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Description:
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
SPECS:
General
SERIES: Artist
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: Lake Placid Blue
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
PLATFORM: Artist
Neck
NECK MATERIAL: Maple
NECK FINISH: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: Modern "C"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Ebony
POSITION INLAYS: Side Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS: Fretless
TRUSS ROD: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
STRING NUT: Synthetic Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Synthetic Bone
Body
BODY: Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Gloss Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Precision Bass®
BODY MATERIAL: Select Alder
Hardware
BRIDGE: 4-Saddle American Vintage Bass with Single-Groove Steel "Barrel" Saddles
PICKGUARD: 4-Ply Black Moto
PICKUP COVERS: Black
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Flat-Top
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Fender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear with Hipshot® Bass Xtender "Drop D" on the E String
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Artist Signature
STRAP BUTTONS: Vintage-Style
Electronics
BRIDGE PICKUP: DiMarzio® Model J™ DP123
MIDDLE PICKUP: Tony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
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
Measurements
DIMENSIONS: 6.70x18.20x51.00 IN
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 27.75 LB
FRET SIZE: Fretless
SCALE LENGTH: 34" (86.36 cm)
SHIPPING LENGTH: 51.00 IN
SHIPPING HEIGHT: 6.70 IN
SHIPPING WIDTH: 18.20 IN
