One has surfaced! Amazing late 70's brass-mass freak out!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Jazz-Precision-bass-bridge-solid-brass-Gibson-Guild-BC-Rich-Ibanez-LQQK-/260918016725?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3cbfecfad5#ht_731wt_1398
LMAO yeah I remember those!
Weighs over 2 pounds?? There's your counterbalance for neck-divers!
I've never seen one! Were they after market? Or standard on some models?
whew, that is ugly!
Aftermarket, no production model had them. Fender tried to jump on the high-mass-bridge bandwagon, but that thing was too much.
I seem to remember some Fenders coming through the HOG with those on, but I could be mistaken though I clearly remember seeing these and thinking wtf?
It was made by (or for) Fender, but I think Ilan is right, it wasn't stock on any model.
Totally remember those from the pages of Guitar Player magazine in the early 80s. :bored:
A very very small number of the Precision Bass Specials came with them stock. I think to get rid of them. They were heavy, but you were supposed to have a brass nut to counter-balance them.
They made brass thumb rests, knobs and tuners to do up your bass all wrong.
Yep thats what I remember P bass specials :) God I love being right. ;D
Quote from: eb2 on December 20, 2011, 12:42:33 PM
A very very small number of the Precision Bass Specials came with them stock. I think to get rid of them. They were heavy, but you were supposed to have a brass nut to counter-balance them.
They made brass thumb rests, knobs and tuners to do up your bass all wrong.
There's a brass thumb rest on German eBay, also with Fender-logo engraved.
I saw one of those abominations installed on an old Music Man Sabre, complete with matching brass nut. It didn't really change the sound, but it gave me a whole new appreciation for the understated but similar G&L bridge.