Fender’s American Professional Precision Bass brings next-generation technology to the world’s first electric bass. Packed with some of Fender’s latest advancements like the V-Mod split-coil Precision Bass pickup designed by Michael Bump, narrow tall frets, fluted-shaft tuning mechanisms, Posiflex graphite neck supports, genuine bone nut, and a classic ’63 P Bass neck profile, this is the P Bass for the 21st century professional.
About Fender American Professional Series:
Founded by Leo Fender in 1938 as Fender’s Radio Service, what is now the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation began making electric guitars and amplifiers in 1945. The rest, as they say, is history. Creator of the world’s first mass-produced, and by far most popular, solid-bodied electric, Fender is now the world’s leading guitar manufacturer.
An extension of Fender’s flagship line of iconic electric guitars like the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, and Jazz and Precision basses, the Fender American Professional series represents Fender’s diligent pursuit of perfection through reinvention. Revitalizing the American Standard series models with novel features like new neck profiles, fret sizing, genuine bone nuts, and pickup sets, American Pro is American Standard evolved.
Specs:
- Series: American Pro
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Neck: Maple, “1963 C”
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Finish on Headstock Face with Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck
- Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5 Inch (241mm)
- Frets: 20, Narrow Tall
- Position Inlays: White Dot
- Nut (Material/Width): Bone, 1.625” (41.3mm)
- Tuning Machines: Fender Lightweight Vintage-Style Keys with Tapered Shafts
- Scale Length: 34” (864mm)
- Bridge: 4-saddle HiMass Vintage (String-Through-Body or Topload)
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Pickguard
- Pickups: V-Mod Split Single-Coil
- Pickup Switching: N/A
- Controls: Volume Master Volume, Master Tone
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Strings: .045-105
- Case: Elite Molded Hardshell Case I