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Later that year, fender introduced the worlds first commercially successful solid body electric bass guitar, the. Welcome to the reverb price guide, the ultimate resource for music gear pricing and information. Hello tb, i recently acquired a p bass not fender for very cheap. Ive seen a couple 2005 fender pbass available for decent prices but was wondering what isif any are major differences from a new 2011 bass from an older 2005. Drawn at full scale 11 and all dimensions annotated in metric. The fender precision bass is a model of electric bass manufactured by fender musical.
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