what model Fender is this?

ack1961 · January 10, 2011, 08:21:11 AM

can anyone tell me what model bass this is from this crappy photo?
P-bass body with a P in the mid/neck pos and what looks like a MM (or possibly two jazz pickups?) in the bridge pos.
Looks like 4 knobs - or 3 knobs and a switch.
It might be a mod job - I went to Fender's website but couldn't match it with anything.

Pilgrim · January 10, 2011, 08:48:51 AM

The body looks like the "Boner Bass" Fender put out with the extended upper horn between about 1989 and 1993. The original J bridge pickup night have been replaced....but I'm not enough of a Fender expert to theorize further. Looks like it may have been called the P Bass Plus Deluxe.

Check this thread....

http://www.fender.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32483

uwe · January 10, 2011, 08:57:03 AM

It's one of those 22 fret attempts no one really liked. Wasn't there a time in the early nineties when both P and J (except for the respective vintage or classic models) had a longer neck with a slightly smaller body and an extended upper horn to make them balance better?

Denis · January 10, 2011, 09:03:02 AM

Quote from: uwe on January 10, 2011, 08:57:03 AM
It's one of those 22 fret attempts no one really liked. Wasn't there a time in the early nineties when both P and J (except for the respective vintage or classic models) had a longer neck with a slightly smaller body and an extended upper horn to make them balance better?

Yes, the "Cowpoke" bass! Fender built variations of this bass off and on for years, but the Cowpoke was probably the most well known of the lot. I think, but am not 100% positive that most if not all variations were active.

Dave W · January 10, 2011, 09:15:07 AM

None of the above.

With that twin-jazz bridge pickup and 22 frets, it's an American Deluxe Precision. Not the current version, though. I know this version was made until at least 2007, because I have a Winter 2007 price list with pictures and it's still shown. It has two knobs, then the jack, then another knob below that. See diagram (pdf).

Denis · January 10, 2011, 09:20:06 AM

Sorry for any confusion: I was more answering Uwe's question than Ack's original post.

Dave W · January 10, 2011, 09:25:03 AM

No need to apologize! Guessing is fun. This one was such an odd looking P variation with that bridge pickup that I knew what it was. The MIM Deluxe is also active but without the twin-J.

uwe · January 10, 2011, 09:36:54 AM

Hey, I was close!!! But I should have remembered that as actives they built the 22 fret pieces longer than their passive counterparts. Which makes sense, chances are that if you play an active, you are not that stark a traditionalist to mind two additional frets.

Visually, I did not find those longe neck Ps and Js that ugly at all, some people might even deem the extended cutaway more elegant. And a high E is a nice thing to many players.

ack1961 · January 10, 2011, 09:38:58 AM

Quote from: Dave W on January 10, 2011, 09:15:07 AM
It has two knobs, then the jack, then another knob below that.

It looks to me that it has 4 knobs, the 3rd one looks like it's stacked.
The output jack is in the body side.

Dave W · January 10, 2011, 12:14:52 PM

Quote from: ack1961 on January 10, 2011, 09:38:58 AM
It looks to me that it has 4 knobs, the 3rd one looks like it's stacked.
The output jack is in the body side.

I should have looked at my own link instead of going from memory! You're right.

ack1961 · January 10, 2011, 01:35:35 PM

Quote from: Dave W on January 10, 2011, 12:14:52 PM
I should have looked at my own link instead of going from memory! You're right.

Still, that's some memory - I've already forgotten what I had for lunch...which may be why I'm always hungry.

exiledarchangel · January 11, 2011, 01:41:48 AM

Could be a nice TV show "guess the fender"!