THE CLAW!!!!!!

[eb2]

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

[godofthunder]

LMAO yeah I remember those!

[Pilgrim]

Weighs over 2 pounds??  There's your counterbalance for neck-divers!

[Chris P.]

I've never seen one! Were they after market? Or standard on some models?

[drbassman]

whew, that is ugly!

[ilan]

Aftermarket, no production model had them. Fender tried to jump on the high-mass-bridge bandwagon, but that thing was too much.

[godofthunder]

 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?

[Dave W]

It was made by (or for) Fender, but I think Ilan is right, it wasn't stock on any model.

[gearHed289]

Totally remember those from the pages of Guitar Player magazine in the early 80s. 

[eb2]

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.

[godofthunder]

  Yep thats what I remember P bass specials God I love being right.

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.

[Chris P.]

There's a brass thumb rest on German eBay, also with Fender-logo engraved.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

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.