1951 Fender Precision Bass Guitar Crafted in Japan Reissue

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1951 Fender Precision Bass Guitar Crafted in Japan Reissue
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[@amileoj9043]

"I'm never gonna be finished bitchin' 'till they bury me." That's why we tune in Dave. No surrender!

[@MikeBrando473]

Hey kids, Don’t be disrespecting your old Uncle Dave. I’ve been playing bass since 1967, and I still learn stuff from this geezer. Respect.

[@jayjdietrich]

Ya know, Dave, I don't play, I'm only here to learn and pick up some sarcastic comments I might be able to use later. I dig your style, I'm learning some about guitars, I'm 65 and thinking about maybe learning to pick up a few chops on a bass, just for something different to do. And I have picked up a few sarcastic comments that have come in handy. Thanks, man.

[@alanburridge6947]

1951 - that’s my birth year! So now I’m 70 and still love guitars! And enjoy watching Dave, Ted Woodford, Trogly and Norman Harris amongst many others.

[@John-d9e4x]

Me too!

[@thephilshow9701]

I always loved this bass.

[@bigjongoose4384]

Dave, just sitting keep on doing what you do. I have been watching you for a couple of years now and have learned so much. Thanks!

[@bobby9727]

Yes love to see the complete repair and less editing for you i think.The longer the video the better for me anyway.

[@ResidentRob]

The 51's are amazing basses, I think they are the perfect Precision. A lot of thud with some mid range clank.

[@gforce7four]

I agree

[@cameroncooper2277]

I use one of these as my primary bass - with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickup swapped in and it is a beast. Fat, thick sound with a little bit of a growl and decent high end. It's a bit heavy, and as Dave says, the body shape takes some getting used to, so it's not the most comfortable bass to wear - but it's worth it.

[@victordenola5068]

I also have an early 90's reissue with a SD Quarter Pounder..... FAT & toneful... beaut ease of play.. quality built basses

[@p1nkfl0yd1an]

Thanks for showing everything. It is good to see.

[@JonathanWhoever]

I've worked with power / pneumatic tools for ever! From dash screws tightened to 4 inch lbs. To Otawa switcher trucks rear axle bolts at 1400 ft lbs. As long as you're the range for that application you're good.

[@stevebrighttheblackguitar653]

Dave, thanks for the full view video! Nice work again! Great lesson Professor!

[@regortex3364]

I have the same bass (1994), I love the slab body, killer bass.

[@williamross2579]

Another Fab vid! Keep it up Dave, loving them all!

[@stu-j]

It fills me with joy that Dave says Solder in the correct pronunciation! Owwww the joy!

[@w13rdguy]

If Dave showed the whole thing, it would be ten hours long, and no one would......complain. I'm just grateful for what he does show me, and I'm not gonna get tweaked if he wants to keep to himself some of the things that took him hundreds of hours of sweat and toil to discover. Truth is, if you watch every minute of every video, it's all there.

[@stanparsley9186]

It was wonderful seeing everything...

[@edscott7769]

Thanks for posting Dave.

[@danschneider9921]

I have one of these made in 2001 - 2 tone burst. Weighs a ton but it sounds and looks great. Fender Japan made some nice stuff back in the day- dare I say better than many US made items at the time.

[@lucasrice2298]

They are still making this guitar! Man I want one.

[@unity2BC]

Great to watch,cheers .

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: It's your channel Dave, you can do whatever you want. Forget the "critics" A real tech can use power tools. As demonstrated, there is a torque limiting clutch that few people know how to use. I go through times when 1/2 of everything I do in the shop is replace cracked plastics and dowel stripped out holes. Carpenter tools used on guitars by beginners usually ends poorly.

[@glencoecoachable]

Love your videos, don't change a thing!!

[@eric_in_florida]

Dave was especially cranky on this one. 10/10.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Eric in Florida the crankier the more interesting ☺

[@johngeddes7894]

Have you ever had anyone make a comment like: “Dude - this is like literally symbolic or whatever. In this existential moment, don’t forget to become that bass looking back at you from the mirror of time to which you are all no way duuuude!” ?

[@bruceburton3515]

Thanks Dave, now I've seen everything! 😁

[@Ben_Mdws]

I like the matte pickguard

[@erikjansen3075]

Dave is the best👍🏻

[@JackRoadkill]

I think you may just be my new favourite grumpy old man.

[@kongandbasses8732]

Wooooow, I like this Bass! By the way, those are the only bridges where a "standing on one foot" - saddle is allowed. Just to match the radius.

[@636op]

The matte pickguard really gets me!

[@kevinolson1710]

You Rock Dave!🤟

[@Dan-ez6dr]

Good job Dave. I have one of these guitars. It's 15 years old and plays really nice. My setup is close to the same. I did replace the bridge with a Fender threaded barrel bridge and also the clunky tuners with a set of Hipshots. I like your soldering iron and want to get one like it but can't make out the name. I have a Weller I want to throw away every time I use it.

