What "fender" is this??

seems like a regular fender jazz with a fretless precision neck. Perhaps the body has been refinished the same colour as the headstock.

 

No serialnumber to be found?

 

While that is an odd bass, the non thru-body bridge is not.

 

i smell a knockoff...

 

A few things to ponder.....

I body is a Jazz and the headstock says Precision, this is not uncommon as someone could have slapped a P-bass neck on it.

The bridge is not string through body but if its MIM that is the norm.

I would say that the first suggestion of a J body with P neck and a custom paint job is very likely.

But the fact of no serial number is unusual.

 

Could be a bass made out of Japan parts.
Bass sold in Japan, not in US.

 

I doubt that's a real Fender neck. The notch in the headstock under the 'O' in Precision doesn't look like a real Fender. I bet it's a Mighty Mite neck. That or maaaybe a Warmoth neck. Can you take the neck off and see if there's a brand of some kind on the heel of the neck? There might be a brand on the inside of the neck pocket too.

 

it looks like there's a chunk missing from the body around one of the edges.

 

yeah, thats a big chunk missing. Just wonder but how much trouble is it to put a new neck on a fender

 

I think thats a sheet covering it slightly. I agree with budman, I dont think its a real Fender neck, that cutout doesnt look right.

 

doesn't look like it's a Fender to me. '70's Precision headstock logo can be found rather easilly on eBay from time to time, so it's a simple headshot spray job. Doesn't look like an Exact Fender shape to me either.

Seem to be Spector knobs too and the pickguard definately isn't standard. Looks like a parts bass to me.

 

Fender has made many more MIA Fenders without string thru body bridges than those with string-thru. String-thru body is a relatively recent design for Fenders. I suspect this is a parts bass, but I like it anyway.

 

Thats the sheet covering up the bass. There is no chunk missing.

 

I have never ever seen a Precision logo like that, ever. That is a knockoff. Having said that, if it plays well, who cares as long as you didn't pay Fender price for it?

 

Well that bass looks sweet nevertheless

 

no headstock trussrod access ????

 

If I'm looking correctly at the pictures, no truss rod access at all.

Smells like a knockoff...