Fender Precision



Photos taken during the recording of Genesis' debut album From Genesis To Revelation in 1968 show Mike Rutherford playing a Fender Precision 4-string bass guitar. The specifics of this bass cannot be determined from the black & white images, except what may be a tortoiseshell pickguard.

However, Mike hasn't specified anything about this particular Fender Precision bass in interviews: he cited a Gibson EB-O as his first bass for two years before switching to a Rickenbacker 4001 on Foxtrot. So there is a likelihood this bass was borrowed or rented.

Source

 * photos from Genesis: Chapter And Verse (2007)
 * Second photo