[@scottlapier4363]

Awesome video Dave. If I'm ever in Canada, I want to stop by and have you work on one of my basses, whether it needs work or not!

[@bigdawg9745]

Another great video

[@checkpointcovid8021]

@ 5:40 "I'm never gonna be finished bitchin' until they bury me." (Fast forward to Dave's funeral) Dave's ghost: "You used those kind of shovels to dig this hole? Come on! And what's with this casket? I mean, really. You couldn't get a prettier one? This casket is gooched. There's a rip in the fabric in here. Were you trying to save a few bucks or what? On my eternal resting place? Bunch of cheapskates. You lowered me in this hole and now I bet you're even gonna come visit me."

[@fullwaverecked]

Hey Dave, I didn't see where you bought the wire...

[@Ben_Mdws]

What we headphone users need is the fan, the belt sander and the vacuum cleaner all running at once. That’d be a perfect video.

[@rallypoint1]

Sweet looking bass!!! I have the Squier version but someday I will have a MIJ. Good job Dave!

[@ricardobermudez6229]

This is 1951 japan precision bass my dream bass!!! just like that, no body contour . Great review, great grumpy comments LOL. Dont change man.Thanks for the great content

[@AdamSmithNES]

Wow those were some crunchy pots, wonder if the guy ever turned them.

[@steen8156]

I played in a band with a guy who'd go ballistic if someone or something moved is knobs. Even had the amp dials taped down. He had no clue how things worked and didn't care. One day his car engine literally fell off a motor mount even though it had been making loud clunking noises for weeks on the way to gigs. The dude could play guitar though...

[@scottswan5266]

I wanna see everything Dave !! Take it off , take it all off !! Wooo whoooo

[@SeanKerns]

I have a friend who just should not be allowed to use a power driver on a guitar. He always runs it too fast, doesn't use the ratchet feature, and invariably, if I work on an amp or guitar of his, the screw heads or the threads are stripped out. Or just as bad, they have those gnarly, munged up sharp edges that cut you or snag on things. He's especially fond of stripping out T nuts in speaker cabs. I've tried to show him, but some people don't want to learn.

[@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE]

What about the scratched area polish?

[@thepaganaut]

Dave will continue making setup videos until the morale improves!!! Apparently some of us haven't learned that expertise comes from actually DOING something, as opposed to just wanking about it on the internet.

[@BreadandFaxes]

The intro sp00ked me

[@mikaso]

I got a tip from a guy who is a better sodder-er than I: Leave the guitar plugged in while you solder them ground wires - that way you hear when the connection is proper.

[@johncrapper366]

DAVE....I WOULD LOVE TO BBQ AND DRINK WITH YOU. YOU'RE THE MAN

[@ERIC-65]

Beautyful thang that one is!

[@RayBecker]

Ut oh....Uncle Dave has his period. You straighten out those knuckleheads. Oil in the truss hole? Yeah, do that to your own guitars. Another excellent video from his Goochness. All Hail the Doctor of De-Gooching.

[@robertm2000]

I NEVER use power tools on my guitars! I'm retired and can't afford them!!

[@palidiciovermingagurainia1760]

“they can be hard on ya” “I said hard on ya” “I quit” classic dave (without the sammich)

[@jopestv1063]

you're wearing my sweater again

[@cybrunel1016]

I lost my noodle when you said that about the guy losing his noodle over the string height. It's around here somewhere...\m/

[@masquegraves]

It's amazing, I have same bass guitar, sunburn though, with exactly same issues but for the scratch close to the pickup. I'm just wondering if I have same loose wire at the tone potiknob! I'll need to check. Thanks for the video!

[@mikestarmer3121]

I like your show 👍

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

Glad to hear it!

[@brianveestrom6784]

Hey Dave. Keep on rockin' those tree squirrels.

[@imurrx]

If you ad a Jazz pickup or a second single coil P pickup at the neck, will it cancel the hum when both are working?

[@fasteddie4145]

what neck relief measurement did you use? I have a Sting bass and the 7.25" radius seems more critical than other Fender basses I've had....

[@YTPartyTonight]

This video is from October, 2019, I'm just now watching it in March, 2021, and I'm the first to like 👍this video; huh?

[@dudehenchman]

So check string height at 17th for basses? Or just a Dave preference?

[@DFWTF]

I'm sure it's in a guitar repair book some where lol

[@keith1r]

It’s where it meets the body

[@dudehenchman]

Keith Roland thanks!

[@bumpedhishead636]

Silly question: Why are Fender bass truss rod screws on the butt end of the neck instead of the head end like most guitars?

[@Ski-4257]

Hi. New to your vids love em. Question, are these your basses, or working on customers basses?

[@philkikuchi7461]

Everyone is an expert!

[@LucasJRice]

Gahd, I want one of these. Ebay's got some very reasonable prices on these new from importers.

[@webb264]

Got my sticker. Thanks!

[@ChrisSmith-bz1gl]

Never NEVER send me a free left handed bass, Dave!!!

