Fender / Precision Bass / 1978 / Olympic White / Bass For Sale
Particularly nice late-seventies Fender Precision Bass in an eye catching Aged Olympic White Finish with a dark Indian Rosewood fingerboard. Nicely original throughout the Bass comes with its original Fender case.
An original Olympic White finish shows minimal wear with the exception of some forearm wear, otherwise its in great condition throughout. The alder body is a good weight and shows no signs of modification. The Rosewood ‘boarded Maple neck, likewise shows little wear with the S7 Serial number matching the decal on the reverse of the pickguard. The green inked neck stamp dates the neck to ’77 with a J. Torres stamp also present along with the other expected QC stamps. The nut a and frets are original to the bass.
Hardware is all standard for the later seventies with chrome plate Tuners, four bolt neck plate and bridge. The black pickguard is a feature of the Precision bass from ’75 onwards with the thumb rest moving above the strings. Internally the grey back Precision pickup and CTS pots are all correct with pot source codes of 137 4776.
Currently strung with flat wound strings it plays great with a comfortable action. The neck has the classic 70’s profile with a 42mm nut width. Depth at the 1st fret is 21.2mm increasing to 25.1mm at the 12th. The original frets have lost a little height but the bass still plays well. All in a great looking and sounding Precision Bass with no changes and it seldom seen late seventies Fender Case.
ATB Guitars, UK
Hello we’re ATB Guitars.
We are one of Europes leading sellers of vintage and rare guitars. We only sell vintage Gibson and Fender electric guitars from 1950 until 1975 and have an extensive inventory to browse in our bricks and mortar store in Cheltenham, UK or in our online web store.
Payment and p/x:
All prices are in UK GBP £ Sterling. Payment can be made by Paypal, bank transfer, cash, or money order cashiers cheque etc.
Should you not be absolutely delighted with your purchase you may return it to Cheltenham, at your own expense, within 7 days from the date of delivery for a full refund. The item must not have been altered or tampered with in any way, and it must arrive in the same condition as it left us.
Postage and shipping:
We ship within the UK by Royal Mail Recorded (small items under 2Kg), TNT or UPS and Worldwide by Royal Mail Airmail Signed For (small under 2Kg) Parcelforce, UPS or FedEx. All shipping prices include expert packing, cartons and packing materials but not insurance which is typically around 2% of items value. Currently approx shipping rates for a single guitar are as follows:
UK excluding Northern Ireland and Highlands £29
Most of mainland Europe £49
U.S.A. £129
Asia £149 - £190
Rest of World including S. America £149 - £275