The names of few rock bassists have become more synonymous with fretless bass than that of session great Tony Franklin. Like the man who designed it, the Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass® guitar takes a classic instrument to a new level, with an alder body and modern C-shaped maple neck with an unfinished and unfretted ebony fingerboard with side dot position markers.
Other features include vintage tuners, Hipshot® Bass Xtender drop-D tuner on the E string, and three-way pickguard switch that controls an American Series Precision Bass neck pickup and a Tony Franklin signature Jazz Bass® bridge pickup with hex-screw lugs and ceramic bar magnets.
Specifications
- Body Shape: Precision Bass®
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Fret Size: Fretless
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Shape: Modern "C"
- Number of Frets: Fretless
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Position Inlays: Single Side-Dots at Fret Locations 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19. Double Side-Dots at Fret Location 12)
- Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
- Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment
- Truss Rod Wrench: 3/16" "T-Style" Ball-End Hex (Allen) Wrench
- Bridge Pickup: Tony Franklin Single-Coil Jazz Bass® with Hex Screw Pole Pieces and Ceramic Bar Magnets
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Middle Pickup: Tony Franklin American Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
- Pickup Configuration: S/S
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade Position 1. Jazz Bass® Pickup. Position 2. Jazz Bass® and Precision Bass® Pickups. Position 3. Precision Bass® Pickup