The 75th Anniversary Precision Bass Collection offers three distinct takes on the model. There is an upscale modern hybrid in the form of the American Professional PJ Bass, which pairs the bridge single coil of a Jazz Bass with the split-coil at the middle position, gives us the HiMass bridge, gold hardware, a 2-Color Sunburst finish and – what the heck – a figured maple top over an alder body.
It’s a real looker, and even has a sculpted heel should you feel adventurous enough to go beyond the 12th fret.
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Then we have the OG reproduction, the American Vintage II 1951 Precision Bass. With its Butterscotch finish and single-ply pickguard, controls mounted on a chrome plate, and that headstock – not to mention a slab of ash for a body – it shares so much Telecaster DNA.
But then the first mass-produced electric guitar and bass guitar share a birth year; it was inevitable there would be some twinning. This model just has the one single-coil pickup.
Rounding out the collection is the Player II Precision Bass in Diamond Dust Sparkle, which has the single split coil, and a pearloid guard to complement that glam-rock finish.
It’s a real doozy, and comes with the rolled fingerboard edges, the modern C profile neck shape and 9.5” radius ‘board, and the more contemporary four-saddle bridge with Single-Groove Steel “Barrel” Saddles. (Guitar World reports)
