I guess I’m running out of names for TOMOMI’s bass guitars that I own. This is a tad late[1] but I had mentioned this MiJ SCANDAL signature Fender Precision bass back in 2018 here and in 2019 here.

This 1960-s styled P-bass has a satin poly finish on the body and neck, which is a right beaut. The alder body feels light and that is not a complain. TOMOMI had this P-bass of hers fitted with a narrower Jazz bass maple neck, which I really love. My first bass was a Jazz and this P-bass didn’t take long for me to get used to. The rosewood fingerboard adds some warmth to her tone, worthy of the trouble I had to go through to obtain her 2-odd years ago. The Fender Precision font on the headstock is period correct for a 1968-76 CBS era model. At the back of the headstock is TOMOMI’s dozy duck signature.

I had always wondered if a P-bass’ tone will be limited by the presence of a split single coiled pickup, and how mistaken I was. The nearest to a P-bass in my collection is the LTD Vintage-214 bass which is essentially a P-bass with an extra J-styled pickup at the bridge, and you can defo play around with the tone. In TOMOMI’s case, her American ’63[2] P-bass pickup is sweet, made malleable by just the tone knob and whatever I would dial on the amp, may it be the Behringer in buangruang, or the BIAS AMP 2 app on my iPad.

The bass came with a ridiculously flimsy Fender soft case which wasn’t even padded. Luckily, my neighbourhood guitar store has a second hand black Tolex Fender hard case on sale just before I left for KL for my vacation. With a red interior, TOMOMI looks handsomely comfy in it.

For a soundbite, check out this cover of ちいさなほのお I did using TOMOMI with the SCANDAL HEAVEN Cover Band gang recorded last year. She was plugged into the Behringer bass head which is then plugged direct into the audio interface. Loved her tone!

BODY
Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Satin Polyurethane
Body Shape: Precision Bass®

ELECTRONICS
Pickup: American Vintage ’63 Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: None
Configuration: Split Single Coil

HARDWARE
Bridge: Vintage-Style
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Die-Cast
Pickguard: Red Tortoiseshell
Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt

MISCELLANEOUS
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)

NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
Neck Shape: “U” Shape
Scale Length: 34″ (86.36 cm)
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.5″ (38.1 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot

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[1]A lot of things are late in this blog at the mo.
[2]Despite her late 60’s looks.