Fender Custom Shop Announces Limited Edition Gold Top Dusty Hill Precision Bass
Rounding out the Fender Custom Shop’s Artist Collection bass additions for the summer is the Limited Edition Gold Top Dusty Hill Precision Bass. Limited to 50 bass worldwide, Fender reports the new model is identical to the one Dusty is currently touring with and differentiates itself from other Precisions with a custom designed Seymour Duncan pickup, a custom neck shape, and rear routed controls.
The bass is built with a lightweight bound okume body covered in a Metallic Gold Relic finish. Its neck is made from a single piece of quartersawn maple that leads up to a reverse headstock. The maple fingerboard features a 9.5-inch radius and vintage style frets.
The Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Gold Top Dusty Hill Precision Bass is created by Fender’s master builders in California. It carries an MSRP of $6,200. For more info, visit the Fender Custom Shop website.
Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Gold Top Dusty Hill Precision Bass Specs:
- Color: Gold
- Body Material: Lightweight Okume
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Precision Bass
- Body Binding: White
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: Custom
- Scale Length: 34″ (864 mm)
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″ (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: 21
- Fret Size: Vintage-Style
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.5″ (38.1 mm)
- Position Inlays: Black Dot
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Custom
- Middle Pickup: Seymour Duncan Stacked P Bass
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Configuration: S
- Bridge: 2-Saddle ’50s Vintage-Style with Steel Barrel-Style Saddles
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage-Style
- Strings: Fender USA Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
- Unique Features: Quartersawn Maple Neck with Custom Profile and Reverse Headstock, Rear-Routed Controls
