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7 DECADES of the P-BASS

Looking back, it could be argued that no other Fender design has had as significant a cultural impact as the Precision Bass. Appearing in late 1951, it wasn’t just a new model—as far as most people were concerned it was a new type of instrument altogether. This horizontal, fretted, solidbody electric bass

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