RARE Fender club

[trunkshope6]

i cant see why he went to fender to do a 6 string with an exotic wood top ,y not ibanez or warwick/.

This might be the same bass. Close to it. It has the same headstock.

 

[your idol]

i cant see why he went to fender to do a 6 string with an exotic wood top ,y not ibanez or warwick/.

hes probably like me and wouldnt let either warwick or ibby make something as simple as a baseball bat for me.
ive played alot of offerings from both and aside from the atk series i havent liked a single one

 

[JimB52]

Here's a 2000 MIA Fender Jazz Special Edition. Quilted maple front & back, Vintage tint neck, '60 logo decal. DZ serial number. I've never seen another one.

Here's a 2003 Roscoe Beck IV. The model's been discontinued, so it will only get rarer.

 

[CharlieCraver]

some very nice basses in this thread.

I really hope I see someone with a coronado though.

 

[elgranluis]

so we've all read/heard about fender spraying custom colors over a bad sunburst back in the sixties.

Back in the 80s fender wasn't done pulling those ones. Here's my MIA p bass special, in lake placid blue OVER a walnut body with a "burst" finish. The neck is regular maple though. Not a refin. Probably not the only one around, except this one was played enough to show the walnut burst!

 

[your idol]

love precision specials ..especially that one. do want!

 

[JimB52]

How about a 2006 Hot Rod Jazz.
Noisless pickups, S-1 switch, Badass bridge, Matching headstock w/ '60s decal.

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1996 50th Anniversary limited edition Jazz and Precision - 500 made. Bookmatched maple front & back, gold hardware. Plastic still on the PGs 14 years later.
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2001 50th Anniversary of the Precision. Trans butterscotch finish, black anno PG, vintage tinted neck, supposedly 400 made.
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[Thunderthumbs73]

I think the closest thing to a rare Fender I have may be a guitar. A Stratocaster in Metallic Cinnamon from 1991 or so. Little iffy on the exact date of manufacture at this moment as I browse through TB. No it's not Candy Apple Red, nor Candy Cola, nor Wine Red. I've already put mine up to these examples to A/B over the years, and never found a match. Metallic Cinnamon is distinctly more brown than Candy Apple Red (as a well-known color frame of reference) Candy Cola is still "too red" to be a match. Never seen another Fender instrument (in person) with this exact color. I did see a picture of one on the internet a few years ago, somewhere. Asked some serious guitar gurus as well as music-playing friends in my area, as well as salespeople at local music stores, and nobody has seen a Fender instrument this color.
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[Boomin]

Wow. That LPB over walnut sure is special.

 

[johnk_10]

i guess that this one is pretty rare. i bought this all original 1962 (april) seafoam green p bass from its original owner in 1975. i don't know how many them made with the seafoam finish, but i don't think it was whole lot of them:

 

[bgmww]

i guess that this one is pretty rare. i bought this all original 1962 (april) seafoam green p bass from its original owner in 1975. i don't know how many them made with the seafoam finish, but i don't think it was whole lot of them:

Absolutely beautyful

 

[Bassblisters]

I just purchased a black USA 1990 Fender HM in really great condition. I'll get some pics for it, soon, once I dust it off.

Loved seeing all of the Elites. I remember when they came out and hesitated getting one, because I thought they were heavy. Notwithstanding, they are tone monsters!

Also loved seeing the Antigua fretless!

 

[bradleystamper]

'01 FSR 75RI, Sonic Blue w/matching headstock. 1 of 200 made.

 

[Jim Dep]

1977 Mustang Antigua lefty. This is 1 of 8 made for a Mustang left handed Antigua.


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[KarateKid25]

I've got a 1982 Fender P. It's relatively rare with the black American walnut body, neck etc...

 

[mongo2]

so we've all read/heard about fender spraying custom colors over a bad sunburst back in the sixties.

Back in the 80s fender wasn't done pulling those ones. Here's my MIA p bass special, in lake placid blue OVER a walnut body with a "burst" finish. The neck is regular maple though. Not a refin. Probably not the only one around, except this one was played enough to show the walnut burst!

Judging by the heavy weight of the 3 I've owned and the several others I've tried over the decades, I wouldn't be surprised if they're were all walnut under the CAR, LPB or white.

In fact, that would answer my question as to why the Specials were so heavy, since the few walnut bodies 'burst Fenders from the same period I've tried were also very heavy.

 

[Bassblisters]

Here are some pics of my minty 1990 USA Fender HM ("Heavy Metal") Bass. It is passive with three Jazz-style pickups that are relatively "hot" for passive pickups. It has a volume and tone control knob, plus a 5-position switch.

The satin-finished neck is a thin jazz-style measuring 1.5" at the nut and with a 7.25" radius. The back plate has four screws and a tilt-neck adjustment. The only neck I can compare it to is on my MIJ 1985 Precision Lyte Deluxe (the oil-finished mahogany P Lyte). The body is a light weight basswood, and the whole thing weighs about the same as my Precision Lyte Deluxe: 7.5 lbs. The bridge and tuners appear to be Schaller--not a string through as with the similar model (in gold) on my P Lyte Deluxe.

 

[Bassblisters]

Here are some more pictures. There is protective plastic on the pot cover plate on the back of the body.

These basses, along with an HM series guitar, were made for about three years, and most were made in Japan.

 

[Basstovsky]

A fender with all schaller hardware, thin neck, 5-way pickup selection.....and 22 frets?!

Daaaaang gotta have one.

 

[racket]

How about a 2010 AM DLX PBASS prototype (#6). 8.5 lbs