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Carmine
 Post subject: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION BASS
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 10:02 am 
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Posted this to eBay last night, I know there have been folks here interested in it before so thought I'd give a heads up:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281587779736?ss ... 1555.l2649

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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 10:19 am 
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Nice. That would look great with a gold anodized guard. Does this bass need a new nut to restring lefty?
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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 10:26 am 
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jersey bluesdude wrote:
Nice. That would look great with a gold anodized guard. Does this bass need a new nut to restring lefty?


True- I had been thinking the same thing - I know it takes a bit of tweaking to convert a right handed gold anodized guard for lefty use, but if I don't sell it, I will probably go for one. No new nut needed, I just flipped it so it can be easily flipped back.

The thing I really love about this particular bass, I don't know what Fender Japan was doing in 1995, because the look of it is perfect for a '57- finish isn't overly thick or glossy, hardware lightly aged, but everything about it is natural, not relic job- so compared to the newer RIs it looks/ feels more like an old bass that someone kept in pristine condition.
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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 1:39 pm 
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Is the body basswood ?
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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 2:28 pm 
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Ahhh Carmine... Your mrc4u on eBay. Might have bought something from you in the past.
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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 3:42 pm 
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According to the Japanese brochures, lefty 57RI's are basswood bodies whereas righty ones are alder...

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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 3:55 pm 
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gravesbass wrote:
Ahhh Carmine... Your mrc4u on eBay. Might have bought something from you in the past.


Yeah I think just about everybody on the board has at one time or another :lol: - and I've probably got something from them too... somehow the bass mountain kept growing! :roll:
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Carmine
 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 4:28 pm 
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cangaroo wrote:
Is the body basswood ?

I haven't researched what they were using in 1995, but it does have a much more pronounced grain pattern than my 2005 62 RI does, and I've also heard that they may have used different woods depending on whether it was a solid color or transparent finish- but I don't know whether any of that info is totally reliable or not.

I know a lot of folks debate, have opinions, preferences, etc. about it, but in my personal experience having owned over a dozen different MIJ RI Fenders of various years and woods, to be honest I haven't found that the alder ones all sounded measurably different than the basswood ones or vice-versa. Of course some sounded better than others, but it didn't have anything specifically to do with the wood type.

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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 4th, 2015, 4:58 pm 
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If I were a betting man, I'd say that looks like alder. Also, that is a damn nice bass.

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Carmine
 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 6th, 2015, 2:16 pm 
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A few folks have asked about the weight- it's 8.2 lbs on the digital bathroom scale.
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Carmine
 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 6th, 2015, 6:59 pm 
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Oh, one more thing- the Bass is listed at $769 + shipping on eBay- but for any interested board member here, I will drop the price to $739 + shipping!
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 Post subject: Re: FENDER JAPAN 1995 PB57/LH TOBACCO BURST 57 RI PRECISION
PostPosted: February 7th, 2015, 11:27 pm 
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Wow Looks great

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