Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1959 Precision Bass Journeyman - 3-Tone Sunburst

Custom Shop Reincarnation of the Legendary ’59 P Bass
The Fender Limited Edition 1959 Precision Bass Journeyman is a meticulous reincarnation of a legend. In 1957, Fender gave the first electric bass its second major makeover, in the process creating the iconic instrument as we know it today. Fender’s world-class Custom Shop luthiers painstakingly handcrafted the Limited Edition ’59 Precision, complete with vintage-spec details such as its 2-piece alder body with Journeyman lacquer finish and gold anodized pickguard, vintage-style bridge and tuners, tinted quartersawn maple neck with a 1960 P Bass Oval C profile, and rosewood fingerboard with a period-correct 7.25-inch radius. In the electronics department, the Limited Edition ’59 Precision features a hand-wound ’57 P Bass pickup that delivers the tone that has driven countless iconic recordings. Play a bass legend: the Fender Limited Edition 1959 Precision Bass Journeyman.






Genius in the details
With Fender’s Limited Edition 1959 Precision Bass Journeyman, there’s genius in the details. This remarkable guitar’s beauty, tone, and playability are no accident. Originally sporting a non-contoured “slab” body at its 1951 launch, the Precision received its first makeover for the ’54/’55 model year, gaining the comfortable Stratocaster-like body contours we know and love. Of course, a late-’50s Precision has to have the classic gold anodized aluminum pickguard. Then, there’s the satisfyingly chunky quartersawn maple neck crowned by a vintage-style slab rosewood fingerboard with rolled edges. But in a nod to modern player preferences, this ’board has a 7.25-inch radius and 21 medium-jumbo frets. And pumping out that classic beefy growl is a hand-wound Custom Shop split-coil ’57 P Bass pickup.


Painstaking vintage accuracy
For the Limited Edition 1959 Precision Bass Journeyman, Fender Custom Shop artisans referenced several original ’59s and exhaustively analyzed them to ensure a painstaking level of vintage accuracy. Every facet of the original instruments — including minute details such as curves, perimeters, radii, and more — was examined, measured, evaluated, and ultimately incorporated into this amazing instrument. Take it from us: what you see in this remarkable axe is more than the sum of its parts. It’s a highly playable, eminently musical-sounding re-creation of an iconic instrument that changed music forever.


The Journeyman Relic treatment
Though a relic’d guitar finish is almost as common these days as a flawless factory finish, it was the Fender Custom Shop that pioneered the process — and they know how to do it better than anyone. Fender offers different levels of finish distressing. One of the newer techniques is the Journeyman, found on this Limited Edition 1959 Precision. This is an authentic nitrocellulose lacquer finish, which is thinner than today’s polyurethane finishes, allowing the wood to breathe and the tone to bloom. You get a look and feel that’s used but not abused. Imagine a beloved, decades-old bass that’s been well taken care of, with a played-in feel but perfect fretwork. Like every instrument in our Guitar Gallery, it’s been through Sweetwater’s 55-point Inspection and plays splendidly, right out of the box.

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1959 Precision Bass Journeyman Features:

2-piece alder body with gold anodized pickguard
Quartersawn maple neck with 1960 P Bass Oval “C” profile
Rosewood fingerboard with vintage-spec 7.25-inch radius and 21 medium-jumbo frets
Hand-wound ’57 P Bass split-coil pickup
Relic’d hardware, including bridge and pickup covers
Vintage-style bridge and tuners
Journeyman nitrocellulose lacquer finish
Handcrafted in Fender’s Custom Shop in Corona, CA
Includes hard case and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity


Tech Specs

Body Shape: 1959 Precision
Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
Number of Strings: 4
Color: 3-Tone Sunburst
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: 2-Piece Alder
Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
Neck Shape: '60s P-Bass Oval C
Radius: 7.25"
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
Number of Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo
Scale Length: 34"
Nut Width: 1.75"
Nut Material: Bone
Bridge/Tailpiece: P/J Vintage-style Relic
Tuners: Vintage-style
Middle Pickup: '57 P-Bass Relic'd Split Single-coil
Controls: 1 x volume, 1 x tone
Strings: Fender, .045-.105
Case Included: Hardshell Case
Manufacturer Part Number: 9237100899

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