2019 Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass - Black beauty!
Just in: 2019 Fender Tony Franklin fretless in gloss black.
This bass has only been played a few times. It has a couple very minor blems as seen in the photos, but is in really excellent condition overall.
It has been restrung with a set of Thomastik-Infeld JF344 Jazz Flats, which suit it very nicely.
Low action, very comfortable and easy to play, and it sounds great.
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.
Specs
Body: Select Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Body Shape: Precision Bass®
Bridge: 4-Saddle American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles
Bridge Pickup: DiMarzio® Model J™ DP123
Color: Black
Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"
Fret Size: Fretless
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Middle Pickup: Tony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
Model Name: Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®, Ebony Fingerboard, Black
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Number of Frets: Fretless
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.625"
Orientation: Right-Hand
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup
Position Inlays: Side Dot
Refinement Neck Material: Maple
Refinement Neck Shape: C Shape
Refinement Pickups: Specialty
Scale Length: 34"
Series: Artist Signature
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Strings: Thomastik-Infeld JF344 Jazz Flats
Truss Rod Wrench: 3/16" Hex (Allen) - included
Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Tuning Machines: Fender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear with Hipshot® Bass Xtender "Drop D" on the E String