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Fender Custom Shop 61 Precision Bass Heavy Relic in Aged 3-Tone Sunburst

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SKU: GBI20-163

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Product Description

The Precision Bass is the definitive electric bass guitar with a sound that has helped define music since the 50s. It’s hard to beat the sound of a vintage P-Bass but getting your hands on one is both difficult and highly expensive. This custom shop model recreates the 1961 P-Bass giving you a vintage look, tone, and feel, at far less than the cost of an original.

‘61-Style Precision Bass

This model is based on the 1961 Precision Bass. In the 60s, after a decade in production, the Precision Bass had been refined to become the model as we know it today, with a few appointments that separate it from modern versions. The rosewood fingerboard is a classic marker of a 60s-era Fender and the fingerboard radius is era-correct at 7.25” offering a smooth and slightly curved playing surface. The shape of the neck itself is a 60s P-Bass Oval “C” which really fills your hand as you’d expect a Precision Bass neck, particularly a vintage one, to do.

After the mid-50s Fender switched to alder as their primary body wood and that’s what’s been used here. It’s finished in 3-tone sunburst (introduced in 1958) and has been given the heavy relic treatment. Other vintage-style appointments include the metal bridge and pickup covers and the finger rest on the treble side of the bass.

Heavy Relic

The Fender Custom Shop has aged this bass to give it the look of an original ‘61 model as well as an instantly played-in feel from the moment you pick it up. The body is finished in nitrocellulose lacquer which will further age and wear naturally as you play making it uniquely yours.

Sound

Of course, no vintage recreation would be complete without the sound to match. This bass comes loaded with Fender’s 59-62 P-Bass split-coil pickup which gives you that iconic warm, rounded sound that’s been heard on countless records. Using the tone control you can go from a full and open sound through to a woodier tone. The P-Bass format may be simple, but it’s capable of almost any style you throw at it.

Specifications

Body

  • Body Shape: 59 P-Bass
  • Body Material: 2-Piece Alder
  • Body Finish: Aged 3-Tone Sunburst Heavy Relic

Neck

  • Neck Material: Quarter Sawn Maple
  • Neck Shape: 90 P-Bass Oval “C”
  • Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"
  • Number of Frets: 20
  • Fret Wire: Vintage Upgrade / 45085
  • Nut Width: 1.75"
  • Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood AAA
  • Position Inlays: Micarta White .250

Electronics

  • Pickup: 59-62 P-Bass Single-Coil
  • Pickup Switching: None

Hardware

  • Tuning Machines: Vintage Bass Nickel Relic
  • Orientation: Right-Hand
  • Hardware Finish: Chrome/Nickel

Miscellaneous

  • Included Accessories: Tweed Hardshell Case, Certificate of Authenticit

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Andertons Music Company's Registered Office: 58-59 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RF. Andertons Music Company acts as a credit broker and not a lender and only offers credit products from Secure Trust Bank PLC trading as V12 Retail Finance. Not all products offered by Secure Trust Bank PLC are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Andertons Music Company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm registration number 716155. Credit provided subject to age and status.