{"id":23,"date":"2012-01-25T18:43:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2013-10-23T22:38:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:38:20","slug":"2001-fender-american-standard-precision-bass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/guitar\/basses\/2001-fender-american-standard-precision-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"Fender American Standard Precision Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Year<\/strong>: 2000
\nFinish:<\/strong> Aquamarine Metallic
\nOrigin:<\/strong> USA
\nAcquired:<\/strong> 2006
\nMods:<\/strong> Q-Parts knobs, Schaller straplocks
\nStill owned:<\/strong> Yes (Kat)<\/p>\n

The Story: <\/strong>
\nWe didn\u2019t need another bass. We\u2019d just moved to South San Francisco and just getting to know the neighborhood. Then again, living a few blocks away from a family-owned music store was a recipe for acquisition. Kat loves shades of blue and green, so when she spotted this on the wall at Bronstein<\/a>, she said, \u201cOoh, that\u2019s gorgeous.\u201d I said, \u201cOoh, we don\u2019t have a P-bass.\u201d But it didn\u2019t matter, because the rack we were looking at was instruments that the store had marked for rental only. Oh well.<\/p>\n

Three weeks later, we visited the store again on a whim with Jude from Palette-Swap Ninja<\/a>. Surprise! A big clearance sale. Surprise! The rental instruments were up for grabs. So, in front of a friend, we impulse bought it because, come on \u2013 a used but respectable American Standard P-bass, in a color that\u2019s hard to find (Fender discontinued it the following year), for $600? That\u2019s a stupid low price for a workhorse, especially considering that the signs of wear were the standard nicks, dings, and light belt buckle scrapes you\u2019d expect to find on a rental instrument. We paid for it and carried it home, and tried to convince Jude that we really don\u2019t just, you know, saunter into music stores and buy gear on a whim.<\/p>\n

For years I thought I was destined to play Jazz basses because of the thinner necks, but even my tiny hands like this P. After a setup with lighter strings (.045-.100) from Greg at Orbiter<\/a>, the only other changes were Schaller strap buttons and the Q-Parts knobs. Kat had a few lovely abalone-topped chrome barrel knobs from one of the earlier bass projects, and it was clear that they were destined for this bass instead. I\u2019ve used this on a handful of parody & cover recordings because the original player used a P-bass and, well, the Precision defines electric bass, doesn’t it? I’ve always been glad we grabbed this when we found it.<\/p>\n