[@dougbruce4978]

hi dave i just bought a squire 50s p bass im getting ready to buy new strings for the thing but what scale of strings should i use its 21 frets on the neck thanks

[@alfieharries]

Hi, I have a bass with a max out truss rod, won't tighten any further. Ss there a long term fix for this?

[@wademiyataki9221]

Luv the video! Just can't win. One guy complains that all the videos are the same. Somebody else complains that you didn't show everything. I was thinking the video was going to be a bunch of haphazard cuts after that. Guess that's why I don't make videos, besides me not being interesting...✌️

[@robinmorris5416]

Man I love the look of a 51 precision. I'd want a split coil pup though. Less hum.

[@g.scotthughes1303]

good job!

[@roahboah]

NO I'M NEVER FINISHED BITCHIN'! Love it.....lol. Thanks, Dave. I enjoy your videos. Subbed!

[@ConstantineBassCovers]

"You never show us eating a sandwich" after you finish a project.

[@scottlapier4363]

That would be an awesome vlog series. "Dave eats a sandwich and muses about life"

[@michaelmace924]

What I would have done was start the screws in by hand before I zipped them in with the screw gun, but what do I know?

[@andrewhodgson8895]

I've told you before, Dave, you should turn the screws backwards to find their thread, before you tighten them. Ring me. 👍

[@romkathe-coolest-tvivov8035]

It sounds like a jazz on a neck pickup

[@danielstein5290]

But thicker lol

[@romkathe-coolest-tvivov8035]

All depends from your AMP

[@louissparks2496]

More knob stroking using the expensive lube. I gave it a like.

[@YTPartyTonight]

// I've been meaning to get a notched straightedge. Why the hell do they cost $110 US/$140 CAD at StewMac?

[@YTPartyTonight]

Looking, looking, looking... There are much cheaper options on Amazon, but I see that Philadelphia Luthier Tools & Supplies also has much more reasonable prices in general compared to StewMac.

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

get them from Solo guitars neckcheck guitars

[@YTPartyTonight]

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff Thank you for that great tip. I'm checking that out. 👍

[@SixSixthSix]

👻💀🤡👺 Happy Halloween! Nice intro Dave!

[@danielstein5290]

I have one, last owners put a deluxe p bass bridge on it (has 3 screw holed that line up with original) much better than the 2 saddle But id use a 2 saddle just fine

[@kirkgray6949]

Dave I love your I don t give a sh$& attitude…it s refreshing!

[@brianrussell1565]

Look more like a teli bass not a problem bass

[@Amsoily]

Hi, did you have that dream where you shipped this to me also?

[@Metalbass10000]

If a person is not familiar with, or has no feel with, power tools, THAT PERSON should not use piwer tools on a musical instrument, nor anything expensive, valuable from a sentimental or historical perspective, nor anything that cannot be replaced. Dave is correct, that the vast majority of instruments are made using power tools, also.

[@janneboman8573]

4:30 is the headphones moment

[@kootenaystringworks1765]

There's no cure for stupid when it comes to some peoples comments. Keep doing what you're doing Dave!

[@williamross2579]

Dusty Hill-tastic

[@briansimpson8116]

Sometimes I watch your videos just to get a laugh! 😂 Also, NEVER use power tools on a guitar. 🎸 😜😂😂😂 You'll GOOCH it! You said, " Hard on ya "!

[@flagemdown66]

You're supposed to use flatwounds dipped in gravy for one of those! Slab body.

[@John-d9e4x]

Clamp the neck a little beyond straight taking tension off truss rod, saves stripping or embedding,

[@DavesWorldofFunStuff]

sorry I'm new..Thanks

[@darwooddarr1274]

1700 thank you's for just this

[@unclejack123]

Love ya you GOB ....... from another GOB .................... ;-p ...... mechanics are just that way ...........

[@StoneShards]

I like ultra-closeups, just on principle...hahaha...But, then, I also enjoy the smell of melting rosin core!

[@dennislittle4279]

Someone please send him a Rickenbacker bass to work on. Makes for must see viewing.

[@martinheath5947]

I don't understand your mantra about the strings having to all be the same height from the fingerboard. Following the radius for sure, but describing an arc which gradually tilts towards a lower action under the G string. I would never have the action under the top string same as under the bottom since lower pitched strings oscillate to a greater degree therefore need more space. Slight graduation of string heights will enhance playability as well.

[@guygordon2780]

Everyone look out! Dave's in a 'mood'. :-) "I wonder if it makes noise?" (twiddles knob) "Eww!"

[@KentBDouglas92]

Fuck the system, YES! Love ya Dave!

[@kongandbasses8732]

"Aaah, and don't use a powertool on a guitar!" Ok, maybe some are too dumb to use powertools. You sure do know.

[@sandman365TTi]

Tell all the haters to TAKE-OFF EH! nothing better that a good ole Hoser snub.

[@dog61]

I had one of these. Nice bass, but the neck was not comfortable for me.

[@nixoni.bogaine155]

👍🤘

[@seniorjuanvaldez]

You should have used a power tool to adjust the truss rod! Just saying! 😉