Fender TONY FRANKLIN FRETLESS PRECISION BASS Electric Bass Guitar (Black)

Fender TONY FRANKLIN FRETLESS PRECISION BASS Electric Bass Guitar (Black)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

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 personalized Franklin features including a modern C-shaped maple neck with an unfretted ebony fingerboard, an American Series Precision Bass neck pickup, a Dimarzio Model J™ bridge pickup , and a drop-D E-string tuner.

Features

• Maple neck with "C" profile
• Three-way pickup selector switch
• Unmarked and unfinished ebony fingerboard with side dot markers only
• American Vintage bass bridge with four single-groove steel "barrel" saddles
• Vintage-style tuners with Hipshot® Bass Xtender drop-D tuner on the E string

Specifications

Neck

• Neck MaterialMaple
  
• Neck FinishGloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  
• Neck ShapeModern "C"
  
• Fingerboard Radius9.5" (241 mm)
  
• Fingerboard MaterialEbony
  
• Position InlaysSide Dot
  
• Number of FretsFretless
  
• Truss RodVintage-Style Butt Adjust
  
• String NutSynthetic Bone
  
• Nut Width1.625" (41.3 mm)
  
• Nut MaterialSynthetic Bone
  
• Fret SizeFretless
  
• Scale Length34" (86.36 cm)

Body

• BodySelect Alder
  
• Body FinishGloss Lacquer
  
• Body ShapePrecision Bass®
  
• Body MaterialSelect Alder

Hardware

• Bridge4-Saddle American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles
  
• Pickguard3-Ply Black
  
• Control KnobsKnurled Flat-Top
  
• Hardware FinishNickel/Chrome
  
• Tuning MachinesFender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear with Hipshot®
• Bass Xtender "Drop D" on the E String
  
• StringsTony Franklin Signature Strings, Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
  
• Neck Plate4-Bolt with Artist Signature
  
• Strap ButtonsVintage-Style

Electronics

• Bridge PickupDiMarzio® Model J™ DP123
  
• Middle PickupTony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
  
• Pickup ConfigurationSS
  
• ControlsMaster Volume, Master Tone
  
• Switching3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and
• Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup