The 8 Best Vintage Fender Bass parts (2023 reviews)

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Best Overall: Buy: Fender bar style retainer READ REVIEW

Best For metal: Buy: Fender pickup cover READ REVIEW

Best For holding foam: Buy: Fender bridge cover READ REVIEW

Best For general fixtures: Buy: Vintage Fender Bass part READ REVIEW

Best For an add: Buy: Fender chrome bridge cover READ REVIEW

Best Fits Fender: Buy: Fender original part READ REVIEW

Best stability: Buy: Vintage Fender Bass part READ REVIEW

Best value For money: Buy: Vintage Fender Bass part READ REVIEW

Best Overall: Fender bar style retainer

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The look and feel of this parts are consistent with the high quality we're used to from the rest of Fender's lineup. This is the stock replacement for the Fender Jazz/Precision Bass string guide. It’s exactly the same height as the “new” factory part. There's no grooves and it sits right on the headstock. It is great as low profile strap buttons. It can be used on a fender jazz bass.

The guides on them are "taller", and the strings have less angle and pressure over the nut. It's perfect for its imperfection. It is the right size for the strings and replaces the old/missing one.

• Works on almost every other j/p bass
• Delivers what they promise

Best For metal: Fender pickup cover

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The fender pickup cover is suitable and reliable and fits well with your daily usage. This piece of metal is purely a decoration/getting in the way of playing at/near the bridge area, this cover will definitely get in the way. The icing for your Jazz, make the coolness of Leo's "Cadillac Bass" POP. It protects the strings at the bridge.

This pickup cover is shiny and looks great. It fits the jass bass additionally fits on a precision as well. If your style is to play at/near the bridge area, this cover will definitely get in the way. This bridge cover is very high quality and a genuine Fender product. It comes with the correct screws.

• Looks good on the jazz bass
• Looks great on a fender jazz
• Giant hunk of chrome, looks like a mirror, nice stamping good chrome plating

Best For holding foam: Fender bridge cover

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If you are looking to upgrade or replace your Fender P bass Chrome cover,this is what you need. It fits well and a nice dress up or replacement part for a fender bass guitar. This chrome bridge cover (a/k/a "ashtray") is a great replacement part for your fender precision bass.

The cover measures 4 5/8" wide (This is taken at the widest part of the mounting tabs on both sides) 3 1/2" wide (The part of the cover that actually covers the bridge/strings) x 2 3/4" long. These pickups do not have any plastic cover on them like the second generation ones do and will pull apart easier than you would suspect. It will fit any precision bass model.

• Easily sanded and powder coated however, and looks great
• Easy to install & fits fender and squire but needs to come with screws
• New and hot release

Best For general fixtures: Vintage Fender Bass part

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If you often find yourself confused about convenient and suitable part, this product is your solution. It is used for strap button mounting. It is made for fender and used on a variety of vintage and contemporary models. It is good for general fixtures. It is used to mount vintage fender telecaster and bass bridges.

• Good brand reputation
• New and hot release

Best For an add: Fender chrome bridge cover

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Fender has been making great part for years, thanks to a combination of clever design and appropriate materials. The images of modern P basses have no holes in the right locations. It's made out of good materials and when coupled with the fender bridge cover it gives your prcision a cool retro look. It will go over the edge of the pickguard on the top side. It fits evenly over the pickup and has plenty of space for the strings to vibrate.

This pickup cover is nicely finished. It's stays on well and it's well crafted. The cover is very flat versus the very rounded ones found on the previous discontinued vintage reissue line. It looks better and actually feels better to play as the flat surface makes it easier to anchor on or move around.

• Gives the p-bass a classic look
• Good investment for long term

Best Fits Fender: Fender original part

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The fender original part's superior materials makes sure that it ages well with use. The pure vintage range provides authentic fender pickguards made in the same exact fashion as they were. It is made from a true cellulose nitrate top layer, similar to the 1960's pickguards. Aesthetically it looks amazing to brighten up your Bass, the 3-ply W-B-W looks really nice. There is one screw hole near the volume control that does not have wood under it. It is easy to install, and it looks gorgeous.

It comes with a smaller sized pickguard, so you can see the line from the previous one. There is a plastic film protector that needs to be removed. It takes a slight bit of trimming in the neck pocket and pickup openings to get a perfect fit.

• Looks great, had to sand around pickups to fit
• Looks great fits fender p bass special perfectly
• Perfect fit for your player p bass

Best stability: Vintage Fender Bass part

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If you want nothing less than best desirable part, then this product is the one you should definitely consider. If you will love the sound of the old basses then you'll like this bridge. It's Fender's regular ol' threaded-saddle bass bridge. It fits most vintage and modern precision bass and jazz bass guitars with a five-screw mounting design. It includes saddle height adjustment screws, intonation screws, saddle height adjustment wrench and mounting screws. It has the "classic" features of the original, both good and bad.

This vintage style bridge opens up the top end on the strings, and the over all resonance of the instrument. It has the vintage look and most importantly you can adjust the string spacing to align the strings between the pickup pole pieces.

• Works fine on a squier affinity p-bass
• A sleek and cool bridge to have for your bass bridge
• Darker, more natural or acoustic sounding
• Great fit on a genuine fender

Best value For money: Vintage Fender Bass part

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The vintage fender bass part's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. These are the perfect drop-in replacement covers, but you will need to widen the pickup pole spaces if using Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. From tone and volume knobs to pickup covers, bridge covers and more, pure vintage knobs and covers let you cosmetically customize your instrument or amplifier like never before. These genuine replacement parts are created with period-correct personality in mind to the same specifications as early fender parts, allowing players to give any fender amp, guitar or bass a shot of vintage-accurate looks and tone.

• Genuine fender replacement precision bass pickup covers
• Set of two black plastic precision bass pickup covers
• Good brand reputation