| Article number: | 0190152807 |
| Delivery time: | Should arrive within 3 weeks |
The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.
The Precision Bass®, the world’s first electric bass, represents one of the most important developments in music history. For the first time, bass players had access to a portable, precisely intonated, amplified instrument. As stated by the legendary Quincy Jones, the Fender bass was “…the one technological breakthrough that changed music forever.”
Although it initially shared many design cues with the Telecaster®, such as an oversized Tele® headstock, slab body and chrome control plate, by 1954, the P-Bass® had been updated with the same sweeping curves and contoured edges of the newly launched Stratocaster®. The American Vintage II 1954 Precision Bass reproduces the quintessential tone and feel of the original and is offered in two colors over ash: Vintage Blonde and 2-Color Sunburst mated to a single-ply white pickguard.
Other key features include a substantial ‘54 “C”-shape maple neck with a 7.25” radius fingerboard and vintage tall frets. The Pure Vintage 2-saddle bridge with fiber saddles, reverse open-gear tuners, finger rest and '54 Single-Coil Precision Bass® pickup deliver classic Fender thump and style.
The instruments in the American Vintage II series are direct descendants of the original Fenders: designed for players with a fine appreciation for vintage Fender tone and feel and built with unmatched quality, down to the last screw. These are Fender electrics in their purest form: Fender American Vintage II, the stuff of legends.
CASE/GIG BAG: Vintage-Style Tweed (Crushed Red Interior)
HEADSTOCKOriginal Precision Bass® Shape
NECK MATERIAL1-Piece Maple
NECK FINISHGloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE1954 "C"
NECK CONSTRUCTION4-Bolt
FINGERBOARD RADIUS7.25" (184.1 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIALMaple
POSITION INLAYSBlack Dot
SIDE DOTSBlack
NUMBER OF FRETS20
TRUSS RODVintage-Style Butt Adjust
TRUSS ROD NUTVintage-Style Butt Adjust
STRING NUTBone
NUT WIDTH1.70" (43.2 mm)
NUT MATERIALBone
BODYAsh
BODY FINISHGloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPEPrecision Bass®
BODY MATERIAL
BRIDGEPure Vintage 2-Saddle Precision Bass® with Fiber Saddles, Serialized
BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECEIncludes Chrome Bridge Cover
BRIDGE MOUNTING3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail
PICKGUARD1-Ply Parchment
PICKUP COVERSBlack
CONTROL KNOBSKnurled Dome
HARDWARE FINISHNickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINESPure Vintage Reverse Open-Gear
STRING TREESVintage-Style Disc
STRINGSFender® USA 9050L Stainless Steel Flatwound (.045-.100 Gauges), PN 0739050403
NECK PLATE4-Bolt
STRAP BUTTONS
MIDDLE PICKUPPure Vintage '54 Single-Coil Precision®
PICKUP CONFIGURATIONS
CONTROLSMaster Volume, Master Tone
SWITCHINGNone
