learned in the last half century. I'd also never buy it, as, besides being dead center of the box aesthetically, if I remove the covers, you have the silly leftover holes from them.

You must have missed the part about it being a Vintage Reissue. Hence the old style parts. Also, he's asking for comments from Precision People. It's in the title. If that doesn't describe you, why are you commenting?

 

[micguy]

You must have missed the part about it being a Vintage Reissue. Hence the old style parts. Also, he's asking for comments from Precision People. It's in the title. If that doesn't describe you, why are you commenting?

I like Precisions. I have a few basses with that body shape (but they're updated in other ways). I just don't think we have to stay in 1951, or 1957 - we can, if we want, move forward and make it a better and/or more usable musical instrument than it was back then. He asked for my opinion as to its aesthetics. I gave my opinion - I'm a Precision guy, not an "It has to be sunburst with a tort guard, and exactly the same hardware as it was 60 years ago Precision guy". You can, should you choose to do so, have your own opinion.