1958 Fender Precision Bass
This is a 1958 Fender Precision Bass. It has a white transparent blonde finish over an ash body with a solid maple neck. It comes with its original tweed case and a matching 1958 Fender Bassman amplifier – both in impeccable condition. This bass has a gold anodised pickguard, which Leo Fender started using in 1954 on special orders. They thought a metallic pickguard had good shielding properties, but the 60-cycle hum continued to be a problem. In ’59, the [gold anodised] pickguard was
