Some early models had the paddle-shaped Fender-made tuners found on the 1966 Jazz Bass. The Telecaster Basss pickguard was white rather than black, and its string ferrules were smaller and slightly raised (51 Precision ferrules were flush-mounted into the body). Priced at the time at 302.50, it was less expensive than a Jazz Bass (356.50) but slightly more expensive than a Precision Bass (293.50). So substantial were the changes, in fact, that the Precision Bass of 1957 onward bore little resemblance to its 1951 predecessor. True, it had the distinctive headstock shape of the Telecaster, but that shape was also a feature of the original Precision Bass headstock. But such an idea was highly unusual at the CBS-era Fender in the late 1960s, when designers first decided to look backward rather than forward for a new bass guitar design.īasically a reissue of the original version of the Precision Bass, there was really very little about it that had anything to do with the Telecaster guitar. The result is a bass that is punchy, growling, seismic and like nothing you've heard or seen before.Ĭheck out the entire Parallel Universe Collection here and purchase the '51 Telecaster PJ Bass here. In all, the '51 Telecaster PJ Bass has the look of the bass that started it all, but several contemporary trappings. Other premium accoutrements include a nitrocellulose lacquer finish that lets the body breathe for true tonal character and a vintage HiMass bridge with enough heft for rock-solid sustain and intonation. To control each pickup, there is a stacked volume knob, where the top knob adjusts the volume of the Precision Bass pickup and the bottom adjusts the Jazz Bass pickup.
"A lot of people like the versatility that you can get out of a P Bass that has both styles of pickups," noted Allen Abbassi, Senior Product Manager for Fendr Electric Guitars and Basses. What's more, the neck recalls the time of James Jamerson, as it's based on a '63 P Bass profile ideal for funky, thumb-over playing, and the 9.5"-radius fingerboard makes for fast, low action.īut in addition to the Custom Shop '60s P Bass split-coil middle pickup, the Telecaster PJ Bass also boasts a Custom Shop '60s Jazz Bass single-coil bridge pickup to give you even more tonal options. The authentic style extends from the slab body, distinctive single-ply black pickguard to the dual-concentric volume knobs and vintage spaghetti logo on the Telecaster-style headstock - original-era touches brought into the present. Just like several other offerings in the Parallel Universe Collection, such as the Jaguar Strat, the Jazz Tele and Strat-Tele Hybrid, the Telecaster PJ Bass mixes and matches several elements from Fender's history.
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