Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass - Black/B Stock

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 two specially voiced pickups, a drop-D E-string tuner and more.

Other specifications include:

• Body Material Select Alder
• Body Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Shape Precision Bass®
• 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 Switching 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® 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
• Control Knobs Knurled Flat-Top Neck Plate 4-Bolt with Artist Signature
• Strings Tony Franklin Signature Strings, NPS, (.045-.105 Gauges)
• Other 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
• Neck Material Maple
• Neck Finish Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Neck Shape Modern "C"
• Scale Length 34" (864 mm)
• Fingerboard Material Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius 9.5" (241 mm)
• Number of Frets Fretless Fret Size Fretless
• Nut Material Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Position Inlays Side Dot
• Truss Rod Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
• Deluxe Black Hardshell Case 
• 8 lbs 14 oz
• US19027941

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