SOLD SOLD! Fender Custom Shop '59 Precision Relic w/ Matching Headstock

I didn't want to have to do this, but 2016 has been a rough year. Up fo SOLD is my Custom Shop '59 Precision Bass Relic. I believe I might be the third owner. This was a special order in Candy Apple Red with matching headstock. This color and matching headstock was not offered in production instruments. The bass weighs 9lbs and was professionally set up by Tom Pellerito of Pellerito Guitars. Tom sanded and put two coats of oil on the back of the neck and its as smooth as it gets. In addition, I had a custom aged-white pearloid guard made and installed, so you get that and the original tortoise shell guard that came with it. The bass will be shipped with the original strings which I barely used before putting on flats. Sounds killer with both. This is one of a kind, and I haven't seen anything out on the market like this in years. I've had countless people tell me it's one of the best Precisions they've ever heard, but life is getting in the way.

NO TRADES. Please don't ask. Outright sale only. SOLD!!

Model Name: '59 Precision Bass® Relic®
Model Number: 015-2300-(Color Candy Apple Red)
Series: Time MachineTM Series
Body: Select Alder
Neck: Maple, "C" Shape, (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
No. of Frets: 20 Vintage Style Frets
Scale Length: 34” (864 mm)
Width @ Nut: 1.750” (44.5 mm)
Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
Machine Heads: Vintage Style Reverse Tuning Machines
Bridge: American Vintage Precision Bass
Pickguard: 4-ply tortoise shell
Pickups: 1 Custom Vintage ‘59 Split Single-Coil Pickup (Mid)
Colors: (060) Candy Apple Red(Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)
Strings: Super 7150M, Pure Nickel, P/N 073-7150-006, Gauges: (.045, .065, .085, .105)
Other Features: Shows Natural Wear and Tear of Years of Heavy Use. The '59 was a Transitional Model with Rosewood Fretboard and Tortoise Shell Pickguard.
Source: U.S. Fender Custom Shop
Accessories: Vintage Tweed Case (Gold Interior), Strap, Cable, Polishing Cloth
INTRODUCED: 1/2000
DISCONTINUED: 12/2008
COMMENTS: Uses Case P/N 0059255000

 

Thanks! Sorry, should have listed that. 9lbs.

 

Exactly. I think they may have been made around the same time. Just a guess.

 

The guard has only been off the bass for a couple of months. These newer guards don't seem to shrink like the older celluloid ones.

 

Yep, over the weekend. Hasn't moved a bit. I haven't had that experience with anything made past the 70's. I have seen it happen on a few "real vintage" pieces, but nothing that I've owned.

 

Price Drop to $2500!!

 

You know it!

 

I do Dave. Ready to rock.