{"product_id":"fender-precision-bass-solid-body-electric-bass-guitar-1964-13176","title":"Fender Precision Bass Solid Body Electric Bass Guitar (1964)","description":"Fender Precision Bass Model Solid Body Electric Bass Guitar (1964), made in Fullerton, California, serial # L38032, sunburst lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black tolex hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 1964 Precision bass is about as real as relics get, with a LOT of finish wear that is the product not of artificial ageing but gigging over the last six decades. Beneath this wear this is a truly lovely pre-CBS Precision, one of the lightest and handiest we have had with the look, feel, and sound that defines the classic 1960s Fender bass. The original pickup has been perfectly rewound and sounds exactly like it should, all else is unaltered since it left Fullerton. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe features particular to this period include a thin-lam rosewood fingerboard with clay dot inlay, \"Transition\" silver Fender logo decal, mid-\"L\" serial number plate, tortoiseshell pattern nitrocellulose pickguard and Kluson bass tuners. The neck and body are finished with the thin Pre-CBS style lacquer, the body in a nicely blended sunburst finish noticeably mellower than the \"target\" bursts of 1965 and after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe bass would have been assembled in fall 1964, just months before the CBS takeover. The neck heel is stamped 5 JUL64C, the pot dates are to the 23rd week of that year. It has obviously seen a lot of use over nearly six decades but remains more original than many old Fender basses that have been stripped, modified or heavily rebuilt. It has the classic Precision sound with a bright midrange growl that warms up nicely when the tone knob is rolled off a bit. At just under 8 1\/2 Lbs. (with both covers ON) this is light for a Precision Bass from ANY era, with a superbly resonant sound even unplugged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is simply a great player's example of the world's premier electric bass, still ruler of the roost 55+ years on and ready for the next half-century of low end action. This era Precision Bass is an absolute classic, played by the majority of the great electric bassists of the 1960s and heard on literally thousands of recordings since then. This bass is a true relic, worn by decades of use, not with hammers and sandpaper. It remains a wonderful instrument for any style of music, an absolute joy to play and a prime example of the final; glory days of the Fullerton California Fender factory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 45 3\/4 in. (116.2 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5\/8 in. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 34 in. (864 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3\/4 in. (44 mm.)., 8.48 lbs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bass is uniformly well-worn overall but remains in excellent playing condition with the original finish and nearly all the original hardware. The all-original sunburst lacquer finish has heavy play wear over the entire instrument with large and small dings, scrapes, chips and deeper wear spots. The face has numerous chips above the strings from finger contact, a deeper wear spot under the G string and there are rubs, dings and chips into the wood on all the body edges. There are several large swaths of wear on the back with numerous dinks, scratches and chips. Oddly enough the original 3-color sunburst is still surprisingly bright, with very little fade despite probably having been played in the smoky bars of decades past; it must have never hung in a store window! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe back of the neck is nicely worn down with the classic \"old Fender\" feel, with nearly all of the lacquer worn through on both edges and in the lower positions. There is a tiny cigarette burn on the headstock edge below the E tuner shaft. The parts have some wear and corrosion but nothing too serious everything works as intended. The pickguard has some noticeable shrinkage with several cracks at the screw holes and two forward corners chipped off, the lower glued to the shielding plate. The tailpiece cover is original (with the remnants of the mute strip underneath) while the chrome pickup cover is a repro. As noted the pickup has been rewound, but all the remaining components are original.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bass has just been played a LOT; as they used to say \"someone fed their family with this one\". The original thin frets show some wear in the lower positions but are still fully playable; we would assume the bass has likely had flatwound strings on for most of its life as it does now. The neck is excellent and the truss rod works fine, never over tightened at all; \"bassically\" This Fender took a lickin' and kept on tickin\". It resides in the original late '64 \"no-Logo\" black Toles Fender case, ready the next century with the perfect Precision sound for the ages. Overall Very Good + Condition.","brand":"Fender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853712576652,"sku":"13176","price":13500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_e03de0f7-7706-4704-a0b9-c669aef6edd3.jpg?v=1774344289","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/fender-precision-bass-solid-body-electric-bass-guitar-1964-13176","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}