This is a 2008 USA made fender Precision V (5 string), which I bought in 9/2008 on Talkbass.com from "mrpackerguy". It's one of the first 5 string Precisions made, it sounds like a Precision should, and it complements my Stingray 5 HH very well. With those two I can cover a very wide tonal spectrum (definitely enough for my needs since I'm not playing out). It currently has a set of D'Addario Chrome flatwound strings on it and it sounds absolutely fantastic.