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Fender Custom Shop - 923-5001-585

Description

By 1958, changes implemented the previous year to the new-and-improved Precision Bass® as it is known it today had fully taken hold. This period saw the debut of the Three-colour Sunburst finish, the Strat-style headstock, the one-piece gold anodized aluminum pickguard, the split-coil pickup and the top-mount bridge (rather than through-body) with individual threaded steel saddles for better intonation and height adjustment. The '58 Precision Bass Journeyman Relic recreates this historic bass as only the Fender Custom Shop can, with a few subtle custom appointments to enhance the playing experience. A two-piece select alder body wears a Heavy Relic lacquer finish like a road warrior that has weathered many a stage. The one-piece quartersawn maple neck features a 1957-style "soft V" profile, 9.5" fingerboard radius and 20 narrow tall frets.

A Custom Shop hand-wound '57 Precision Bass pickup yields perfect vintage low-end thump, with master volume and tone controls and vintage wiring. Other features include a single-ply gold anodized pickguard, vintage-style bass bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, and disk string tree. Also includes deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Specifications
Series: Time Machine
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Alder
Body Finish: Lacquer
Neck: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard Material: 1-Piece Maple
Number Of Frets: 20
Fret Size: Narrow Tall
Position Inlays: Micarta Black Dot
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.75" (44.45 mm)
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style
Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)
Bridge: Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '57 Precision Bass
Pickup Switching: N/A
Controls: Master Volume, Tone
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Case/gig Bag: Deluxe Hardshell