Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass, Ebony Fingerboard, Lake Placid Blue Overview
Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass, Ebony Fingerboard, Lake Placid Blue
Few rock bassists are as closely identified with fretless bass as Tony Franklin. Acclaimed for his innumerable session credits and work with Roy Harper, the Firm, Blue Murder, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and others, Franklin is a devoted and longtime Precision artist and one of the finest modern exponents of the fretless version of the instrument. The Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass delivers his style and powerful elastic tone in a model with classic looks and personalised Franklin features including two specially voiced pickups, a drop-D E-string tuner and more.
- Body Select Alder
- Body Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape Precision Bass®
- Neck Material Maple
- Neck Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck ShapeM odern "C"
- Scale Length 34" (86.36 cm)
- Fingerboard Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius 9.5" (241 mm)
- Number of Frets Fretless
- Frets Size Fretless
- String Nut Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Position Inlays Side Dot
- Truss Rods Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Truss Rod Wrench 3/16" Hex (Allen)
- Bridge Pickup Tony Franklin Single-Coil Jazz Bass® with Hex Screw Pole Pieces and Ceramic Bar Magnets
- Middle Pickup Tony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
- Controls Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup
- Pickup Configuration SS
- Bridge 4-Saddle American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles
- Hardware Finish Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines Fender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear with Hipshot® Bass Xtender "Drop D" on the E String
- Pickguard 4-Ply Black Moto
- Control Knobs Knurled Flat-Top
- Strings Tony Franklin Signature Strings, Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
- Unique Features Unlined Fretless Ebony Fingerboard, Precision Bass®; and Jazz Bass®; Pickups, 3-Way Pickup Switching, Matte Finish Pickup Covers, Tony Franklin Engraved Neck Plate, Hipshot®; Bass X-Tender™; Drop D Tuning Key on the E String, Tony Franklin Designed NPS Strings, Vintage Styling, Side Dot Position Markers are Located at the Fretting Points of the Fingerboard
- Included Accessories Deluxe Black Hardshell Case