Fender Custom Shop 1958 P-Bass Relic Aged Desert Sand (386)

New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop is introducing the 1958 Precision Bass® Relic®. After nearly seven decades since its original release, this pivotal transition model is widely celebrated. With all the classic specifications from a mid-to-late-‘50s P-Bass®, this instrument feels like it was played at countless gigs—marred with spidery finish checking, oxidized hardware and dings, dents and scars.

The two-piece select alder body (ash on Sunburst) and one-piece quartersawn maple neck are dressed in a Relic® lacquer finish—available in three period-correct colors: Aged Desert Sand, Aged Sonic Blue and Super Faded Aged Chocolate Three-Color Sunburst. To round out the iconic, golden era features, the gold anodized pickguard is loaded with a Custom Shop hand-wound ’57 P-Bass® pickup and vintage wiring.

Other premium features include '57-style Soft "V" back-shape, 7.25" radius, 20 medium jumbo (6150) frets, vintage-style 4-saddle bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Precision Bass®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
HEADSTOCK: Precision Bass®
NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 1957 Soft "V"
NECK THICKNESS: .820"
NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.500"
NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: .990"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
POSITION INLAYS: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
NUMBER OF FRETS: 20
TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.75" (44.45 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BRIDGE: 4-Saddle Vintage-Style
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Gold Anodized Aluminum
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '57 Precision Bass®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: S
CONTROLS: Volume, Tone
SWITCHING: None