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.
Specifications
- Model Name: Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass®, Ebony Fingerboard, Lake Placid Blue
- Model: #0190085802
- Series: Artist
- Country Of Origin: US
- Color: Lake Placid Blue
- Body: Select Alder
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Precision Bass®
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: Modern "C"
- Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Number of Frets: Fretless
- Frets Size: Fretless
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Position Inlays: Side Dot
- Truss Rods: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Truss Rod Wrench: 3/16" Hex (Allen)
- 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
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup
- 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
- Pickguard: 4-Ply Black Moto
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Strings: Tony Franklin Signature Strings, Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges)
- Unique 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
- Included Accessories: Deluxe Black Hardshell Case
- Dimensions: 6.70x18.20x51.00 IN
- Weight: 27.75 LB
