Thin nitro finished Lightweight KORINA body for fantastic tone.
Black slab Rosewood fingerboard on nicely figured maple neck, thin nitro finish also.
Vintage style tortoise pick guard.
Brass bridge (a hint to -59 FlyingV brass string holder...)
Hardcase & leather strap included.
Story:
a special British-only version of the Fender Precision Bass.
This guitar was known as the Fender Slab Precision bass and it entered the UK in 1966.
The original “slab” bass was the 1950's Precision Bass, which had a Telecaster-style headstock and one single coil pickup that was not split.
The 1966 Precision Slab bass looked exactly like the 1966 US version of the P-Bass, but it did not have the body contours. This instrument was only available to the British market.
There were only a handful of these instruments. The estimate is 25 or 35 bass guitars.
Most all of them went to well known British players.
John Entwhistle of The Who was among the first to receive a slab bass.
Steve Currie of T. Rex purchased a slab bass, as did John Sprigate of The Glitter Band.
Chip Hawkes of the Tremeloes can be seen in early videos with his Fender Precision Slab bass.
Based on their rarity, the Precision Slab bass is very collectible, but seldom seen.
The Fender Custom Shop at one time offered a reissue of the Precision Slab Bass.
(It came only in Olympic White, a black pickguard, a maple cap neck, and the original-style split P-bass pickups.)
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Lightweight: 3604g.
14700 SEK
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