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Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-163

Description

In the bass guitar world, the Fender® Precision Bass® stands alone as not only the first electric bass, but also as the most popular electric bass in the world. Perhaps the most recorded bass ever, the Precision is prized as an always-dependable workhorse with one-of-a-kind tone, look and feel. 1957 was a landmark year for this bass, with a design transition to sleeker body contours, a new split-coil double-rectangular pickup, an anodized gold pickguard and a wider headstock.

The Time Machine 1957 Precision Bass Journeyman Relic® features a two-piece select alder body (ash for aged white blonde) and a one-piece rift-sawn maple neck with a '57 "soft-V" profile and Heavy Relic back finish for great worn-in comfort and feel. The 9.5"-radius fingerboard has 20 medium jumbo frets. Other features include a hand-wound '57 Precision Bass pickup, vintage wiring and wax paper tone cap (just like the original), and anodized gold pickguard. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications
Series: Time Machine
Colour: Wide-Fade 2-Color Sunburst
Body: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Journeyman Relic® Lacquer
Body Shape: Precision Bass®
Neck: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Tinted Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1957 Soft "V"
Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Frets/Size: 20 Medium-Jumbo
String Nut/Width: Bone / 1.75" (44.45 mm)
Position Inlays: Micarta Black
Pickups: H Configuration
* Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '57 Precision Bass
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: None
Bridge: 4-Saddle American Vintage Bass
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Pickguard: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
Included Accessories: Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity