Fenders Standard P Bass Returns!

The Fender Standard Precision Bass is back, and how sweet it is! This performance-driven and affordable P Bass is designed for a new generation of players. It features an updated ceramic split-coil pickup, delivering the iconic P Bass tone that has influenced the music world since the 1950s. As the first mass-production electric bass guitar, the Precision has driven the bass lines of some of the biggest hit records ever made. The 60s were a typically prolific decade, with the instrument in the capable hands of session bassists like LA-based Wrecking Crew stalwart Carol Kaye, who lent her Precision chops to countless iconic recordings such as the Beach Boys California Girls and Good Vibrations. Then there was Motown bass legend James Jamerson, whose 62 Precision (dubbed the Funk Machine) delivered the infectious bounce that buoyed a slew of Motown hits like the Temptations My Girl and Marvin Gayes Whats Going On. In fact, the Precision Bass was standard issue for Motown recordings. Now, the Standard Precision Bass stands ready to add its magical low end to your recordings.

The industry standard

Producers and engineers know that the Precision Bass always sits perfectly in the track with minimal processing, thanks to its authoritative low-end girth and lower-midrange presence. Its the de facto industry standard. Perhaps thats why many of todays first-call bassists who had been playing exotic active instruments, such as LA session ace Sean Hurley (John Mayer, Gwen Stefani, Alanis Morissette, Robin Thicke), have come home to the Precision. Precision players often cite how balanced their instrument feels, whether theyre playing seated or standing; indeed, the P Bass is a supremelybalancedinstrument, from its playing feel to its fat, punchy tone. The instantly recognizable P Bass sound is the end product of a number of factors, including scale length, tonewoods, its bolt-on neck, and of course, Fenders one-of-a-kind split-coil pickup.

Features:

• 4-string electric bass guitar
• Comfortably contoured poplar body with gloss finish
• Bolt-on maple neck with Modern C profile and satin finish
• Maple or Indian laurel fingerboard (depending on body color)
• 1 Fender Standard ceramic split-coil P Bass pickup
• Per-pickup Volume controls, master Tone
• Standard top-load bridge with satin-chrome, steel-barrel saddles

Specs

• Number of Strings: 4
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Body Shape: Standard Precision Bass
• Body Material: Poplar
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Color: Olympic White
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: Modern C
• Neck Joint: Bolt-on
• Radius: 9.5″
• Fingerboard Material: Maple
• Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
• Number of Frets: 20, Medium Jumbo
• Scale Length: 34″
• Nut Width: 1.625″
• Nut Material: Micarta
• Bridge/Tailpiece: Standard Top-Load with Satin Chrome Steel Barrel Saddles
• Tuners: Fender Standard Open-Gear
• Middle Pickup: Fender Standard Split-coil pickup
• Controls: 1 x volume, 1 x tone
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel, .045-.105
• Case/Gig Bag: Sold Separately