Ok, I'll play!
Here's my 1981 Precision Special. Bought it new, quickly became gig worn. Every scratch and dent by me on dates. This instrument even blasted through Beijing in '95. The ampeg b15n amp was it's mate. It is rather distressed too but was perfect when I bought it in '78. The worn spot on the amp was from putting an upright, fender, full size music stand and the amp into my daily driver at the time, a '66 Corvette coupe. The seats went forward, the upright and electric go in, then the amp sat on the front seat. The original flight case was too big for this so I usually used a gig bag. Drove that car daily for 13 years and hundreds if not thousands of gigs.
I was the 'house bassist' at the Hotel Vancouver in the mid '80s and lined up folks at the entrance would laugh when I pulled around and took everything out. It was a 5 minute show heh heh.
The original sales receipt is included (ran into the salesman who sold me the bass in '81 just the other day), owners manual, cord, strap, factory inspection tag and warranty card. Took the brass thumb rest off about a moment after I got the bass home, like everybody else. Of course it is lost, like everybody elses. Curious that I can see the indent from it on the velvet case lining.
The strings on it are Dean Markley Blue Steel rw's from 1993. It has only seen two sets of strings. The original fender factory strings are in the blue steel box. The Dean Markley strings sound great, and have all the harmonics. I have a new set of fender strings (from the '90s) that I could put on but choose not to. Some dead round wounds just sound right.
Great bass, '61 C type neck and very balanced. Always has felt good to play!
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