Fender "Precision" Bass guitar

This instrument is one of the so called L-series Fenders 

that are known for their qualities. Not all guitars of this

period (1960-1965) are of equal quality but this is one of

 them. Apart from the refinish job that has been done on

this instrument, it is fully original apart from a newly 

added scratchplate though the old one is still there. The 

old plastics used at that time are producing some 

destructive "gasses" while deteriorating. As a result

 the hardware oxydizes!

The tuners on these instrument are known for their reverse working.
This one is a nice player with that really old Precision sound. What

is remarkable on these earlier Fender guitars is that the fingerboard

is made out of Brasilian rosewood. Fender did this even until the

early seventies as there were some stock left overs to use. A 

warning should be placed here however as Brasilian rosewood 

is an endangered species and you need a CITES declaration to

have it imported in foreign countries.