Fender American Vintage II 1954 Precision Bass, Vintage Blonde Overview
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 Colours over ash: Vintage Blonde and 2-Colour 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 fibre 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.
- Ash Body (Contoured Like a Strat) with
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
- Pure Vintage ‘54 P Bass Single Coil Pickup
- “U” Shaped 1-Piece Maple Neck with
- Telecaster Headstock
- Vintage Tall Frets
- 7.25” radius
- 2-Barrel Saddle Vintage-Style Bridge with
- Vintage-Style Tuners
- HEADSTOCKOriginal Precision Bass® Shape
- NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Maple
- NECK FINISH: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- NECK SHAPE: 1954 "C"
- NECK CONSTRUCTION: 4-Bolt
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple
- POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
- SIDE DOTS: Black
- NUMBER OF FRETS: 20
- TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- TRUSS ROD NUT: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- STRING NUT: Bone
- NUT WIDTH: 1.70" (43.2 mm)
- NUT MATERIAL: Bone
- FRET SIZE: Vintage Tall
- SCALE LENGTH: 34" (86.36 cm)
- BRIDGE: Pure Vintage 2-Saddle Precision Bass® with Fiber Saddles, Serialized
- BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE: Includes Chrome Bridge Cover
- BRIDGE MOUNTING: 3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail
- PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Parchment
- PICKUP COVERS: Black
- CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Dome
- HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
- TUNING MACHINES: Pure Vintage Reverse Open-Gear
- STRING TREES: Vintage-Style Disc
- STRINGS: Fender® USA 9050L Stainless Steel Flatwound (.045-.100 Gauges), PN 0739050403
- NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt
- STRAP BUTTONS: Vintage-Style
- BODY: Ash
- BODY FINISH: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- BODY SHAPE: Precision Bass®
- BODY MATERIAL: Ash
- MIDDLE PICKUP: Pure Vintage '54 Single-Coil Precision®
- PICKUP CONFIGURATION: S
- CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
- SWITCHING: None
