How I got hooked on the Fender Japan PB70 Precison Bass
Precision basses wasn’t really my thing, when I started out playing. The often very chunky neck profile, felt difficult to swing into and I found the sound too indistinct and boomy.
But luckily I got wiser, it just took more than a decade! After playing mainly Fender Jazz Basses for many years and loving that clean rock tone, I was comfortable in my playing style and controlling the sound I wanted in live and studio environments.
During some intensive years of gigs, our sound engineer (and good friend) Peter and I, spend numerous late hours discussing all kind of big topics and some less important 😉 One suggestion kept resurfacing after sound checks and gigs; “Rock N’ Roll sounds best with a P-Bass” – Peter was cleverly persistent.
After a while I began to invest a bit of time in researching for opportunities that could solve the Precision Bass sound, with a slim neck and known feel. This is where the early 70’s US Precision neck profiles came to my attention. Many of the early 70’s P-basses had the narrow “A” necks and those had already become vintage – also in pricing levels, at the time when I discovered them,
In some forums a Fender Japan alternative was also mentioned. It was the Fender ’70’s reissue Precision Bass PB70 and it came cheaper as well, compared to the vintage 70’s basses. It didn’t take me long to locate a good candidate for purchase and it was love at first sight.
Along the way I have crossed more good options, that sport the P-sound and slim Jazz neck. Both the Lakland Skyline 44-64 Custom and Fender Hama Okamoto Precision Bass “#4” MIJ fully delivers on those parameters.
Reach out and get in touch. I would love to hear from you, if you have a similar story to tell.
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Henrik Bonde Hanfgarn Bass player, passionate keeper of the bass vault and bass escapade extraordinaire.
Gear I love to use: TC Electronic Blacksmith, Fender Bassman ’67 (AB165), Ampeg bass cabs and the Line6 HX Stomp when it calls for quick and compact solutions.
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