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Fender Player Precision Bass

Fender · Player Precision Bass

Price: 27 EUR – 2.269 EUR

Price history 04.09.2026 19.09.2026
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Availability: 9/10 (Common)

The original 2018 Player Series P-Bass: alder body, modern-C maple neck, and a Player Series Alnico V split-coil pickup through a modern 4-saddle bridge with slotted saddles.

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About the Fender Player Precision Bass

The first-generation Player Precision Bass launched in 2018 as the direct replacement for the Mexican-built Standard Series, bringing upgraded pickups and a refined neck profile at a similar price point to its predecessor. The alder body pairs with a modern-C-profile maple neck, offered with either a pau ferro or maple fingerboard, at a 9.5-inch radius and 20 frets across a 1.625-inch nut width.

The pickup is a single Player Series Alnico V split-coil P-bass unit, chosen for a fuller output than the ceramic pickups used on the outgoing Standard Series, wired in the classic single-volume, single-tone Precision Bass layout. The bridge is a modern 4-saddle design with slotted saddles for improved tuning stability and attack compared to older-style bridges, and the bass was offered in seven finishes across maple and pau ferro fingerboard options.

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Sound character of the Fender Player Precision Bass

The original Player series' split single-coil pickup delivers the same fundamental P-Bass formula as later revisions - hum-cancelling design, thick low-mid punch - with the era's specific pickup winding and alder body giving it a slightly warmer, less hi-fi voice than the Player II update.

Warm Punchy

Technical data for the Fender Player Precision Bass

Body Alder
Neck Maple, modern C profile, bolt-on
Fretboard Pau ferro or maple, 9.5" radius
Frets 20
Scale length 34"
Nut width 1.625"
Pickups 1x Player Series Alnico V split-coil
Bridge 4-saddle, slotted saddles
Introduced 2018

Price history for the Fender Player Precision Bass

Cheapest seen: 27 EUR  ·  Most expensive seen: 2.269 EUR

2.476 EUR27 EUR 04.09.2026 14.09.202616.09.202617.09.2026 19.09.2026
Cheapest seen Most expensive seen

The history of the Fender Player Precision Bass

Fender introduced the Player Series in 2018 across both its guitar and bass lineups, positioning it as an entry point with meaningfully improved specifications over the Standard Series it replaced. It became one of Fender's best-selling bass lines in the years that followed, until the Player II Series took over the name in July 2024 with further neck and fingerboard refinements.

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