moonweasel
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Mike, hope it's ok to post Fender Basses here. Let me know if you prefer to keep it just to Fender guitars. Post your Vintage Fender Basses!
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This is a 1980, Fender Precision Special. Atypically, it is solid Black-Walnut. They made 100-150 of them, and they were really expensive when new (still are). 1pc neck, no fingerboard. Mine has a few changed parts, some originals in the case. I toured with this one a lot. Originally, they had a passive pickup with an active "afterburner". You could flip a switch and completely bypass the active circuit. Had an aftermarket solid brass pickguard on it (to go with the brass nut) when I found it. The pickguard alone was three pounds! Amazing bass, was the first time they reissued a specific neck shape (period literature). Found it for a song at Guitar Center back in the day, they had no idea what they had! Gold hardware.
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This is a 1980, Fender Precision Special. Atypically, it is solid Black-Walnut. They made 100-150 of them, and they were really expensive when new (still are). 1pc neck, no fingerboard. Mine has a few changed parts, some originals in the case. I toured with this one a lot. Originally, they had a passive pickup with an active "afterburner". You could flip a switch and completely bypass the active circuit. Had an aftermarket solid brass pickguard on it (to go with the brass nut) when I found it. The pickguard alone was three pounds! Amazing bass, was the first time they reissued a specific neck shape (period literature). Found it for a song at Guitar Center back in the day, they had no idea what they had! Gold hardware.
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