Case/Gig Bag
Vintage-Style Hardshell
Included Accessories
Black Vintage-Style Hardshell Case
Recommended Gig Bag
FB1225 Electric Bass Gig Bag, P/N 0991622406 (Not Included)
Truss Rod Wrench
3/16" Hex (Allen)
Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®
Regular price
$4,199.00
Regular price
$4,199.00
$4,199.00
Sale price
Unit price
per
inc GST
Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®
Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®
Regular price
$4,199.00
Regular price
$4,199.00
$4,199.00
Sale price
Unit price
per
inc GST
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Summary
Overview
Fretless Franklin Style
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.
Overview
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
Accessories
Body
Body
Select Alder
Body Finish
Gloss Lacquer
Body Material
Select Alder
Body Shape
Precision Bass®
Electronics
Bridge Pickup
DiMarzio® Model J™ DP123
Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone
Middle Pickup
Tony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
Pickup Configuration
SS
Switching
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup
General
Color
Lake Placid Blue
Orientation
Right-Hand
Platform
Artist
Product Name
Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®, Ebony Fingerboard, Lake Placid Blue
Series
Artist Signature
Hardware
Bridge
4-Saddle American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles
Control Knobs
Knurled Flat-Top
Hardware Finish
Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate
4-Bolt with Artist Signature
Pickguard
4-Ply Black Moto
Pickup Covers
Black
Strap Buttons
Vintage-Style
Strings
Tony Franklin Signature Strings, Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
Tuning Machines
Fender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear with Hipshot® Bass Xtender "Drop D" on the E String
Measurements
Fret Size
Fretless
Scale Length
34" (86.36 cm)
Neck
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Fingerboard Radius
9.5" (241 mm)
Neck Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Shape
Modern "C"
Number of Frets
Fretless
Nut Material
Synthetic Bone
Nut Width
1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays
Side Dot
String Nut
Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod
Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Accessories
Case/Gig Bag
Vintage-Style Hardshell
Included Accessories
Black Vintage-Style Hardshell Case
Recommended Gig Bag
FB1225 Electric Bass Gig Bag, P/N 0991622406 (Not Included)
Truss Rod Wrench
3/16" Hex (Allen)
Body
Body
Select Alder
Body Finish
Gloss Lacquer
Body Material
Select Alder
Body Shape
Precision Bass®
Electronics
Bridge Pickup
DiMarzio® Model J™ DP123
Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone
Middle Pickup
Tony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
Pickup Configuration
SS
Switching
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup
General
Color
Black
Orientation
Right-Hand
Platform
Artist
Product Name
Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®, Ebony Fingerboard, Black
Series
Artist Signature
Hardware
Bridge
4-Saddle American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles
Control Knobs
Knurled Flat-Top
Hardware Finish
Nickel/Chrome
Neck Plate
4-Bolt with Artist Signature
Pickguard
3-Ply Black
Strap Buttons
Vintage-Style
Strings
Tony Franklin Signature Strings, Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
Tuning Machines
Fender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear with Hipshot® Bass Xtender "Drop D" on the E String
Measurements
Fret Size
Fretless
Scale Length
34" (86.36 cm)
Neck
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Fingerboard Radius
9.5" (241 mm)
Neck Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Shape
Modern "C"
Number of Frets
Fretless
Nut Material
Synthetic Bone
Nut Width
1.625" (41.3 mm)
Position Inlays
Side Dot
String Nut
Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod
Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Highlights
"P/J" Pickup Configuration with Dimarzio Model J™
This bass features the tonally versatile combination of a pummeling split single-coil Precision Bass® middle pickup and a growling Jazz Bass® bridge pickup, widely known in bass guitar circles as a "P/J" pickup configuration. The Dimarzio Model J™ single-coil bridge pickup has hex-screw pole pieces and ceramic bar magnets.
Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
Nitrocellulose lacquer is one of the great original-era Fender electric guitar finishes, and is still used today on select instruments. Thin, porous and delicate, it’s a premium finish prized for sonic qualities that let body woods breathe with their true tonal character, and for an appearance that ages and wears in a distinctive way appealing to many players.
Fretless Ebony Fingerboard with No Fret Markers
There’s nothing like the slippery, fluid and elastic tone of a fretless bass. A distinctly classic Fender sound since the early 1970s, it’s in better form than ever coming from Tony Franklin’s Signature Precision Bass, which features a beautiful ebony fingerboard with no fret marker lines (side dots only).
Three-Way Blade Pickup Switch
Because it’s a dual-pickup instrument, Tony Franklin’s signature Precision model features a three-way blade pickup switch that gives you each pickup individually or both of them together.
Hipshot Drop-D Tuner
The E-string tuning machine on the Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass features a Hipshot® drop-D mechanism that lets you de-tune quickly and accurately with the mere flip of a lever.
Signature-Stamped Neck Plate
In an extra-personalized touch, the neck plate of the Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass is engraved with his signature.