30 years old next year, this soon-to-be-vintage Precision bass came out of the Ensenada Mexico plant which closed in 1999. Before launching the Squier brand of guitars and basses, Fender owned Squier strings, and played with the name on this series of basses which were made for about 5 years.

It came to me with a white pickguard on which someone had painted a flag in oil paint markers. I acquired a genuine Fender pickguard taken from a 2020 MIM P bass, so the pickguard, pickups and electronics are all Fender and like new. There are just the slightest pick marks on the guard, but it still had the protective sheath when I bought it.

The stock bent steel bridge was missing a screw, so I upgraded it to a genuine Fender Hi-Mass bridge.

The neck plate is not original. The original was plain chrome. This one came from my 1994 American Standard Stratocaster when I replaced it with new. (It looks cooler, don't you think?) It has all original "Licensed by Schaller" machine heads in perfect condition. I'll include the tattooed original pickguard, the original stock bridge (missing a screw), and the original neck plate in the sale.

The case is brand new (2023). It is NOT A GENUINE FENDER CASE, but an aftermarket replica (which has latches that frankly work better than the Fender cases I own).

It is strung with Fender Nickel-Plated Steel Roundwound 40-100 gauge strings (2/16/23). It is fully detailed, fresh from the guitar spa, and set up at a blazing 3/64ths string height. (Fender factory stock is 5) There is plenty of travel on the new Hi-Mass bridge to raise the action if preferred. The intonation has been set and is on the money. It has a 1 5/8" nut, measures 36" from the ball to the nut, and weighs 9.4 pounds.

The body, neck and finish are in incredible condition. There is one barely-perceivable scuff in the usual place, the treble side heel of the lower bout. (The bottom of the guitar as you're looking at it in playing position.) The rest of the bass is in SHOWROOM CONDITION. I could probably have described this as mint.

It is truly a breathtaking specimen of a 30-year-old bass which I got on a trade. The gentleman acquired the bass from his sister, where it sat under a bed for 20 years. It was filthy, had that tattoo, and was missing the bridge screw and a string. He traded for a nice Ibanez bass that was ready to play. After a few parts and some polish, this baby is ready for the show. Honestly, I would keep it if I didn't already have an American Standard Fender P bass (and a few others!).