| Reviewer
| Chucker; 24 years experience
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| Manufacturer
| Fender
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| Model
| 1974 Precision Bass....heavily altered
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| Price
| $250
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| Neck Type
| Bolt-on Stewart-MacDonald maple neck w/original (I think) Fender |
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tuners
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| Fingerboard
| Fretless ebony fingerboard, no fretlines
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| Body Type
| Not certain of type of body material
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| Finish
| Refinished in a glossy deep purple
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| Pickup(s)
| Orignial P-Bass pickup with a Fender Jazz pickup added in the br |
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idge position
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| Controls
| Set up just like a Jazz Bass: volume, volume, tone. Original pi |
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ckguard has been replaced with a funky looking, sheetmetal half-pickguard that |
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does not extend above the G string.
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EMail : chucker99@hotmail.com
I was in the market for a fretless bass and purchased this one through Ebay off a guy in Brooklyn. He didn't include a photo, but for $250 bucks including a nice gigbag, I thought it was a acceptable risk, and it was. While this bass has been significantly altered with a refinish, an aftermarket fretless neck, a BadAss II bridge, a Jazz pickup and a different pickguard, it plays very well. Its got the classic "thumpy" Precision Bass sound you hear on sound tracks from 1970s TVs shows and movies, and with only the Jazz pickup on, its got a Jaco-esque biting sound. The bass has good sustain and it has the fretless sound I was looking for. The only problem has been poor solder work on the electronics, which was easily fixed. This bass ain't no collectors item and it ain't no looker, but it was cheap, plays great, and best of all, has a great fretless bass sound.
| Construction
| 75% | 
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| Playability
| 90% |
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| Appearance
| 50% |
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| Sound
| 90% |
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| Value
| 100% |
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| Overall
| 80% |
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