The Custom Shop 1959 Journeyman Precision Bass takes you straight back to the original era of the bass that started it all. 1957 was a landmark year for this bass, with a design transition to sleeker body contours, a new split-coil double-rectangular pickup, an anodized gold pickguard and a wider headstock. This 1959 model reflects the final year of the revitalized '50s era Precision Bass, before Fender updated the Precision bass for the '60s.